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Political Organization
Definition
LEBANON   officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic is a small, predominantly mountainous country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea  
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MACKINDER, HALFORD J.   Sir Halford John Mackinder PC (February 15, 1861 – March 6, 1947), was an English geographer and geopolitician.  
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MANIFEST DESTINY   the belief that the United States was destined to expand from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific Ocean; it has also been used to advocate for or justify other territorial acquisitions.  
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Median line principle   The "median line principle" is an approach to dividing and creating boundaries at the mid-point between two places.  
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MICROSTATE   is a sovereign state having a very small population or very little land area – usually both.  
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MINISTATE   a small, independent nation  
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NATION   is a form of self-defined cultural and social community.  
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NATIONAL ICONOGRAPHY   national iconography is the branch of art history which studies the identification, description, and the interpretation of the content of images.  
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NATION-STATE   is a specific form of state, which exists to provide a sovereign territory for a particular nation, and which derives its legitimacy from that function.  
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NUNAVUT   is the largest and newest territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999 via the Nunavut Act[4] and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act.  
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RAISON D'ETRE   is a phrase borrowed from French where it means simply "reason for being"; in English use it also comes to suggest a degree of rationalization, as "The claimed reason for the existence of something or someone".  
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REAPPORTIONMENT   the act of redistributing or changing the apportionment of something  
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REGIONALISM   is a political ideology that focuses on the interests of a particular region or group of regions, whether traditional or formal (administrative divisions, country subdivisions, political divisions, subnational units).  
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RELIGIOUS CONFLICT   (blank)  
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REUNIFICATION   To cause (a group, party, state, or sect) to become unified again after being divided  
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SATELLITE STATE   is a political term that refers to a country which is formally independent, but under heavy influence or control by another country.  
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SELF-DETERMINATION   is a principle, often seen as a moral and legal right, that "all peoples have the right [to] freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development."  
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SHATTERBELT   (blank)  
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SOVEREIGNTY   is the exclusive right to have complete control over an area of governance, people, or oneself. A sovereign is the supreme lawmaking authority, subject to no other.  
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STATE   A state is a political association with effective sovereignty over a geographic area. These may be nation states or sub-national states.  
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