Vocabulary
A large group of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular territory.
What is a nation?
Political boundaries that are defined and delimited by straight lines.
what is a geometric boundary?
the four types of boundary disputes
what are definitional, locational, operational, and allocational?
A geographic area organized into one political unit (you might think of this as a "country")
what is a state?
regions with autonomy from an external authority, and power over their own affairs (usually are geographically distant from the external power)-- Example- Taiwan
what are autonomous regions?
Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states.
What is sovereignty?
a boundary line placed by an outside power, that is placed over and ignoring an existing cultural patterns
what is a superimposed boundary?
area in which ocean resources belong exclusively to the geographically bordering state (generally within 200 miles of the coast)
What is an Exclusive Economic Zone?
a sovereign state whose citizens or subjects are relatively homogeneous in factors such as language or common descent.
What is a nation state?
an area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India
What is Kashmir?
Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory.
What is colonialism?
a type of subsequent boundary that is intentionally drawn to accommodate cultural differences, such as ethnicity, religion or language
what is a consequent boundary?
Conflict between states or regions over the ownership of a given area
what is a locational boundary dispute?
nation that transcends the borders of two or more states (there are members of that ethnic group in multiple countries)
what is a multistate nation?
Ethnic group that lives in parts of Iraq and Turkey. They often suffer persecution in both countries, and are currently under the protection of the United Nations in Iraq.
Who are the Kurds?
The policy of a state wishing to incorporate within itself territory inhabited by people who have ethnic or linguistic links with the country, but that lies within a neighboring state.
What is irredentism?
a former boundary line that is still discernible and marked by some cultural landscape features
what is a relict boundary?
A region where no military forces or weapons are permitted.
what is a demilitarized zone?
The idea that nations believe they have the right to govern themselves
What is self-determination?
a strategic, narrow waterway between two larger bodies of water
what is a choke point?
The shifting of power from the central government to regional/local governments within the state
What is devolution?
regions caught up in a conflict between two opposing powers or cultures
what is a shatterbelt
Disagreement over policies to be applied along a boundary, such as immigration or land use
What is a operational boundary dispute?
when an ethnicity has a history of self-determination but does not have a recognized state
what are stateless nations?
Meeting at which Europeans agreed on rules for colonizing Africa (1885)
what is the Berlin Conference?