Types of Political Entities
A territory with defined boundaries, population, government, sovereignty, and recognition.
What is a state?
Forces that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state
What are centripetal forces?
Done every 10 years to gather population data of a country
What is the census?
Not all boundaries are created with concern for physical or cultural differences. _____________boundaries are drawn using straight lines.
Examples: Border between U.S. and Canada - 49 parallel
What are Geometric Boundaries?
Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power.
What is Gerrymandering?
A shared cultural group living in their own country.
Example: Japan, Iceland
What is a nation-state?
Forces that divides people and countries
What are centrifugal forces?
A type of government system that divides the power between the national government and subnational governments
What is a federal system of government?
A ___________ boundary is one that no longer functions but can still be detected on the cultural landscape
Example: Berlin Wall
What are Relic Boundaries?
_____________ boundaries are drawn in order to separate groups based on ethnic, linguistic, religious, or economic differences.
Example: India separated because of the different religious groups in the country (Hindu and Muslim)
What are Consequent Boundaries?
When two or more cultural groups live in a country
Example: Former Yugoslavia
What is a Multinational State?
The ability of a state to govern its territory free from the control of its internal affairs by other states.
What is sovereignty?
A government system in which most political power exists at the national level (highly centralized), with limited local authority
What is a unitary system of government?
_____________ boundaries existed before the present settlement. These are often based on landforms, such as mountains.
Example: Andes Mountains, Rio Grande River
What are Antecedent Boundaries?
A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically.
Ex: What China is doing in Africa
What is imperialism/neocolonialism?
When a cultural group lives in a few different countries
Example: North and South Korea
What is a Multistate Nation?
A group of people who share common cultural characteristics
Example: United States (an American)
What is a nation?
Organization of three or more states to promote shared objectives
What are supranational organizations?
_________________boundaries are drawn on an area by a conquering or colonizing power that ignores existing cultural patterns.
Example: Berlin Conference created these boundaries
What are Superimposed Boundaries?
The __________ is up to 12 nautical miles from a state’s coastline - all of a state’s laws apply within the territorial sea zone
The __________ is up to 200 nautical miles from a state’s coastline, a state can explore and extract raw materials (including marine life)
What are the Territorial Sea and the Exclusive Economic Zone?
When a cultural group lacks sovereignty and a country of its own. Also, name 2 groups that fall into this definition
What is a Stateless Nation?
Ex: Kurds & Palestinians
A process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities
What is Balkanization?
The drawing of new electoral district boundary lines in response to population changes. Also how often does this take place
What is redistricting and every 10 years
______________ boundaries are established after the settlement in an area. It changes as the cultural landscape changes and is drawn to accommodate developments due to a certain event, such as a war.
Example: Former Yugoslavia
What are Subsequent Boundaries?
Identify and describe the 4 types of boundaries
What are:
Defined- Legally documented
Delimited- Drawn on a map
Demarcated- Marked with a physical object
Administered- Monitored by people