Vocabulary from the Advanced Placement course of Human Geography regarding political geography
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| 5571421946 | Antecedent Boundary | A boundary that was drawn across an area prior to the area becoming substantially-populated (e.g. 49th Parallel) | 0 | |
| 5571421948 | Multi-core state | A state that has more than on cultural and economic center | 1 | |
| 5571421949 | Buffer State | A neutral state between two warring states (e.g. Mongolia, between Russia and China) | 2 | |
| 5571421950 | City-State | A sovereign state comprising of a city and its immediate hinterland (e.g. Singapore, Vatican City) | 3 | |
| 5571421951 | Confederate Governmental Structure | A system of government in which nations or states agree to join together under a central government | 4 | |
| 5571421952 | Colonialism | An attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economical, and cultural principles in another territory | 5 | |
| 5571421954 | Compact State | A state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly (e.g. Poland) | 6 | |
| 5571421957 | Domino Theory | The theory that if one nation goes under Communist control, neighboring countries will do the same | 7 | |
| 5571421958 | Elongated State | A state with a long, narrow shape (e.g. Chile) | 8 | |
| 5571421959 | Ethnic Enclave | An ethnic group that exists inside of another state. | 9 | |
| 5571421960 | Ethnonationalism | The powerful emotional attachment to one's minority nation within a larger state (e.g. Chechens) | 10 | |
| 5571421961 | European Union (EU) | A supranational organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members | 11 | |
| 5571421962 | Exclave | A part of a country that is seperated from the rest of the country and surrounded by a foreign territory | 12 | |
| 5571421963 | Federal State | An internal organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local government (e.g. United States) | 13 | |
| 5571421964 | Forward Capital | A symbolically relocated capital city, moved for economic or strategic reasons (e.g. Brasilia) | 14 | |
| 5571421965 | Fragmented State | A state that includes several discontinuous territories (e.g. Indonesia) | 15 | |
| 5571421967 | Geometric Political Boundaries | Boundaries drawn with straight lines and arcs, as opposed to irregular lines and shapes (e.g. the boundaries of most African countries) | 16 | |
| 5571421968 | Gerrymandering | The redrawing of legislative boundaries entirely for electoral purposes, thereby benefiting the party in power | 17 | |
| 5571421969 | Heartland Theory | A theory that suggests that whoever owns Northern Europe and Asia has the political power and capital to rule the world | 18 | |
| 5571421970 | Imperialism | The control of territory already occupied and organized by an indigenous society | 19 | |
| 5571421972 | Landlocked State | A state without access to the sea (e.g. Bolivia) | 20 | |
| 5571421973 | Mercantilism | The process in which a colonizing mother country receives raw materials from its colonies | 21 | |
| 5571421974 | Microstate | A state that encompasses a very small area (e.g. Vatican City) | 22 | |
| 5571421975 | Multinational State | A 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 (e.g. United Kingdom) | 23 | |
| 5571421976 | Nation | A group of people with common cultural characteristics and identify themselves as a cohesive group (e.g. Kurds) | 24 | |
| 5571421977 | Nation-State | A state whose territory corresponds to that which is occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality (e.g. Japan) | 25 | |
| 5571421979 | North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) | An international organization created in 1949 to provide collective military security to its members including Western Europe and North America | 26 | |
| 5571421980 | Organic Theory | The theory that a state needs to grow like an organism in order to prosper | 27 | |
| 5571421981 | Perforated State | A state that completely surrounds another one (e.g. Italy) | 28 | |
| 5571421983 | Physical Political Boundary | A state's border that corresponds to a natural, real-life boundary (e.g. Rio Grande border between Mexico and the U.S.) | 29 | |
| 5571421984 | Prorupted State | An adhesive compact state with a large expansion (e.g. Thailand) | 30 | |
| 5571421985 | Relic Boundary | A boundary no longer observed but that still affects the present-day area (e.g. border between West and East Germany in Berlin) | 31 | |
| 5571421986 | Rimland Theory | A political theory that holds that control of the southern coasts of Europe and Asia is the key to power | 32 | |
| 5571421987 | Satellite State | A state that is formally independent but heavily influenced by another state (e.g. Bulgaria during the Soviet Union) | 33 | |
| 5571421989 | Self-Determination | The concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves | 34 | |
| 5571421990 | Unitary State | A state where a strong national government makes the majority of decisions; easier if it is small and has access to all of the other provinces | 35 | |
| 5571421991 | Shatterbelt Regions | Areas that are constantly breaking up and/or fragmenting (e.g. Southeast Asia) | 36 | |
| 5571421992 | Sovereignty | The ability of a state to govern its territory from control of its internal affairs by other states | 37 | |
| 5571421993 | State | An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government with control over its internal and foreign affairs (e.g. France) | 38 | |
| 5571421994 | Stateless Nation | A nation lacking a territory to call its own (e.g. Hmong, Kurds) | 39 | |
| 5571421995 | Subsequent Boundaries | Drawn boundaries made with regard to ethnic differences (e.g. borders of India) | 40 | |
| 5571421996 | Superimposed Boundaries | A boundary made through colonization without regard to prior ethnic/cultural patterns (e.g. borders of most African countries) | 41 | |
| 5571421997 | Supranationalism | The term applied to associations created by three or more states for their mutual benefit and achievement of shared objectives | 42 | |
| 5571422001 | Allocational dispute | A dispute that erupts over resources | 43 | |
| 5571422002 | United Nations | A supranational organization formed in 1945 to promote peace, security, and international cooperation | 44 | |
| 5571422003 | Warsaw Pact | The agreement between Communist states established in 1955 that opposed NATO | 45 | |
| 5599972227 | Definitional Dispute | A disagreement over where the boundary actually lies | 46 | |
| 5600018668 | Primate City | A city that has double the population as other cities in a state | 47 | |
| 5600037569 | Balkanization | the division of states that were once warring, is not peaceful | 48 | |
| 5600043503 | The Velvet Divorce | the peaceful division of Czechoslovakia | 49 | |
| 5608000483 | Centripetal Force | Forces that hold a state together | 50 | |
| 5608000484 | Centrifugal Force | Forces that pull apart | 51 |
