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All the Unit 4 Vocab (POLITICAL) regardless of the chapter it falls into

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antecedent boundary   show
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show Boundaries created after recognized settlement. They are meant to separate existing cultural groups and may signify an attempt to align the boundaries that exist between nations  
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show Boundary line drawn in an area ignoring the existing cultural pattern  
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relic boundary   show
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boundary delimitation   show
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boundary demarcation   show
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show Political boundary defined and limited by a prominent physical feature in the natural landscape such as a river or the crest Ridges of a mountain range  
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consequent (ethnographic) boundary   show
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show straight lines drawn by people  
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City-state   show
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Colonialism   show
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show A trend in which colonies became independent from the states that colonize them after the United States declared its independence  
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Devolution   show
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EEZ (Exclusive economic zone)   show
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show power is shared between central gov't and state or local gov't (ex. US)  
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show changing voting boundaries based on race, voting patterns, class, etc (ex. if there's a big population of black voters, they would win seats as they outvote white voters)  
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show A state or territory that is small in both population and area  
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Nation   show
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show A state that contains a single nation that is not disputed by anyone inside or outside (ex. Iceland, Japan)  
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show The ideology that maintains that members of a Nation should be allowed to form their own sovereign state  
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show Regions that are politically fragmented and are often areas of competition between two ideological or two religious realms  
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Sovereignty   show
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State   show
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Stateless ethnic groups   show
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Stateless nation   show
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Supranationalism   show
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show An individual or group attempt to identify and establish control over a defined territory considered partially or wholly and exclusive domain; the behavior associated with the defense of the home territory  
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Unitary state   show
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Nation-States   show
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show Countries made up of many nationalities (examples: US, Canada)  
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show Nationalities without a recognized home country (examples: Kurds, Palestinians)  
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show Nationalities that spread among many states (example: Koreans live in North & South Korea plus many in China and the US)  
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show based on human traits or behaviors, without an official boundary  
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Ethnic cleansing   show
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show the movement where an ethnic group within a state seeks to separate itself from the larger political entity  
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