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AP Human Geography chapter 8
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Geography
10th Grade
02/07/2012

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What is a state?
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A state is an area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs.
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What is a nation?
Definition
A country with its own nationality and land.
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What is sovereignty?
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Sovereignty means independence from control of its internal affairs by other states.
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What has happened to the number of soveign states in the world since 1960?
Definition
It increased
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. What is gerrymandering?
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Gerrymandering is the process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power.
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What is a good example of a nation divided between more than one state?
Definition
Korea
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What is the world's largest state?
Definition
Russia
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What is a nation-state?
Definition
A nation-state is a state with very small land areas with its own sovereign rule.
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Where did the first widespread use of a nation-state concept occur?
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In the time of Ancient Mesopotamia.
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What is a colony?
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A colony is a territory that is legally tied to a soverign state rather than being complete independent.
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What is a city-state? Give an example.
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A city-state is a sovereign state that comprises a town and the surrounding countryside. Monaco.
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What is the only large land mass not part of a sovereign state?
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Antarctica.
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What were the motives of European states in establishing colonies?
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-To promote Christianity -To extract useful resouces and to serve as captive markets for their products -To establish relative power through the number of their colonies.
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What is imperialism? Colonialism?
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Imperialism is control of terrytory already occupied and organized by an indigenous society. Colonialism is the effort by one country to establish settlements in a territory and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles on that territory.
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Describe the British empire by the year 1900.
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It was the largest colonial empire.
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Describe what is used to separate states or create boundaries.
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-Physical features of a region. (River,etc.) -Cultural dividers of region. (Language, etc.)
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What creates the boundary between the U.S. and Canada?
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The 49 N latitude line.
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What is a compact state?
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Rounded countries with a central capital city
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What is a prorupted state?
Definition
Compact States with a large projecting extention
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What is an elongated state?
Definition
Long and thin states
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What is a fragmented state?
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A state that is divided into several discontinuous pieces of territory
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What is a perforated state?
Definition
States that completely surround other states
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What are landlocked states?
Definition
States that lack access to the ocean or sea
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What is a frontier?
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A frontier is a zone where no state exercises complete political control.
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