Vocabulary
Permanent population; Sovereign territory; Effective government and working economy
What is a state?
Boundaries based on the median line principle are generally associated with
What is bodies of water?
Boundaries between two or more military power or alliances?
What is militarized?
Expand or Die
What is organic theory?
The study of geography involving geographic states, borders, and how human identify with them
What is political geography?
What is a nation?
Boundaries established by rivers, mountains, oceans and deserts
What is physical?
Pre-existing boundaries, commonly corresponding to physical features such as rivers, lakes, etc
What is antecedent?
The Eurasian landmass was the center of world domination
What is Heartland theory?
The United Nations is example of
What is supranational?
A state with only primarily one nation within its borders
What is a nation-state?
Boundaries resulting from conflict or change
What is subsequent?
Boundary that ceases to exist, but the imprint of the boundary remains on the cultural landscape
What is relict?
The area around Eurasia and the oceans were the key to political powers
What is Rimland theory?
The Kurds are an example of
What is stateless nation?
A nation without sovereignty over its homeland
What is stateless nation?
Boundary imposed on an area by conquering or colonizing power that is unconcerned about pre-existing patterns
What is superimposed?
The policy of extending a country's influence through diplomacy or military force to areas already developed
What is imperialism?
In 1904, Sir Halford Mackinder published this theory
What is Heartland theory?
Refers to an area of instability located between regions with opposing political and cultural values
What is shatterbelt?
Political unit with two+ national homelands may lead to ethnonationalism and stages of political fragmentation; separation, devolution or secession
What is multi-national state?
Former boundaries that still have political or cultural meaning
What is relict?
The attempt by one country to establish settlements and impose its political, economic, cultural principles
What is colonization?
Spyman's theory was influential during the Cold War. The Soviet Union desired to control the areas around them
What is Rimland theory?
Unify states, provide stability, strengthen the state, bind people together, create solidarity
What is centripetal forces?