Political power

• Political power is the control of sates declare over their people, resources, and. territory
• Shatterbelt's are groups of politically and ethnically broken up sates located between larger,more powerful sates that normally compete for control over smaller states.
• choke points are thin, highly tactical geographical passageways that limit passage from one region to another
• Neocolionalism is a process in which powerful countries try to control weaker countries through economic or cultural pressures
• territoriality is peoples bond and claim to a specific piece of land