Vocabulary
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| 8657116652 | Boundary | An invisible line that marks the extent of a state's territory | 0 | |
| 8657116653 | Frontier | Is a zone where no state exercises complete political control | 1 | |
| 8657116654 | Physical boundaries | Concise with significant features of the natural landscape | 2 | |
| 8657116655 | Cultural boundaries | Follow the distribution of cultural characteristics | 3 | |
| 8657116656 | Compact state | Is when the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly | 4 | |
| 8657116657 | Elongated states | Have a long and narrow shape. Ex/ Malawi, Gambia, and Chile | 5 | |
| 8657116658 | Prorupted state | Is a compact state with a large projecting extension | 6 | |
| 8657116659 | Perforated state | Is a state that completely surrounds another one. Ex/ South Africa completely surrounds the state of Lesotho | 7 | |
| 8657116660 | Fragmented state | Includes several discontinuous pieces of territory | 8 | |
| 8657116661 | Landlocked state | Lacks a direct outlet to a sea because it is completely surrounded by several/one country/countries. Most common in Africa | 9 | |
| 8657116662 | Democracy | Is a country in which citizens elect leaders and can run for office | 10 | |
| 8657116663 | Autocracy | Is a country that is run according to the interests of the ruler rather than the people | 11 | |
| 8657116664 | Anocracy | Is a country that is not fully democratic or fully autocratic, but rather displays a mix of the two types | 12 | |
| 8657116665 | Unitary state | Places most power in the hands of central government officials | 13 | |
| 8657116666 | Federal state | Allocates strong power to units of local government within the country | 14 | |
| 8657116667 | Gerrymandering | Is the process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power | 15 | |
| 8657116668 | Balance of power | Is a condition of roughly equal strength between opposing alliances | 16 | |
| 8657116669 | Terrorism | Is the systematic use of violence by a group in order to intimidate a population or coerce a government into granting its demands | 17 | |
| 8657116670 | Territoriality | Is a willingness by one person or a group of people to defend space they claim | 18 | |
| 8657116671 | Geopolitics | Is the study of the effects of geography on politics and relations among states | 19 | |
| 8657116672 | Organic Theory | Argues that states are born and that they need nourishment and living space to survive | 20 | |
| 8657116673 | Heartland Theory | Argued that land-based power was essential in achieving global domination | 21 | |
| 8657116674 | Rimland Theory | Argues that power is derived from controlling strategic maritime areas of the world | 22 | |
| 8657116675 | Defined boundary | Is one established by a legal document such as a treaty that divides one entity from another(invisible line). The entity could range from a country to a single plot of real estate | 23 | |
| 8657116676 | Delimited boundary | Is a line drawn on a map to show the limits of a space | 24 | |
| 8657116677 | Demarcated boundary | Is one identified by physical objects placed on the landscape. The demarcation may be as simple as a sign or as complex as a set of fences and walls | 25 | |
| 8657116678 | Natural boundary | Is based on physical features to separate entities. Ex/ the Missouri River divides Iraola and Nebraska | 26 | |
| 8657116679 | Geometric boundary | Is a straight line drawn by people that does not follow any physical feature closely | 27 | |
| 8657116680 | Definitional boundary disputes | Occur when two or more parties disagree over how to interpret the legal documents or maps that identify the boundary. Ex/ Chile and Argentina dispute regularly | 28 | |
| 8657116681 | Locational boundary disputes | Are boundary disputes that center on where a boundary should be | 29 | |
| 8657116682 | Irredentism | Occurs when one country seeks to annex territory in another because it has ties to part of the population that lives there | 30 | |
| 8657116683 | Operational boundary disputes | Centers not on where the boundary is, but how it functions | 31 | |
| 8657116684 | Allocational boundary disputes | Is when a boundary separates natural resources that may be used by both countries | 32 | |
| 8657116685 | United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea | Was signed by over 150 countries between 1973 and 1982 | 33 | |
| 8657116686 | Territorial Sea | Up to 12 nautical miles of sovereignty; commercial vessels may pass, but non-commercial vessels may be challenged | 34 | |
| 8657116687 | Contiguous Zones | Coastal states have limited sovereignty for up to 24 nautical miles, where they can enforce laws on customs, immigration, and sanitation | 35 | |
| 8657116688 | Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) | Coastal states can explore, extract minerals, and manage up to 200 nautical miles | 36 | |
| 8657116689 | High Seas | Water beyond the EEZ is open to all states | 37 | |
| 8657116690 | Electorate | At the national, state/provincial, and local levels, these elected officials represent citizens and are designated to defined districts with distinct boundaries | 38 | |
| 8657116691 | Census | A count of the population, every ten years | 39 | |
| 8657116692 | Reapportionment | The changing number of representatives granted each state so it reflects the state's population | 40 | |
| 8657116693 | Redistricting | Is when state legislatures redraw distinct boundaries so that each district contains roughly the same number of people | 41 | |
| 8657116694 | Shatterbelt | Is when a region suffers instability because it is located between two very different regions | 42 | |
| 8657116695 | Morphology | Can influence how people in the state interact | 43 | |
| 8657116696 | Annexation | Is the process of legally adding territory to a city | 44 | |
| 8657116697 | Antecedent boundary | A boundary drawn before a large population was present | 45 | |
| 8657116698 | Subsequent (Ethnographic) boundary | A boundary drawn to accommodate religious, ethnic, linguistic, or economic differences | 46 | |
| 8657116699 | Relic boundary | A boundary that no longer exists, but evidence of it still exists on the landscape | 47 | |
| 8657116700 | Superimposed boundary | A boundary drawn by outside powers | 48 | |
| 8657116701 | Militarized boundary | A boundary that is heavily guarded and discourages crossing and movement | 49 | |
| 8657116702 | Open boundary | A boundary where crossing is allowed | 50 |
