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Geography
9th Grade
02/18/2009

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a venture involving three or more national states involving formal political, economic, and/or cultural cooperation to promote shared objectives
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supranationalism
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designed to induce states to change their behavior
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international sanctions
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signed by 157 states, in 1982; established states rights and responsibilities concerning the ownership and use of the earths seas and oceans and their resources
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law of the sea
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zone of sea water adjacent to a countrys coast, held to be part of the national territory and treated as a segment of the state itself
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territorial sea
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specified that the united states jurisdiction over the continential shelf and its contents would be limited to the region within the 600-foot isobath
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truman proclamation
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the system of drawing a political boundary midway between two states coast lines when the territoral seas or EEZ are narrower than twice the standard or adopted limit
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median-line principle
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internationally active corporations that can strongly influence the economic and political affairs of many countries they operate in
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multinational unions
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an agreement of cooperation
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benelux
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1958, creation of the european economic community (EEC)
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common market
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a program of cooperation and unification that led to the formal establishment of EU
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european union
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the development of economic supra nationalism in Europe was praralleled by the formation of ?
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military alliance
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the development of economic supra nationalism in Europe was praralleled by the formation of ?
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military alliance
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tend to be short lived or inconsequential
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political unions
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