Unit 4

Spatial analysis of political systems

1648 treaty recognizing rulers' rights in defined territories

Show spatial organization of countries and territories

Political unit with centralized sovereign authority

Community bound by homeland and common identity

Political unit where nation's boundaries match country's

Belonging to and identifying with a national culture

Ethnic group without own state or majority in any

Countries with multiple national

Ethnic groups divided by international boundaries

Subdivision with self-government within a country

Subdivision with partial self-government in a country

Nation's ability to determine statehood and allegiances

Territorial nucleus from which countries expand

Abrupt slopes acting as geographical barriers

Affects national sovereignty based on enforcement

End result of imperialism by dominant countries

Dominance of powerful countries over weaker ones

Movement of power from central to regional governments

Nationalism based on ethnic

Wealth differences leading to devolution

Remote areas seeking autonomy

Indirect control by powerful countries

Most advanced industrial nations

States with little industrial development

States between core and periphery

Regions fragmented by devolution

Narrow passages restricting traffic

Narrow water body connecting larger ones

Clearly marked line dividing territories

Region overlapping international cultures

Marginal region with limited settlement

Territory within a country but not ruled by it

Territory separated from the main country

Fixing boundaries to identify limits

Setting boundaries to distinguish limits

Non-functional international border

Boundary disregarding existing ones

Boundary evolving with cultural landscape

Boundary identified before settlement

Boundary with straight lines regardless of features

Boundary accommodating cultural differences

Border between North and South Korea

Weak independent countries between powers

Nominally independent but controlled countries

Convention defining sea territorial rights

Exclusive Economic Zone for coastal states

Dividing boundaries at midpoint between places