| Political Organization (Space) |
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| ANNEXATION | legally adding land area to a city in the united states |
| ANTARCTICA | the fifth largest and least explored continent that, historically, has been covered by ice all year that is not owned by any other country, Antarctica has been set aside for peaceful, scientific purpose
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| APARTHEID | laws (no longer in effect) in south africa that physically separated different races into different geographic areas. |
| BALKANIZATION | process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities |
| BORDER LANDSCAPE | There are two types, exclusionary and inclusionary. Exclusionary is meant to keep people out, such as the border between the U.S. and Mexico. Inclusionary is meant to facilitate trade and movement, such as the U.S.-Canada border.
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| BOUNDARY DISPUTES | conflicts over the location, size, and extent of borders between nations |
| BOUNDARY ORIGIN | boundaries often originated from old tribal lands and lands won in war |
| BOUNDARY PROCESS | the process of creating boundaries |
| BOUNDARY TYPE | Many boundaries are natural boundaries, formed by rivers, mountains, etc. There are also political boundaries. These are often formed through war and compromise in treaties and agreements. In countries often form cultural boundaries that used to belong. |
| BUFFER STATE | is a country lying between two rival or potentially hostile greater powers, which by its sheer existence is thought to prevent conflict between them. |
| CAPITAL | principle city in a state or country |
| CENTRIFUGAL | religious, political, economic, conflict, etc. that causes disunity in a state |
| CENTRIPETAL | an attitude that unifies people and enhances support for the state |
| CITY-STATE | a region controlled by a city and that has sovereignty |
| COLONIALISM | attempt by one country to establish settlements adn impose its political, economic, and cultural priciples in another territory |
| CONFEDERATION | association of sovereign states by a treaty or agreement |
| CONFERENCE OF BERLIN (1884) | regulated the trade and colonization in Africa by European countries
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| CORE/PERIPHERY | Core countries have high levels of development, a capacity at innovation and a convergence of trade flows. Periphery countries usually have less development and are poorer countries
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| DECOLONIZATION | the movement of American/European colonies gaining independence |
| DEVOLUTION | is both the decentralization of a government from a unitary to a federal system or a fracturing of a government like Balkanization |
