Political Entities
A group of people with a common identity through language, religion, ethnicity and heritage. I.e. The Maasia in East Africa
Nation
Europeans superimposed boundaries for their own political benefit at this political sit down in the late 19th century.
Berlin Conference 1884
Defined as control over people, land, and resources
Political power
When states concede power to autonomous regions.
Devolution
The fence along the border of The U.S. and Mexico is an example of what type of boundary?
Demarcated
When the borders of the nation match the borders of the state. There are no “true” example of this, but Japan, Denmark and Iceland come closest.
Nation-State
This state was established after World War 2, causing ebbs and flows of conflict with a stateless nation ever since
Israel (1948)
This term, which sometimes leads to conflict is defined as the control and influence over a specific geographic space such governments, economics, boundaries, and military.
Territoriality
The shrinking of the relative distance between places.
Time-Space Compression
This boundary takes in to account the existing cultural distribution of groups like the first nations in Nunavut and redevelops lines to align with cultural boundaries.
Consequent Boundary
The Kurds in SW Asia, The Basque in Spain and the Palestinians in Israel
Stateless Nation
he fall of the _______ led to new states, including Ukraine, Estonia and the “Stans.”
Soviet Union
A strategic strait or canal which could be closed or block to stop sea traffic and strategically show political power or territoriality.
Chokepoint
NATO, The EU, The UN for example
Supranational Organization
Failed states, weak infrastructure, and separatist movements are.
Consequences of centrifugal forces
Native American reservations are this type of region.
Autonomous or Semi-Autonomous Region
Resistance to colonial power and political self determination gained momentum and new countries were formed in Africa, South Asia, SE Asia and Latin America due to these events.
Decolonization and Independence Movements
Germany during the Cold War.
The Balkan Peninsula.
Centrifugal forces lead to this particular way that political power and territoriality is expressed.
Shatterbelts
Decreases conflict and promotion of cooperation between member states, and creates economies of scale.
Positives of Supranational Organizations
What region of Spain that borders the Mediterranean tried to hold a referendum on succession in 2017?
What is Catalonia
Ethnic Russians living in Estonia, Latvia, and Ukraine describes this political entity.
A multistate nation
he three concepts that have shaped the contemporary world.
Sovereignty, Nation-States, Self-Determination
In Semi-periphery and periphery countries such as Kenya, economic, political or cultural pressure is used in order to control or influence other countries.
Neocolonialism
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The United States’ overwhelming military spending and the Euro, are example of this.
Negatives of Supranational Organizations
The border between East and West Germany no longer exists, but it has left an imprint on the cultural environment of Germany.
Relic Boundary