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AP Human Geography

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Term
Definition
State   show
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Territoriality   show
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show Treaties negotiated in 1648 that formally recognized the sovereignty of states.  
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show The legal authority to have the last say over a territory. Under international law, states are sovereign.  
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Territorial integrity   show
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Colonialism   show
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show An early form of capitalism based on trading large quantities of goods, using gold and silver as currencies.  
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Nation   show
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Imagined community   show
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show A nation (people) and a state (country) who share the same borders.  
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Multinational state   show
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Multistate nation   show
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Stateless nation   show
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First wave of colonialism   show
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show From the 1850s to 1960s, when Europeans colonized Africa and Asia in the context of the industrial revolution.  
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World-Systems Theory   show
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Capitalism   show
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Commodification   show
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Core   show
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Periphery   show
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Semi-periphery   show
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Centripetal forces   show
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Centrifugal forces   show
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show States that have a centralized government and administration that exercises power equally over all parts of the states.  
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show A system with a central government and several states that retain independence on internal affairs.  
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show Transfer of power from central government to regional or local government within a state (country).  
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show Government by the people where the people are sovereign and have the final say over what happens within a state.  
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show Redistribution of representatives based on population change. For example, seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are reapportioned across states after each census before each state redistricts.  
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Splitting   show
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Majority-minority districts   show
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Gerrymandering   show
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Boundary   show
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Geometric boundaries   show
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Physical- political boundaries   show
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Heartland theory   show
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Unilateralism   show
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Deterritorialization   show
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Reterritorialization   show
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show An organization of three or more states involving formal political, economic, and/or cultural cooperation to promote shared objectives. For example, the European Union is one such organization.  
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