APHG - Chapter 8 Vocabulary

a defined territory with a population and sovereign government

a very small territory with a population and sovereign government

absolute control over domestic and foreign affairs

state whose territory corresponds to an ethnicity (homogeneity)

a nation that includes one ethnic group that has been split between two or more states.

a state that contains an ethnic group with the desire of self determination (self rule)

an ethnic group or nation that does not have its own sovereign state

a state that contains more than one ethnicity

a crescent shaped region of the Middle East that was particularly fertile several thousand years ago

a sovereign state comprising a city and its immediate surrounding countryside

the process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and governments

the process of moving powers from a central government to smaller governments, such as regional, state, or local

A territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent

The effort by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic and cultural principles on such territory

the border between two different ethnic, linguistic, and religious groups.

A boundary based on the geographical features of the Earth's surface

Political boundaries that are defined and delimited by straight lines

a boundary that is drawn where people have settled

a boundary between opposing cultural, ethnic, or political groups, that was established to settle disputes, end wars, and establish a clear separation between groups

political boundaries that kept colonial shapes after decolonization

the name of a boundary between two states that is created before the area is populated

a boundary that no longer exists

A zone of territory where no state has governing authority

each coastal nation has territorial sovereignty over 12 miles of water off their coast and maintains economic rights over 200 miles of water off their coast

A state whose territory is long and narrow in shape

a state that exhibits a narrow, elongated land extension leading away from the main territory

A state whose territory completely surrounds that of another state

A state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory

A state that does not have a direct outlet to the sea

A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

a country that is run according to the interests of the ruler rather than the people

A system of government where elements of democracy and autocracy are employed

the process of establishing representative and accountable forms of government led by popularly elected officials

Process of re-drawing political voting districts to favor one political party

Spreads the opposition supporters across many districts

Type of gerrymandering that concentrates opposition supporters into a few districts

Links liked-minded, distant voters with oddly-drawn boundaries

an international organization that was founded in 1945 with the goal of promoting international cooperation and resolving conflicts between states

North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with a purpose to unify and strengthen the Western Allies' military response to a possible invasion of western Europe by the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies.

an alliance founded in 1955 between Eastern European countries to serve as a military and political unit of contiguous communist nations.

Economic alliance of major Western European nations that coordinate trade, immigration and labor policies, making its members one economic unit

(Council for Mutual Economic Assistance) the supranational organization created in 1949 by members of the Warsaw Pact for trade and the sharing of natural resource

the systematic use of violence by a group in order to intimidate a population or co-erce a government into granting its demands

regions of cultural diversity and political instability with weak states, local rivalries, geostrategic importance, vital natural resources, and international interference

geographic locations where the flow of people and goods can be constricted and choked off in the event of a conflict

continued economic dependence of colonies on their former occupiers