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Ch 9 Vocab

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show The study of the ways in which the world is organized as a reflection of the power different groups hold over territory  
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State   show
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Sovereignty   show
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show A cultural entity made up of people who have forged a common identity through a shared language, religion, heritage, or ethnicity - often all four of these  
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show A politically organized and recognized territory composed of a group of people who consider themselves to be a nation  
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show People who share a cultural or ethnic background but live in more than one country  
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Irredentism   show
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show A country with various ethnicities and cultures living inside its borders; having patterns of self-determination  
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show Having the authority to govern territories independently of the national government  
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Stateless Nation   show
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show The practice of claiming and dominating overseas territories  
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Neocolonialism   show
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show The attempt to influence or control people and events by delimiting and asserting control over a geographic area; the connection of people, their culture, and their economic systems to the land  
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Choke Point   show
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Shatterbelts   show
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show The right of all people to choose their own political status  
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show The push to create an empire by exercising force or influence to control other nations or peoples  
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show The process that occurs when the central power in a state is broken up among regional authorities within its borders  
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show To explicitly state in legally binding documentation such as a treaty where boundaries are located, using reference points such as natural features or lines of latitude and longitude  
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Delimit   show
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show To place physical objects such as stones, pillars, walls or fences to indicate where a boundary exists  
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Administer   show
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Antecedent Boundaries   show
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Subsequent Boundaries   show
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Consequent Boundaries   show
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show A border drawn over existing accepted borders by an outside or conquering force  
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Geometric Boundaries   show
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show A former boundary that no longer has an official function  
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show The international agreement that established the structure of maritime boundaries  
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show An area that extends 200 nautical miles from a state's coast; a state has sole access to resources found within the waters or beneath the sea floor of its EEZ  
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