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Unit IV: Political Organization of Space
Note: The following concepts transcend all units in AP Human Geography; they are central to all geographic thinking and analysis and could even be
considered central to any definition of geography. Please complete this vocabulary chart by defining the term in your own words and providing an
example. You will be expected to know all of these terms throughout the year.
Basic Concepts
Term
1. Anocracy
2. Autocracy
3. Balance of power
4. Boundary
5. City-State
6. Colonialism
7. Colony
Definition
In my own words
Example/Picture
8. Compact State
9. Democracy
10. Elongated Sate
11. Federal State
12. Fragmented State
13. Frontier
14. Gerrymandering
15. Imperialism
16. Landlocked State
17. Microstate
18. Multiethnic State
19. Multinational State
20. Nation-State
21. Perforated State
22. Prorupted State
23. Self-determination
24. Sovereignty
25. State
26. Terrorism
27. Unitary State