Stats: AP Human Geography Unit 4 Vocab Match

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
A count of the population that is required by the US Federal Government every 10 years.	Census	69%
A force that tends to break states apart or prevent them from forming.	Centrifugal Force	64%
A convention that governs relations among countries about how to use and control the oceans. The sea is divided into four zones: territorial sea, contiguous zone, exclusive economic zone, and the high seas.	UN Convention on the Law of the Sea	64%
An 1884 meeting of the major colonial powers in which they divided Africa into colonies without any consultation of Africa leaders.	Berlin Conference	62%
A period of diplomatic, political, and military rivalry between the US and USSR that started at the end of WWII and lasted until the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the break up of the USSR in 1991.	Cold War	62%
A state within which the government has lost the ability to provide the most basic of public services.	Failed State	62%
The study of the effects of geography on politics and relations among states.	Geopolitics	62%
A force that unites people together, leading to the creation or strengthening of a state.	Centripetal Force	59%
A strategic strait or canal which would be closed or blocked to stop sea traffic.	Choke Point	59%
The forced removal of a major ethnic group from a territory.	Ethnic Cleansing	59%
A symbolically relocated capital city, usually for economic or strategic reasons.	Forward Capital	59%
The idea that land-based power is essential in achieving global domination. Controlling the Heartland would lead to domination of the Rimland and thus control of the entire world.	Heartland Theory	59%
A particular type of imperialism in which people move into and settle on the land of another country.	Colonialism	56%
The transition from autocratic to more representative forms of politics.	Democratization	56%
A boundary drawn before a large population was present.	Antedecent Boundary	54%
A small sovereign state that is made up of a town or city and the surrounding area.	City State	54%
The idea that if one country came under the influence of Communism, then surrounding countries would follow suit.	Domino Theory	54%
The drawing of boundaries for political districts by the party or group in power to extend or cement their advantage.	Gerrymandering	54%
A country that contains more than one nation.	Multinational State	54%
A region that suffers from instability because it is located between two larger powers that work in opposition to each other.	Shatterbelt	54%
The power of a political unit to rule over its own affairs.	Sovereignty	54%
In international relations, the formal term for a country. It has established boundaries, a permanent population, and sovereignty over its domestic and international affairs.	State	54%
When colonized nations win their independence from a colonizing force.	Decolonization	51%
A country where governmental authority is shared among a central government and various other smaller regional authorities.	Federal State	51%
A boundary that is heavily guarded and discourages crossing and movement.	Militarized Boundary	51%
When a nation has a state of its own but stretches across the borders of other states.	Multi-State Nation	51%
A singular nation of people who fulfill the qualifications of a state.	Nation-State	51%
A boundary created to accommodate a region’s cultural diversity.	Consequent Boundary	49%
A boundary that is a straight line drawn by people that does not follow any physical feature closely.	Geometric Boundary	49%
A country that is small in terms of both population and area.	Microstate	49%
A group of people who have a common cultural heritage and attachment to a homeland.	Nation	49%
Redrawing district boundaries so that each district contains roughly the same number of people.	Redistricting	49%
A boundary that no longer exists or functions, but evidence of it can still be seen on the landscape.	Relic Boundary	49%
The idea that power is derived from controlling strategic maritime areas of the world. Control of the Rimland is crucial to worldwide power because that area has more varied resources than the Heartland, more people, and greater access to the sea. Whoever controls the Rimland controls the world.	Rimland Theory	49%
A boundary drawn by outside powers.	Superimposed Boundary	49%
A willingness by one person or a group of people to defend the space they claim.	Territoriality	49%
A country where governmental authority is held primarily by the central government.	Unitary State	49%
The breaking of a state into smaller, often hostile, states along ethno linguistic lines.	Balkanization	46%
A boundary established by a legal document such as a treaty that divides one entity from another.	Defined Boundary	46%
The transfer of political power from the central government to lower, subnational levels of government.	Devolution	46%
A boundary based on physical features to separate entities (rivers, mountains, deserts, etc.)	Natural Boundary	46%
An organization of three or more countries that transcend national boundaries to make decisions on a geopolitical level.	Supranational Organization	46%
A boundary identified by physical objects placed on the landscape (signs, fences, walls, etc.)	Demarcated Boundary	44%
The deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that group.	Genocide	44%
Nations that have no independent political entity.	Stateless Nation	44%
A boundary where crossing is unimpeded.	Open Boundary	41%
Changing the number of representatives granted to each district so it reflects the district’s population.	Reapportionment	41%
The process by which a group of people form their own state and choose their own government.	Self-Determination	41%
Outside or beyond the authority of one national government.	Supranational	41%
The formal acquisition of territory by conquest or occupation.	Annex	38%
Influencing another country or group of people by direct conquest, economic control, or cultural dominance.	Imperialism	38%
Regions that have their own local and legislative bodies to govern a population that is an ethnic minority within the state.	Autonomous Region	36%
States are born and need nourishment and living space to survive, which they get by annexing territory from weaker states. A state has to grow or it will cease to exist.	Organic Theory	36%
When one state is dominated by another politically and economically.	Satellite State	36%
A boundary line drawn on a map to show the limits of a space.	Delimited Boundary	33%
A nation’s desire to create and maintain a state of its own.	Nationalism	33%
When control of developing countries is exerted through indirect means, whether economic, political, or cultural.	Neocolonialism	33%
A boundary drawn to accommodate religious, linguistic, ethnic, or economic differences.	Subsequent Boundary	33%
The process by which part of an existing state breaks away and merges with another.	Irredentism	28%
When peoples’ primary allegiance is to a traditional group or ethnicity rather than the state.	Subnationalism	28%

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