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Chapter 8: Vocab
Black Book
Question | Answer |
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Political Geography | the study of political organization of the world |
Territorial | the attempt to control or influence someone by delimiting the control over an area |
Capitalism | the world economy, people, etc. produce goods and exchange them on the market for profit |
Core | generates more wealth which incorporates higher levels of education, salaries, and technology |
Periphery | lower levels of education, salaries and technology |
Semi-Periphery | places where core and periphery occur |
Territorial Representation | each rep is elected from a territorial defined district |
Reapportionment | districts are moved by population shifts so each districts around the same number of people |
Splitting | majority and are split even so there is no dominance |
Majority-Minority Districts | packed districts where a majority of population is form the minority |
Geometric Boundary | boundaries that are drawn using grids |
Physical-Political Boundaries | boundaries agreeing on physical landscape |
Heartland Theory | a geopolitical hypothesis |
Devolution | movement of a power from the central government to regional governments |
Supranational Organization | separate entity composed of 3 or more states that forge as an association and form a mutual benefit and in pursuit of shared goals |