Key Terms

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