AP Human Geography Unit 4 By Yours Truly

An area of land with all of the following: Defined territory with borders, permanent population, government, sovereignty

The right for a government to control everything in their borders and what happens in it

A group of people with common identity through shared cultural traits such as language, religion, ethnicity, and heritage.

when all of the state’s criteria is checked off and a nation’s borders match perfectly with the states borders

A nation with no 1 state that it is belonged to

a nation that lives in not just 1 state but mutliple

When a state has multiple nations inside of it

an area in a state that is given full authority or some authority of that region of the state by the government

The right of the people to govern themselves

power moved from the central government to other nations or regional authorities

having power over a regions resources, people, and land

a region caught between stronger colliding external cultural-political forces, under persistent stress, and often fragmented by aggressive rivals.

Strategic narrow points in a state that are aggresively fought for because of their strategic use

borders created by PHYSICAL features and landscape

Borders created on cultural traits or hearths (broad term)

Borders created in straight lines without thought of physical boundaries

Borders that do not exist anymore but still left an imprint on the surrounding area and other borders near it

Borders created over other existing borders and were forced to be used by an outside force/nation

boundaries drawn to align with the settling of the people around it

A type of subsequent boundary. takes into account the existing cultural distribution of the people living in the territory and redevelops boundary lines to more closely align with cultural boundaries.

Boundaries created before anyone was settled in that certain area

shape of the state thats very small and closed together

shape of the state thats long and narrow usually because of physical features

Compact state with looks of expanding farther

State that is completely surrounded by another state

State with areas of land separated from the mainland

A state that is blocked out of any ocean or water source to the ocean

Drawing a boundary through the ocean to give 2 states equal amount of coastal space

An economic zone that passes 200 nautical miles around a state’s coastal line where the state has full rights over the natural resources and exploration

12 nautical miles away from the EEZ where the state has some power over it

State’s internal political boundaries that determine voting districts for the US House of Representatives and the state legislature. Redrawn to accurately reflect the new census data. 

Redistricting for a political advantage, when the political party that controls a majority of seats in the state legislature draws political district boundaries to maintain or extend their political power.

People living in a multinational state feel more connected to their ethnicity and their culture over a citizen of that state

A government, military, or people mass murdering a specific culture or ethnicity to take them out of their state

Organized violence against a state or government to make a statement, throw the government, or to order political aims

Ethnic group from a neighboring state try to take over another state due to cultural or ethnic beliefs

The UN, NATO, EU, ASEAN, AC, the AU, OPEC

When the people of a country identify as having one common ethnicity, language, and religion which creates a sense of pride and ties them to the territory.