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Political Geography (Shapes of States (Fragmented (a country that is…
Political Geography
Shapes of States
Fragmented
a country that is separated from the rest of itself
Perforated
has a country inside of it
Prorupted
Elongated
long and skinny state/ poor communication
Compact state
perfect state/ round boundaries that are equal distance from capitol/ great comunication
Sovereign States complicated
Chian and Taiwan
Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands
North and South Korea
Sahrawi Republic (Western Sahara)
15 Republic States
Baltic states
Lithuania
Estonia
Latvia
Central Asian
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Kyrgyztan
Uzbekistan
Kaza Khstan
European
Moldova
Ukraine
Belarus
Caucasus
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Armenia
Governing States
Democracy
selection of leaders
citizen participation
check and balances
Autocracy
Anocracy
Unitary State
Boundaries
Geometric Boundaries
based on human constructs
Physical boundaries
physical features that divide countries
Cultural Boundaries
follow the distribution of cultural features
Nation States
ethnicity with sovereign territory
Ancient States
Fertile Crescent city-states
Medieval states
European realms
Twentieth-century Europe
boundaries matched to ethnicities
Self-determination
right for an ethnicity to govern itself
Multiethnic state
more than one ethnicity, shared nationality
Multinational state
more than one ethnicity with histories of self-determination
State
is a synonym for
country
:political unit with control over internal and external affairs.
City State is a Sovereign state
Electoral Geography
Geography of Gerrymandering