Key Terms
buffer state
centrifugal force
centripetal force
cleavage model
colonialism
core area
electoral geography
enclave
ethnographic boundary
European Union (EU)
exclave
federal state
folk fortress
geometric boundary
geopolitics
gerrymandering
heartland
heartland theory
intergovernmental organization
176
international organization
nation-state
nationalism
natural boundary
North American Free Trade Association (NAFTA)
political geography
regional trading bloc
relic boundary
rimland
satellite state
sovereignty
state
supranationalism
territoriality
unitary state