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Human Geography- Politcal Geography Vocab
Political Geography Chapter Review
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Geography
9th Grade
01/25/2011

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Political Geography
Definition
the study of the political organization of the world
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state
Definition
a politically organized area that has defined territory, government, and a permanent population
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territoriality
Definition
when a person or group attempts to affect, influence or control people, phenomena, or relationships by asserting control over a geographic area
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sovereignity
Definition
having the final, absolute control over a territory
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territorial integrity
Definition
when a state is recognized and has the right to the land and to defend it
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mercantilism
Definition
an accumalation of wealth through plunder, colonization, and the protextion of home industries and the foreign market
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Peace of Westphalia
Definition
occured in 1648 and was the beginning of the modern state. stated that territories define societies
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nation
Definition
a group of people who see themselves having a shared belief of culture and history
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nation state
Definition
when nation and state occupy the same territory
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Democracy
Definition
idea that people are the ultimate sovereign
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multinational state
Definition
a state that is home to more than one nation
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multistate nation
Definition
when a nation expands over the borders of one state
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stateless nation
Definition
a nation that is not recognized to have a government or specific state
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colonialism
Definition
when a state occupys another unclaimed territory to benefit for some purpose
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World Systems Theory
Definition
used to describe how the modern day world functions
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step one of the wst
Definition
the world economy has 1 market and global division of labor
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step two of the wst
Definition
almost everything occurs within context of the world economy, despite the fact that the world has multiple states
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step 3 of the wst
Definition
world economy has a three tier structure
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Capitalism
Definition
economy in which the world economy, people, corporations, and states produce goods and exchange them on a world market with the goal of making $$$
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Commodification
Definition
placing a price on a good and then buying, selling, and trading the good
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three-tier structure
Definition
core, periphery, semiperiphery
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core
Definition
when education and salaries are higher, and technology is more advanced
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periphery
Definition
education levels and salaries are low, technology hasn't progressed much
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semiperiphery
Definition
state in which both core processes and periphery processes are observed (USA)
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Centripetal
Definition
forces within a state that unify the people
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centrifugal
Definition
forces within a state that divide the people
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Unitary
Definition
state with a very centralized capital city that holds the power
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Federal
Definition
government is spread to regional areas, provinces, territories, etc.
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Devolution
Definition
the movement of government power from a central to regional government
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territorial representation
Definition
representatives elected to a house from a district
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Reapportionment
Definition
process by which districts are moved according to population shifts
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splitting
Definition
with votes are divided by districts to benefit the chances a politician has
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Majority-Minority Districts
Definition
when the minority of a packed district is the majority
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gerrymandering
Definition
redrawing districts for political gain
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Boundary
Definition
a vertical plane the defines territory and that stretches below into the rock and to the airspace above
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geometric boundaries
Definition
boundaries that follow lines of longitude and latitiude
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physical-political boundaries
Definition
boundaries drawn around or in accordance with physical features
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organic theory
Definition
Ratzel propsed that states function like organisms and must expand or die
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heartland theory
Definition
a land power would dominate the world and have ultimate power (Mackinder)
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Critical Geopolitics
Definition
groups of intellectuals of statecraft construct ideas about places that affect the people
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Unilateralism
Definition
there is but one super power that most other states depend on in some way
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Supranational Organization
Definition
entity composed of 3+ states that come together likeminded in the hopes to benefit in shared goals
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