Types of Political Entities
A group of people who share common cultural characteristics, such as ethnicity, religion, and language.
Example: Irish, French, Macedonians
Nation
Not all boundaries are created with concern for physical or cultural differences. These boundaries are drawn using straight lines.
Examples: Border between U.S. and Canada - 49 parallel
Geometric Boundary
The transfer of power from the central government to subnational levels is called
Devolution
A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's cultural group, sometimes also to one's country.
Nationalism
Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power.
gerrymandering
A territory with defined boundaries, population, government, sovereignty, and recognition.
State
This boundary is one that no longer functions but can still be detected on the cultural landscape
Example: Berlin Wall
Relic Boundary
Process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities
Balkanization
Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states.
Sovereignty
Sometimes called, "geographically disadvantaged states," these states are completely surrounded by other states and has no access to the sea.
Landlocked
A shared cultural group living in their own country
Example: Japan, Iceland
Nation-State
These boundaries existed before the present settlement. These are often based on landforms, such as mountains.
Example: Andes Mountains, Rio Grande River
Antecedent Boundary
An attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state
Centripetal Force
government systems that divide the powers between the national government and state or provincial governments
Federal System
Exclusive economic zone extends ________ miles from land; a conflict between many countries over the exclusive economic zone is currently happening in the ___________________ Sea
200; South China
When a cultural group lacks sovereignty and a country of their own
Stateless Nation
These boundaries are drawn on an area by a conquering or colonizing power that ignores existing cultural patterns.
Example: Berlin Conference created these boundaries
Superimposed Boundaries
a force that divides people and countries
Centrifugal Force
A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically.
Imperialism
This stateless nation would have significant difficulty in creating a state for itself, as it is split across three different countries currently: Iraq, Syria, and Turkey
Kurds (Kurdistan)
When two or more cultural groups live in a country
Example: Former Yugoslavia, United States
Multinational State
These boundaries are established after the settlement in an area. It changes as the cultural landscape changes and is drawn to accommodate developments due to various events.
Subsequent Boundaries
A narrow, strategic passageway that has the potential of being blocked is called a?
Choke Point
the process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and government.
Self-Determination
This stateless nation is delineated most clearly from the surrounding population of its country by their use of the French language, when English is more dominant across the country.
Quebecois (Quebec in Canada)
When a cultural group lives in a few different countries
Example: Koreans (North and South Korea)
Multistate Nation
These boundaries are drawn in order to separate groups based on ethnic, linguistic, religious, or economic differences.
Example: India separated because of different religious group in the country (Hindu and Muslim)
Consequent Boundaries
A state in which most political power exists at the national level (highly centralized), with limited local authority
Unitary System
the drawing of new electoral district boundary lines in response to population changes and how often does this take place
redistricting & 10 years
The position that a state should be annexed because of ethnicity of prior historical possession (or claims to prior possession of an area)
Irredentism