AP Human Geography Chapter 8 Flashcards

An indivisible line marking the extent of a state's territory.

The outward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body.

<p>An attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A geographical feature that significantly constrains movement.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A sovereign state that comprises a town and the surrounding countryside.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Attempt by one country to establish settlements and impose its principles.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Territories legally tied to a sovereign state.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An alliance made up of states that were part of the Soviet Union.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A state where the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An alliance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Boundaries that coincide with differences in ethnicity, language, or religion.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The action of changing from colonial to independent status.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The passing of authority from a central government to a regional government.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A state with a long, narrow shape.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A territory entirely surrounded by another territory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Western Europe's most important economic organization.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A territory politically attached to another but not contiguous.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A sea zone where a state has special rights over marine resources.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Internal organizations that allocate most powers to local governments.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>States that include several discontinuous pieces of territory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A zone separating two states where neither state has political control.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Straight lines serving as political boundaries unrelated to physical differences.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Relating to the study of the effects of economic geography on state power.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A hypothesis proposing that political power based in Eurasia could dominate the world.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Areas of the sea beyond the jurisdiction of any state.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Control of territory already occupied by an indigenous society.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Organizations with an international membership or scope.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A state without a direct outlet to the sea.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Divisions of the ocean's surface defined by geography.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Lines created at mid-points between two places for boundary creation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>States that encompass very small land areas.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>States containing two ethnic groups that coexist peacefully.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A politically organized body of people under a single government.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A state whose territory corresponds to a particular ethnicity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An agreement creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A military alliance among democratic states in North America and Europe.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A theory comparing a state to a living organism that needs land to grow.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A state completely surrounded by another state.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Boundaries made by important physical features on Earth's surface.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To redistribute or reallocate.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Changing political borders.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Boundaries that coincide with religious differences.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A land or region at the periphery of the heartland.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Government free from external control.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An area organized into a political unit ruled by a government.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Without a state or nationality.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Boundaries created as a result of long-time processes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Boundaries forced upon the inhabitants to resolve an issue.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Organizations not tied to any one sovereign country.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A belt of coastal waters extending 12 nautical miles from the baseline.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The calculated use of violence against civilians for political goals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An internal organization that places most power in central government.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An international organization created to maintain peace.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Defines nations' rights and responsibilities regarding ocean use.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A military agreement among Communist Eastern European countries.</p> Signup and view all the answers