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Geopolitics
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Geography
9th Grade
05/08/2016

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Term
Politics
Definition
The activities associated with the government concerning the political relations between conflicts.
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Geopolitics
Definition
Government policy as it is influenced by physical human and economical geography.
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Nation
Definition
A large group of people who share a common history and culture not all nations have their own government or control over a territory but the word often needs a country or a nation state
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Sate
Definition
A political unit that controls a particular territory.
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Nation-State
Definition
An independent state or country whose people mostly share a common identity.
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Stateless Nation
Definition
Ethnic group without a formal state.
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Nationalism
Definition
Feelings of loyalty and pride towards one nation or ethnic group.Nationalism sometimes includes the belief that one's own group is better than all the others.
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Sovereignty
Definition
Supreme power or authority.
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Autonomy
Definition
The right or condition of self-government in especially in a particular sphere. Self governing a country or region
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Democracy
Definition
System of government in which leaders rule with the consent of citizens.
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Pure Democracy
Definition
Democracy in which the power is exercised directly by the people rather than through Representatives.
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Republic(Representative Democracy)
Definition
Variety of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people as opposed.
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Authoritarianism
Definition
Used to describe a way of governing that values order and control over personal freedom usually headed by a dictator.
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Totalitarianism
Definition
Absolute control by the state or a government branch of Highly centralized Institution.
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Monarchy
Definition
A form of autocracy with hereditary king or queen exercising supreme power.
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Theocracy
Definition
System of government in which the officials are regarded as divinely inspired.
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Dictatorship
Definition
Government by a dictator.
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Fascism
Definition
An authoritarian and nationalist right-wing system of government and social organization.
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Supranational Organization
Definition
Beyond the authority of jurisdiction of one national government.
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Boundary/Border
Definition
A line that marks the limit of an area; dividing line.
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Fragile(Failed State)
Definition
A state that no longer exist or one in which the government is so weak that it has little control over its territory.
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