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| when an ethnic group breaks up into several smaller ethnically based countries |
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| Binational or multinational state |
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| one that contains more than one nation (ex: Soviet Union) |
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| invisable line that marks the extent of a state's territory and the control that it's leaders have. |
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| Centripetal force and Centrifugal force |
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| a recurring set of forces affects all nation-states: centripetal-unifys them, centrifugal- tends to fragment them. |
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| The competition between the two superpowers ( the U.S. and the Soviet Union) |
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| places that have been established in the USA. |
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| economy tends to be under control by the government. |
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| in a compact state- the distance from the center to any boundary is about the same, giving it a shape similar to a circle- this promotes good communication among all regions. |
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| spreads the power among many sub units, and has a weak central government (usually not long lasting) |
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| (cultural boundaries) the boundaries between some states are set by ethnic differences, especially language and religion. |
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| an important area, where states grow out from, expanding outward along their frontiers. |
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| (consequent boundaries) boundaries that seperate an area by cultural factors. |
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| is a process which leads to a more open, more participatory, less authoritarian society. |
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| the decentralization of decision-making ti regional governments. |
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Disputes:positional,
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| a disagreement, argument, or debate between states.( there are four different types) |
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| factors that help determine the competetiveness of the enviornment in whih the form operates |
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| the study of how the spatial configuration of electoral districts and voting patterns reflect and influence social and political affairs. |
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| a state with a long, narrow shape |
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| enclave is any portion of a state that is entirely surrounded by the territory if another state, while exclave is a portion of territory of one state. |
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| forceful remove of ethnicities from different areas. |
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| a particular strain of nationalism that is marked by the desire of an ethnic community |
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| Treaty establishing constitution for Europe. |
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| Umbrella term for the group of polocies aimed at converging the economies of all member states of the European Union at three stages |
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| regional organization that promises to redefine the menaing of sovereignty. |
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| divides the power between the central government and the sub-units |
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| the capital city serves as a model for national objectives, especially for economic development and future hopes. |
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| the process or state of breaking or being broken into small or seperate parts |
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| a state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory |
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| a line or border seperating two countries |
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| boundaries that are formed by arcs or lines- lines of latitude and longitude |
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| attempts to redraw boundaries to improve the chances of its supporters to win seats |
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| polotics, especially international relations, as influenced by geographical factors |
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| growth to a global or worldwide scale |
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| system in which a state or community in governed |
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| Halford Mackinder's theory-states that: power= amount and bigness of land |
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| a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy of military force |
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| society or organization founded for a religious, educational, social, or similar purpose |
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| refers to the act of bringign together a racial or religious group into a community |
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| boundaries inside a state- like U.S. |
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| when a nation's homeland spills over into another state and the people on the "wrong side" of the boundary wish to join their territory with the rest of their homeland. |
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| states lacking ocean frontage and surrounded by other states. |
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| economy that allows for significant control from the central government. |
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| describes the state's re-creation of a market in which property, labor, goods, and services can all function in a competitive enviornment to determine their value. |
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| creating boundaries at the mid-point between two places. |
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| a state or territory that is small in both size and population |
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| minority/majority districting |
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| rearranging districts to allow a minority representative to be elected, and is just as controversial as the old-style party gerrymandering |
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| economy that does not allow for significant control from the central government |
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| control of the money supply |
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| states with more than one core area |
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| a group of people that bound together in an area by a common identity |
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| a state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethinicity that has been transformed into a nationality |
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| loyalty and devotion to a particular nationality |
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| a state that completely surrounds another one |
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| a boundary that naturally occurs that seperates states |
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| study of political organization of the planet, a constantly changing collage of countries that once were kingdoms or parts of empires, or perhaps scatterings of independent tribes. |
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| the collection of political beliefs, values,practices, and institutions that governemnt is based on |
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| politicization of religion |
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| process of making something more involved with political religion |
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| activities associated with the goverhance of a country or other area. |
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| if no toher city comes even close to rivaling the capital city in terms of size or influence |
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| changing somehting from state to private ownership or control |
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| geographer; theroized that a state compares to a biological organism wiht a life cycle from birth to death, with a predictable rise and fall of power |
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| spots relative to other human and physical features on the landscape |
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| challanged heartland theory; theory said that large swath of land that encircles the heartland, roughly toushing oceans and seas has the most power. |
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| a permanent council of the United Nations; responsible for preserving world peace |
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| nationalities within a country demand independence |
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| geographical zones where tensions often explode based on cultural boundaries |
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| the ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states |
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| spatially, devolutionary events most often occur on the margind of the state. Distance, remoteness, and peripheral location promotes devolution, especially if water, desert, or mountains seperate the area from control power |
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| are poeple wihtout a state |
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| areas organized into a political unit and rules by an established government with control over its internal and foreign affairs |
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| supranational organization |
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| cooperating groups of nations that operate on either regional or international level |
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| term that describes the shapes, sizes, and relative locations of states |
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| efforts to control pieces of the earth's surface for political and social ends |
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| "third wave" of democratization |
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| term known for modern world- modern world at a third wave of democratization |
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| the three elements of life-time employment |
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| an internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials |
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