Political Geography

DAY 1

Vocabulary Word Definition

Freedom from outside control

Sovereignty

A large group of people who share a common

Nation history and culture.

state A political unit that controls a particular

territory.

Nation-state An independent state, or country, whose

people mostly share a common identity.

DAY 2

Salient A panhandle, such as in the Congo.

Enclave A country, or especially, an outlying portion

of a country, entirely or mostly surrounded by
the territory of another country

Exclace A portion of a country geographically

separated from the main part by surrounding
alien territory​.

Land Reclamation Creating land from water.

Polder Dutch name for land that has been reclaimed

from a body of water.

DAY 4
Unitary Government System in which a central government runs
the nation.

Federal government System in which a national government shares

power with smaller units.

Confederacy System in which smaller political units keep

sovereignty and give central government
limited power.