AP Human Geography Flashcards: Political Power and Territoriality
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What is the core difference between the concepts of political power and territoriality as described?
Political power is about control over territory and resources, while territoriality is about the connection of people and culture to that territory.
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What is the core difference between the concepts of political power and territoriality as described?
Political power is about control over territory and resources, while territoriality is about the connection of people and culture to that territory.
What three concepts are given as illustrations of how political power is expressed geographically?
Neocolonialism, shatterbelts, and choke points are three illustrations of the geographical expression of political power.
What are the three key elements that political power seeks to control geographically?
Geographically, political power is expressed as control over people, land, and resources.
What is the relationship between territoriality and culture?
Territoriality describes the fundamental connection between a group of people and their culture to a specific piece of land.
How does territoriality relate to a country's economy?
Territoriality includes the connection of a people's economic systems to the land they inhabit.
Define Political Power as used by geographers.
Political power is expressed geographically as the control over people, land, and resources.
A strategic strait where a state can control shipping and exert influence over global trade is an example of what?
This is an example of a choke point, a geographic feature used to express political power.
A powerful country using economic pressure to control the resources of a less developed country is an example of what concept?
This is an example of neocolonialism, which is a geographical expression of political power.
A region of instability caught between two larger, opposing political and cultural forces would be an example of what?
This describes a shatterbelt, which is an illustration of how political power is expressed territorially.
Define Territoriality.
Territoriality is the connection of people, their culture, and their economic systems to the land.