Political Geography.

Name Eddie Alvarado

DAY 1

Vocabulary Word Definition

Sovereignty Freedom from outside control

Nation A large group of people who share a common

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.

Enclaves A country, or especially, an outlying portion

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

Exclaves A portion of a country geographically

separated from the main part by surrounding
alien territory.

Land Reclamation Creating land from water.

Polders 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.

Confederation System in which smaller political units keep

sovereignty and give central government
limited power.