Territory
An aspect of territory that has to do with what a state's territory is near or far from; is often considered the most important part
What is Relative Location?
A state that has its cultural borders correspond to its legal borders
What is a nation-state?
A boundary defined by human constructs, such as latitude and longitude lines.
What is a Geometric Boundary?
A theory in which whoever owns Eastern Europe & Western Asia will rule the world
What is Heartland Theory?
A force that promotes state cohesion
What is a centripetal force?
The city of Melilla, a Spanish City surrounded by Morocco, is an example of this type of territory
What is an Enclave?
A state that has more than one nation within its borders
What is a multi-national state?
A boundary placed by a higher authority than the parties involved
What is a superimposed boundary?
A theory in which whoever owns the edges of Eurasia will rule the world
What is Rimland Theory?
A process by which political parties manipulate local district boundaries to achieve favorable election results
What is Gerrymandering?
The idea that a state has final say over what happens in its territory
What is sovereignty?
A group of people that do not possess their own national territory
A boundary dispute about the interpretation of the border definition, such as along a changing river
What is a locational boundary dispute?
A way to view the world's countries with respect to their relationship to global capitalism. Countries are divided into one of three categories - core, semi-periphery, and periphery
What is World Systems Analysis?
The process of a central government ceding power to regional governments
What is devolution?
A state that is long and thin
What is an elongated state?
A state in which regional sub-divisions hold significant power
What is a federal state?
A boundary dispute based on the use of shared resources
What is an allocational boundary dispute?
An independent state in between two hostile states that reduces conflict
A capital that is placed for the purpose of making a political point or advancing some other aim
A state that completely surrounds one or more other states
What is a perforated state?
What is a unitary state?
The region going 200 nautical miles offshore from the coast in which a state has the right to make all decisions about natural resources
A state or group of states that are the battleground for conflict between larger states
What is a Shatterbelt?
A movement to reunite with a nation's homeland when part of it is in another state's territory
What is irredentism?