Chapter 8: POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY
KNOW
apartheid
Antecedent boundary
balance of power
balkanization
Berlin Conference
Boundary
Buffer state
Centrifugal force
Centripetal force
city-state
civil divisions
cold war
colonialism
colony
compact state
dependency load
devolution
electoral geography
elongated state
EEZ (Exclusive economic zone)
Enclave
Ethno-nationalism
exclave
European Union (EC) – European common market
Forward capital
fragmented state
federal state
frontier
high seas
heartland theory
gateway state
GATT – General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
geopolitics
gerrymander
imperialism
irredentism
landlocked state
median line principle
microstate
multinational state
nation
nation-sate
NAFTA – North America Free Trade Agreement
neo-colonialism
NGO – non-government organizations
New World Order
OPEC – Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
organic theory
perforated state
prorupted state
relic boundary
shatter belt
sovereignty
state
stateless nation
super imposed boundary
territorial waters
territorial morphology
theocracy
toponym
township and range system
transnational corporation
Truman proclamation
unitary state
supranationalism
United Nations
BE ABLE TO
• Explain the concept of “state” by
identifying necessary qualifications and characteristics
listing examples of states in various regions
describing “quasi-states”
• Describe the problems of multinational states and stateless nations.
• List advantages and disadvantages of different types of boundaries and provide
examples.
• List advantages and disadvantages of different shapes of states and provide
examples.
• Discuss the concepts of imperialism, colonialism and illustrate some of their
consequences on the contemporary political map.
• Summarize the history of the United Nations and identify issues of current
importance regarding it.
READING
1. Rubenstein, Chapter 8: Political Geography
2. Kuby, Chapter 13: Breaking up is Hard to Do: Nations, States, and NaitonStates