Unit: 4 Chapter - 9 Key Terms

To manage and be responsible for the running or organization of a system, process, or territory. In political context, it usually refers to governance and implementation of policies.

• Colonialism
• Subsequent Boundary
• Administer
• Self-determination

A boundary that was established before the present-day cultural landscape developed; typically corresponds to physical features such as rivers or mountain ranges.

• Antecedent Boundary
• Administer
• Superimposed Boundary
• Multi-state Nation

Describing a region or group that has the freedom to govern itself or make its own decisions independently, often within a larger political or administrative framework.

• Administer
• Political Geography
• Neocolonialism
• Autonomous

A strategic narrow route or passage, such as a strait or canal, that is critical to transportation and trade; control over choke points can be of great geopolitical significance.

• Autonomous
• Consequent Boundary
• Choke Point
• Imperialism

The practice of acquiring control over another country or territory, often by establishing settlements and exploiting resources, while suppressing the indigenous population and imposing new cultural norms.

• Demarcate
• Consequent Boundary
• Colonialism
• Nation-state

A boundary that is established based on the cultural landscape and characteristics of the region, such as language, religion, or ethnic distribution.

• Stateless Nation
• Autonomous
• Consequent Boundary
• Subsequent Boundary

To explain the meaning of a term or concept.

• Multi-state Nation
• Define
• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
• Delimit

To set the boundaries or limits of something, often in a clearly defined manner, which may involve physical markers.

• Shatterbelt
• Territoriality
• Demarcate
• Stateless Nation

To determine the boundaries or limits of a territory or area, often through a legal or formal process.

• Delimit
• State
• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
• Antecedent Boundary

The transfer or delegation of power from a central authority to local or regional authorities, allowing them greater autonomy and control over certain functions.

• Devolution
• Territoriality
• Delimit
• Geometric Boundary