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22 Cards in this Set
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POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY |
the study of all aspects of boundaries |
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STATE |
an area that has specific boundaries and its own sovereign government |
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NATION |
a community ob people living in a defined territory under one government |
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COMPACT STATE |
a country that is mostly circular in shape with the capitol in the center |
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PRORUPT STATE |
a compact state with large extension, usually beneficial for resources |
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ELONGATED STATE |
a country that is longer than it is wide |
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FRAGMENTED STATE |
country or state that includes several unattached pieces of land |
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PERFORATED STATE |
country that is completely surrounded or enclosed by another |
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CORE |
central or most essential part of anything |
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BOUNDARIES |
official line that separates one area of land from another |
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DELIMITATION |
term used to describe the drawing of boundaries, but is most often used to describe the drawing of electoral boundaries |
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DEMARCATION |
the process of deciding on and settling the boundaries of a land |
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NATURAL BOUNDARIES |
a boundary made usually from natural resources |
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GEOMETRIC BOUNDARIES |
a boundary without an obvious physical basis; often a parallel of latitude or a meridian of longitude |
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CULTURAL BOUNDARIES |
boundary dividing two identifiable ethnic cultures |
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SUPERIMPOSED BOUNDARIES |
a boundary forced upon existing cultures |
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PRIMATE CITY |
a city that serves as the financial political and population center of a country with no other city as its rival |
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MONROE DOCTRINE |
U.S. policy adopted in 1823 stating that efforts by European nations to further colonize North and South America would not be tolerated |
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MANIFEST DESTINY |
American doctrine of the 1800's that the United States had the God-given right to expand and control North America |
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DOMINO THEORY |
a theory based on chain reaction; each action causes the next action |
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GERRYMANDERING |
to manipulate boundaries in order for a particular political group to get more votes |
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UNITED NATIONS |
an organization of countries formed in 1945 to promote peace |
