Details Title: AP Human Geography Description: Ch. 17 Vocab Total Flash Cards: 9 Created: 02/26/2009 13:08:23		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Geography Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term A description of the international system resulting from the collapse of the Soviet Union in which the balance of nuclear terror theoretically no longer determined the destinies of states. Definition New World Order Term The study of the interpplay between international political relations and the territorial/environmental context in which they occur. Combines geography with some aspects of political science. Definition Geopolitics. Term The process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy at the expense of the central government. Definition Devolution Term When peoples share a well-developed sense of belonging to the same cultural group. Definition Ethnic group Term The identification and loyalty a person may feel for his or her nation. Definition Ethnonationalism Term A term used in Russia to describe the Post-Soviet states (except Russia itself). The term is used since the early 1990s, usually to assert Russia's right to have major influence in the region. Definition Near Abroad Term The expansion of economic, political, and cultural activities to the point that they become global in scale and impact. This process has been aided by technological advances in transportation, information management, and telecommunication. Definition Globalization Term A form of government in which power is held directly or indirectly by citizens under a free electoral system. Definition Democracy Term Religious movement whose objectives are to return to the foundations of the faith and to influence state policy. Definition Religious fundamentalism