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Cultural Geography
Chapter 8: political geography pt 2
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Geography
Undergraduate 1
07/16/2013

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democracy
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insitiutions and procedures thru which citizens can express effective prefernces about leadres and policies. constraint on the exercise of power by the executives. guaranteed civil liberties to all citizens in their daily lives and in acts of political participation
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autocracy
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leaders selected according to defined rules of succession. citizen participation is restricted or suppressed/ leaders exercise power with no legislative authority...
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federal states
Definition
allocate strong power to units of local government within the country.
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world's largest states
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russia, canada, united states
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electoral geography
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arrangement of electoral districts
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boundaries within united states used
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to create legislative districts
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waste
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spreads opposition supporters across many districts but in the majority
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excess
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concentrates opposition supporters into a few districts
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stacked
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links distant areas of like minded voters thru oddly shaped boundaries
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political and military cooperation
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the United Nations est 1945 most important global force for political and military cooperation
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economic cooperation
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most important elements of state power are increasingly economic rather than military ie china
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terrorism
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systematic use of violence to intimidate a population or to force a government
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state support for terrorism
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3 levels of involvement: provoding sanctuary, supplying weapons money intelligence, and using terrorists to plan attacks
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development
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the process of improving the material conditions of poeple through the diffusion of knowledge and technology
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human development index
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measures a country's level of development
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inequality-adjusted HDI
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modifies the HDI to account for inequality (decent standard of living, knowledge and health)
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MDCs with high HDO
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russia, japan, australia, and new zealand
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gross national income
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the value of the output of goods and services produced in a country in a year
this includes money that leaves and enters the country
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gross domestic product
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value os output of goods and services produced in a year. this doesn't account for money that leaves or enters the country
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economic indicators of development
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primary sector (including agriculture) secondary (including manufacturing) tertiary (including services)
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