Territoriality: The attempt by an individual or group to control people, phenomena, and relationships by delimiting and asserting control over a geographic area.
How to apply it: Apply territoriality to explain gated communities, gang territories, and state border enforcement.
Course: AP Human Geography · Unit: Political Patterns and Processes
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