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15 Cards in this Set
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Geometric boundary |
Political boundary defined and delimited(and occasionally demarcated) as a straight line or an arc McKinna Copple |
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Physical-political boundary |
Political boundary defined and delimited (and occasionally demarcated) by a prominent physical feature in the natural landscape- such as a river or the crest ridges of a mountain range McKinna Copple |
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Heartland theory |
A geopolitical hypothesis, proposed by British geographer Harold mackinder during the first two decades of the twentieth century, that any political power based in the heart of Eurasia could gain sufficient strength to eventually dominate the world. McKinna Copple |
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Critical geopolitics |
Process by which geopoliticians deconstruct and focus on explaining the underlying spatial assumptions and territorial perspectives of politicians McKinna Copple |
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Unilateralism |
World order in which one state is in a position of dominance with allies following rather that joining the political decision making process McKinna Copple |
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Supranational organization |
A venture involving three or more nation-states involving formal political, economic, political, and/or cultural cooperation to promote shared objectives. The European Union is such an organization. McKinna Copple |
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Deterritorialization |
A term used to describe the economic, social, and cultural geographies that look less and less like the maps of states. Globalization, networked communities, and the like undermine the state’s traditional territorial authority McKinna Copple |
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Reterritorialization |
States are moving to solidify control over its territory. For example, solidifying their borders due to concern over immigration McKinna Copple |
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Compact state |
A state that possesses a roughly circular, oval, or rectangular territory in which the distance from the geometric center is relatively equal in all directions. Example:Poland, Kenya, Uruguay McKinna Copple |
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Prorupted state |
A type of territorial shape that exhibits a narrow, elongated land extension leading away from the main body of the territory. Example: Mozambique and Thailand McKinna Copple |
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Elongated state |
A state whose territory is long and narrow in shape. Example:Norway and Chile McKinna Copple |
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Fragmented state |
A state that is not contiguous whole but rather separated parts. Example: Indonesia McKinna Copple |
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Perforated state |
A state whose territory completely surrounds that of another state. Example: South Africa McKinna Copple |
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Enclave |
A country or part of a country that is surrounded by another example: Vatican City is an enclave of Rome McKinna Copple |
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Exclave |
A part of a country that is or almost completely separated from the main part of the country Example: Alaska and Hawaii for the USA McKinna Copple |
