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political geography vocab

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anocracy   show
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show a country that is run according to the interests of the ruler rather than the people  
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balance of power   show
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show an invisible line that marks the extent of a state's territory  
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city- state   show
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show an attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another country territory  
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show a territory that is legally tired to a sovereign state rather than completely independent  
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show a state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly  
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democracy   show
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show a state with a ling narrow shape  
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show an internal organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local government  
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show a state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory  
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frontier   show
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gerrymandering   show
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landlocked state   show
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microstate   show
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multi-ethnic state   show
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multi-national state   show
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nation- state   show
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perforated state   show
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prorupted state   show
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show the concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves  
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show ability of a state to govern territory free from control of its internal affairs by other political states  
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show an area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs  
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show the systematic us of violence by a group in order to intimidate a population or coerce a government into granting its demands  
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unitary state   show
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United Nations (UN)   show
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- 3 Baltic states - 3 European states - 5 central Asian states - 3 Caucasus states - Russia   show
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show coincide with significant features of the natural landscape  
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cultural landscape   show
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show Russia at the head with many other dictatorship countries as a part of it as well  
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show safety groups to join after ww2 to insure safety on your state  
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show made up of only European states compared to the union nations that is made up of states from all over the world  
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organization on security and cooperation in Europe (OSCE)   show
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organization of American states (OAS)   show
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show placed an emphasis on promoting economic integration in Africa  
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show made up of the UK and other states who seek economic and cultural cooperation  
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al-Qaeda   show
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state   show
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show central decision making with a density (city). there is conflict with agriculture and economic diversity  
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show tied to a territory with a population and a culture that might have a government  
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antecedent   show
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subsequent   show
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show forcibly drawn boundary that cuts across a unified cultural boundary- new guinea- indonesia and papua new guinea  
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reliect   show
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