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political geography vocab

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anocracy   show
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autocracy   show
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show a condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries or alliances of countries  
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show an invisible line that marks the extent of a state's territory  
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show a sovereign state compromising a city and its immediately surrounding countryside  
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colonialism   show
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colony   show
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compact state   show
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show a country in which citizens elect leaders and can run for office  
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elongated state   show
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show an internal organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local government  
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fragmented state   show
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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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show a state that contains more than one ethnicity  
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multi-national state   show
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show a state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality  
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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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sovereignty   show
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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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show what are the 5 groups that were once in soviet union?  
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show coincide with significant features of the natural landscape  
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show follows the distribution of cultural characteristics  
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soviet union   show
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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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common wealth   show
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show Afghanistan and Pakistan supported this by providing sanctuary for terrorists wanted by other states and helping them with military support as well as money and intelligence support  
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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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super-imposed   show
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show no longer serves it purpose, but the imprint is still evident in the landscape  
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