UNIT 4 VOCABULARY
Use the chart below to create definitions for the important terms in this Unit. When
studying, fold the paper along the vertical line to hide the terms from the definitions.
Have a study partner test your knowledge, by both identifying the term when given
the definition and by identifying the definition when given the term!
TERM
Geopolitics
Political Geography
Apartheid
Balkanization
Blockbusting
Centripetal force
Centrifugal force
Ethnic cleansing
Ethnicity
Multi-ethnic state
DEFINITION
Multinational state
Nationalism
Nationality
Nation-state
Race
Racism
Nation
Self-determination
Lebensraum
Triangular Trade
Buffer State
Antecedent
Boundary
Subsequent
Boundary
Superimposed
Boundary
Relic Boundary
Physical Boundary
Geometric Boundary
City-state
Colonialism
Colony
Compact state
Elongated state
Federal state /
Federalism
Frontier
Gerrymandering
Imperialism
Landlocked state
Microstate
Perforated state
Prorupt(ed) state
Fragmented state
Sovereignty
State
Devolution
Confederation
Unitary state
Democratization
Electoral College
United Nations
European Union
OPEC
Commonwealth of
Independent States
NATO
NAFTA
Heartland
(MacKinder)
Rimland
(Spykman)
Redistricting
Reapportionment
Stateless Nation
Enclave / Exclave
North/South
East/West
Divide
Law of the Sea
International
Organization
Supranational
Organization
Domino Theory
Ratzel’s
Organic Theory
Territoriality