States and Nations
A politically organized body of people under a single government, is what?
State
Efficient for communication and defense
Compact
Direct control over foreign territories and populations
Colonialism
Free markets, private property, profit motive.
Capitalism
Straight lines based on latitude/longitude markers.
Geometric Boundary
Culturally defined group of people with a shared past and a common future who share to a territory and political goals is what?
Nation
Challenges for unity and transport
Elongated
Expanding power through territorial or economic dominance.
Imperialism
Turning goods and ideas into tradable commodities.
Commodification
Based on ethnic or linguistic divisions between groups.
Cultural Boundary
Nation without a recognized independent state, is what?
Stateless Nation
Territory surrounds another state
Perforated
Power shifts to local/regional governments from central authority.
The total value of goods and services produced within a country
Control central Eurasia to dominate global power.
Heartland Theory
State inhabited mostly by one ethnicity forming a nation.
Nation State
Separated territories, complex governance
Fragmented
Idea that the people are the ultimate sovereign, the people, the nation, the ultimate say over what happens in the state.
Democracy
Control coastal Eurasia to influence global geopolitics.
Rimland Theory
A city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside
City-state
Natural features like rivers and mountains define borders.
Physical Boundary
Absolute authority to govern without external control.
Sovereignty
Maximizing exports, minimizing imports for economic strength.
Mercantilism
An internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials.
Unitary State