states & nations
The Kurds can be best described as this.
What is a stateless nation?
Many of Africa’s borders consist of straight lines and angles. This type of boundary is known as this.
What is a geometric boundary?
In the United States, these are redrawn every 10 years following the National Census.
What are Congressional districts?
Religious and ethnic differences in Iraq act as this
What are devolutionary forces?
The policy that determines who has economic rights to the surrounding bodies of water is known as this.
What is the UNCLOS?
Iceland possesses a common culture and language and is thus considered this.
What is a nation-state?
The former border between East and West Germany is an example of this.
What is a relict boundary?
Gerrymandering that results in most members of a minority party being placed in one district is known as this.
What is packing?
Eastern Europe is an example of a politically unstable region that is also known as this.
What is a shatterbelt?
In this type of state power is shared between local governments and the central government.
What is a federal state?
The Republic of Ireland, unlike Northern Ireland, is considered to be this.
What is a nation-state?
These types of boundaries are often determined by spatial patterns of religion or language.
What is a consequent boundary?
The results of the National Census determines this for each state.
What is their number of Congressional Representatives?
Economic differences between different regions in a country can serve as this.
What is a devolutionary force?
The United Nations is an example of this type of organization.
What is a supranational organization?
This nation-state exists entirely within South Africa.
What is Lesotho?
Many of the superimposed boundaries established in Africa were originally drawn during this event.
What is the Berlin Conference?
Dividing up members of minority political party into multiple districts is known as this.
What is cracking?
Having a variation of languages within a single country can serve as this type of force.
What is a centrifugal force?
The practice of nations leasing large amounts of farmland in less developed countries to grow food for their own country is an example of this.
What is neocolonialism?
This region of Spain seeks to become its own separate state.
What is Catalonia?
The most well-known militarized boundary is located between these countries.
What is North and South Korea?
The President of the US is chosen by this group
What is the electoral college?
A primate city serves as this type of force in political geography.
What is a centripetal force?
In cases where countries are less than 400 nautical miles apart at sea both countries must follow this principle to determine their EEZ
What is the median-line principle?