Unit 4

Cards (31)

  • State
    Country
  • Autonomous region
    Area of a country with a degree of autonomy
  • Semi-Autonomous region

    Subnational units that are somewhat self-governing within a larger state
  • Nation-state
    One nation: one state
  • Multinational state

    Many nations within (e.g. US)
  • Stateless nation

    Nation with no state (e.g. Kurds)
  • Irredentism
    Assertion by a government that a minority living outside its formal borders belongs to it historically and culturally
  • Exclave
    Strip of land that belongs to an entity (country/region) but is not connected to it by land
  • Enclave
    Portion of territory within or surrounded by a larger territory whose inhabitants are culturally or ethnically distinct
  • Bi-national state

    Citizen may view themself as part of two nations within the state (country)
  • Centripetal forces

    Forces that promote unity or exchange support for a state
  • Centrifugal forces

    Forces that divide the people of a state
  • Defined
    Boundary determined verbally and agreed upon
  • Delimited
    Agreed upon boundary drawn on a map
  • Demarcated
    Physically marking on land surface
  • Administered
    Operation of the border, how it will be maintained, how goods and people will cross
  • Physical boundary

    Formed by natural forces (rivers, mountains)
  • Cultural boundary

    Division between cultural groups (cultural, linguistic or ethnic lines)
  • Geometric boundary

    Straight, imagined lines that do not follow cultural divisions or natural features
  • Antecedent boundary

    Pre-existing, corresponds to a physical feature (Rivers, bays, lakes, Mountains)
  • Subsequent boundary

    Set after the settlement of different groups meet, correspond to their respective ecumene
  • Superimposed boundary

    Imposed by an outside force (treaty), may not reflect existing cultural landscape
  • Relic boundary

    No longer a boundary, often the outcome of political changes, still a visible imprint on the landscape
  • Choke point
    Natural narrow channel point of congestion along two wider and important passages, strategic location
  • Territorial seas
    0-12 NM, exactly like being in a country
  • Contiguous zone
    12-24 NM, enforce certain laws
  • Exclusive Economic Zone
    24-200 NM, states can explore and extract minerals
  • High seas
    Past EEZ
  • Globalization
    Increased interconnectedness of the world, cultures, and economies
  • Sovereignty
    Ability to govern oneself
  • Devolution
    Transfer of power from central government to smaller government within