AP Human Geography

A politically organized body of people under a single government.

• State

• Unitary state

• Buffer state

• Nation

A form of imperialism in which a state takes possession of a foreign territory, occupies it, and governs it.

• Colonalism

• Imperialism

• Sovereignty

• Terrorism

Boundaries of a nation coincide with the boundaries of the state and the people share a sense of political unity.
EX: Japan

• Sovereignty

• Separatism

• Redistricting

• Nation-state

Is regional in scale and came into existence in order to enhance economic cooperation in western Europe.

• The united nations

• European union

• Supranational organization

• Stateless nation

Movement of power from central goverment to regional goverment within the state.

• Devolution

• Sovereignty

• Self-determination

• Imperialism

Boundaries made before and area is settled by humans.

• Superimposed boundary

• Geometric boundary

• Antecedent boundary

Central government that rules over the entire government.

• Unitary system

• Devolution

• Federal system

• Containment

A place where civilizations meet either within a country or along international borders.

• Relic Boundary

• Faultline

• Boundary

• Packing

Most are on borders and separated from the center of power.
EX: Hawaii

• Centrifugal force

• Superimposed boundary

• Exclave

• Spatial forces

It is a boundary that has been forced upon the inhabitants of an area to solve a problem and/or conflict, i.e., it has been placed from the outside.

• Superimposed boundary

• Geometric boundary

• Antecedent boundary

• Subsequent boundary