12–17% of the AP exam. Key topics: Introduction to Political Geography, Political Processes (self-determination, nationalism), Political Power and Territoriality (sovereignty, UNCLOS), Defining Political Boundaries (geometric, physical-political, ethnographic), Boundary Functions and Disputes, Internal Boundaries (electoral districts, gerrymandering), Forms of Governance (unitary vs. federal, democracy vs. autocracy), Devolutionary Factors (ethnic, economic, spatial), Challenges to Sovereignty (supranationalism, terrorism, fragmented states), Centrifugal and Centripetal Forces.
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