AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
Unit 4 – POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY
Unit Readings
The Human Mosaic – Chapters 5 & 6
“The School” by C.J. Chivers in Esquire, June 2006
“The Killing Factory” by Jeff Tietz in Rolling Stone, April 20, 2006
“The End of Tibet” by Joshua Kurlantzick in Rolling Stone, February 8, 2007
“Playing War” by Michael Finkel in The New York Times Magazine, December 24, 2000
“Bin Laden Views the World” by Michael Sheuer in Imperial Hubris (2004)
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Reading Quizzes
Reading Quiz 1
Ch 5 (pp. 139-155)
Ethnicity
Race
Ethnic Group
Immigrant v. Indigenous (Original)
Acculturation
Assimilation
Ethnic Homeland
Ethnic Island
Ethnic Substrate
Ethnic Neighborhood
Ghetto
Barrio
Ethnoburb
Reading Quiz 3
Ch 6 (pp. 177-190)
[through Islamic Law in Nigerian Politics]
Political Geography
State
Sovereignty
Territoriality
Enclave
Exclave
Marchland
Buffer State
Satellite State
Natural Boundary
Ethnographic Boundary
Geometric Boundary
Relic Boundary
Unitary State
Federal State
Nationalism
Centripetal Force
Centrifugal Force
Supranationalism
European Union
Gerrymandering
Reading Quiz 2
Ch 5 (pp. 156-175)
Chain Migration
Involuntary Migration
Ethnic Cleansing
Return Migration
Cultural Simplification
Genocide
Cultural Preadaptation
Cultural Maladaptation
Environmental Racism
Ethnic Flag
Foodways
Reading Quiz 4
Ch 6 (pp. 190-201)
[through Political Imprint on Economic
Geography]
Core v. Periphery
Transnationalism
Nation-State
Ethnic Separatism
Cleavage Model
Reading Quiz 5
Ch 6 (pp. 201-213)
Geopolitics
Folk Fortresses
Heartland Theory (Halford Mackinder)
Heartland v. Rimland
Township & Range System
Additional Terms
Types and Shapes of States
Microstate/Ministate
Compact State
Fragmented State
Elongated State
Prorupted State
Perforated State
Landlocked State
Frontier
Boundaries
Antecedent Boundary
Subsequent Boundary
Superimposed Boundary
Territory
Confederation
Decolonization
International Organization
Devolution
Forward Capital
Irredentism
Shatterbelt
Geopolitical Theories
Organic Theory (Friedrich Ratzel)
Sea Power (Alfred T. Mahan)
Rimland Theory (Nicholas Spykman)
Domino Theory
Nationality
Self-Determination
Nation
Multi-ethnic State
Multinational State
Balkanization