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Geography
9th Grade
05/12/2010

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Term
Perforated
Definition
country has an entire state completely inside of its borders
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enclave
Definition
a country that is completely surrounded by another political state
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exclave
Definition
an area separated from its state by another country
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microstate
Definition
states that are small in area and pop.
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ministate
Definition
city-state
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compact country
Definition
equidistant from the center of the country
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elongated

(give 3 examples)

Definition

countries are at least twice as long as they are wide: long and skinny

 

ex: nepal, italy gambia and chile

Term
forward capital
Definition
is a capital city that is put in a particular location to show that the home country has the intention of using the land that is not in current use
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settlement empire
Definition
is nor necessarily to send resources back to the home country immediately
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land empire
Definition
involves conquest force. armies will attack, pillage, and plunder their way though land, taking resources by force
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sea empire
Definition
used sea power to control an area.
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colonialism
Definition
is the practice of establishing political dominance over a people for economic political, and territorial gain
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relic boundary
Definition
does not exist any longer but its impact is still felt and seen on the landscape
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superimposed boundary
Definition
political boundary that ignores the existing cultural organization on the landscape. usually placed by higher authority.
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subsequent boundaries
Definition
develop along with the development of the cultural landscape
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antecedent boundaries
Definition
exist before the human settlement of an area
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global commons
Definition
countries do not have the right to search for natural resources
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Exclusive economic zones

(EEZ's)

Definition
means that countries have the right to explore resources up to 200 miles off their shores.
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balkanization
Definition
is the breakup of an area into smaller independent units and usually involves some degree of hostililty
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geometric boundaries
Definition
boundaries are latitude and longitude features or straight lines
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physical boundaries
Definition

natural features

ex: mountains, rivers

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ethnographic or cultural boundaries
Definition
cultural factors such as language, religion, or ethnicity
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coup d'etat
Definition
when a particular group leads a revolt against the current ruling power
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sovereignty
Definition
states regulate their own internal and external affairs
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nation-state
Definition

occurs when the cultural borders of a nation correspond with the state borders of a country

 

Term
nation
Definition
group of people with common characteristics. may be linked by ethnicity, religion, language
Term
state
Definition
an area with boundaries and sovereignty or any area with defined territory that exercises its sovereign control over areas both inside and outside of its borders.
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neocolonialism
Definition
less developed countries are still economically dependent upon the more developed countries.
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5 stages of Rostow's take-off model
Definition
1) traditional society 2) preconditions for takeoff or transitional phase 3) takeoff stage 4) drive to maturity 5) the age of mass consumption
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downward transistion
Definition
means that companies are leaving, and unemployment rates are high. third area in the core-periphery
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resource frontier
Definition
provide the majority of the resources for the industrial core
Term
upward transition
Definition
2nd maj area in core-perphery model. means gaining jobs and attractin industry
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industrial core
Definition
where the maj. of the manufacturing or industrial activities of a nation or a ciry are located
Term
periphery areas
Definition
less developed countries
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core countries
Definition
more developed countries, which use the resources of the periphery to continue their success
Term
dependency theory
Definition
sugeests that some countries are allowing themselves to remain in poverty as a whole to obtain some other type of economic power.
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gross domestic product per capita
Definition
total amount of goods and services produced in a country divided by the total population of that contry
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gross domestic product (GNP)
Definition
the selling value, or market price, of all goods and services produced within a particular country's border
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gross national product (GNP)
Definition
the value of goods and services produced by the country's companies, usually within one year
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Four Tigers
Definition
south korea, taiwan, hong kong, singapore.
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entrepotes
Definition
are areas where trade goods are brought to be reloaded onto other forms of transportation
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Special economic zones (SEZs)
Definition
designated specifically for foreign companies to locate their headquaters.
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