AP Human Geography Unit #4 Political Geography

a border that is actively managed, protected, and administered by a sovereign government.

The organization that replaced the Organization of African Unity in 2001; designed to bring about increased political and economic integration of African states.

A reservation is an area of land managed by a Native American tribe under the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. ... Today, tribes possess tribal sovereignty, even though it is limited by federal and state/local law.

Is a form of government that is loosely defined as part democracy and part dictatorship, or as a "regime that mixes democratic with autocratic features."

a political boundary that existed before the cultural landscape emerged and stayed in a place while people moved into occupy the surroundings.

A multilateral organization composed of representatives from the eight circumpolar states and six indigenous organizations.

A trading alliance of 10 Southeast Asian nations

Government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others; the government or power of an absolute monarch.

Areas that have limited self-government within a sovereign country; used especially of areas in China where ethnic minorities have been granted some autonomy.

An invisible line that marks the extent of a state's territory

Strategic narrow passageways on land or sea that may be easily closed off by force or even the threat of force.

A state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly.

Boundary that coincides with a particular cultural divide (such as religion, language, or ethnicity); a.k.a. cultural boundaries.

A mutually accepted border between two places

Process of drawing political boundaries. Often controversial and changing.

A border that is physically marked off with a wall, fence, or other structure

Area from which military forces are prohibited.

A process of transition as a country attempts to move from an authoritarian form of government to a democratic one.

The process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy at the expense of the central government.

Process in which more powerful ethnic group forcibly removes a less powerful one in order to create an ethnically homogeneous region.

The advocacy of a state of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial, governmental or gender separation from the larger group.

The tendency for an ethnic group to see itself as a distinct nation with a right to autonomy or independence. A fundamental centrifugal force.

(syn Common Market) an economic association established in 1957 by a number of Western European countries to promote free trade among its members

An area from the shore in which a state has rights to explore, exploit, and manage natural resources in the seas.

An internal organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local government.

A state that is not contiguous whole but rather separated parts.

Political boundary defined and delimited (and occasionally demarcated) as a straight line or an arc.

Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power.

A state that is sovereign; one that operates independently internationally

The policy of a state wishing to incorporate within itself territory inhabited by people who have ethnic or linguistic links with the country but that lies within a neighboring state.

A state that is completely surrounded by the land of other states, which gives it a disadvantage in terms of accessibility to and from international trade routes

Political authority conferred by law or by a state or national constitution

A conceptual means of division of the water surface of the planet into maritime areas that are defined through surrounding physical geography or by human geography.

state that contains more than one ethnicity (ex. U.S.)

State that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities.

A single ethnic group divided into several different, independent political units or states.

A large aggregate of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory.

a sovereign state whose citizens or subjects are relatively homogeneous in factors such as language or common descent.

Also called economic imperialism, this is the domination of newly independent countries by foreign business interests that causes colonial-style economies to continue, which often caused monoculture (a country only producing one main export like sugar, oil, etc).

1949 alliance of nations that agreed to band together in the event of war and to support and protect each nation involved.

A state whose territory completely surrounds that of another state.

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

The redrawing of congressional and other legislative district lines following the census, to accommodate population shifts and keep districts as equal as possible in population.

Old political boundaries that no longer exist as international borders, but that have left an enduring mark on the local cultural or environmental geography.

The ability of a government to determine their own course of their own free will

Areas in China that want to be independent from the rest of China.

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

Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states.

An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government with control over its internal and foreign affairs.

People groups without established sovereign borders; such as Kurds or Palestinians

Boundary line established after an area has been settled that considers the social and cultural characteristics of the area

A boundary made through colonization without regard to prior ethnic/cultural patterns (e.g. borders of most African countries)

A venture involving 3 or more national states political economic or cultural cooperation to promote shared objectives.

Organization of three or more states to promote shared objectives.

In political geography, a country's or more local community's sense of property and attachment toward its territory, as expressed by its determination to keep it inviolable and strongly defended.

Zone of sovereignty extending 12 nautical miles from the coast of a country.

Acts of violence designed to promote a specific ideology or agenda by creating panic among an enemy population

An organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security.

Defines the rights and responsibilities of nations with respect to their use of the world's oceans, establishing guidelines for businesses, the environment, and the management of marine natural resources.

Political power is concentrated at the national level and local authority is limited.

Generic term adopted by the Bureau of the Census ... to define their State and local legislative districts, as well as the districts they.