Barron's Ch.5 / Rubenstein Ch. 8
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| A boundary line established before an area is populated | show 🗑
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| show | Centrifugal Forces
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| show | Centripetal Forces
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| show | Colonialism
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| show | Commonwealth of Independent States
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| A state that possesses a roughly circular, oval, or rectangular territory in which the distance from the geometric center is relatively equal in all directions | show 🗑
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| A form of an international organization that brings several autonomous states together for a common purpose | show 🗑
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| The idea that political destabilation in one country can lead to collapse of political stability in neighboring countries, starting a chain reaction of collapse | show 🗑
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| Geographic seperation between the largely democratic and free market countries in Western Europe and the Americas from the Communist and Socialist countries of Eastern Europe and Asia | show 🗑
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| A certain # of electors from each state proportional to and seemingly representative of that state's population. Each elector chooses a candidate believing they are representing their constituency's choice. | show 🗑
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| The decision of a particular state elector that represents the dominant views of that electoral's state. | show 🗑
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| show | Elongated State
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| Any small and relatively homogeneous group or region surrounded by another larger and different group or region | show 🗑
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| International organization comprised of Western European countries to promote free trade among members. | show 🗑
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| A bounded territory that is part of a particular state but is seperated from it by the territory of a different state. | show 🗑
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| A system of government in which power is distributed among certain geographical territories rather than concentrated within a central government | show 🗑
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| A state that is not a contiguous whole but rather seperated parts | show 🗑
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| show | Frontier
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| show | Geometric Boundaries
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| show | Geopolitics
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| The designation of voting districts so as to favor a particular political party or candidate | show 🗑
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| Hypothesis proposed by Halford Mackinder that held that any political power based in the heart of Eurasia could gain enough strength to dominate the world | show 🗑
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| show | Imperialism
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| show | International Organization
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| show | Landlocked State
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| Law establishing states' rights and responsibilities concerning the ownership and use of the earth's seas and oceans and their resources | show 🗑
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| Hitler's expansionist theory based on a drive to acquire "living space" for the German people | show 🗑
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| A state or territory that is small in both population and area | show 🗑
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| Tightly knit group of individuals sharing a common language, ethnicity, religion, and other cultural attributes | show 🗑
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| show | Nationalism
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| show | Nation-State
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| show | The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
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| An international organization that has joined together for military purposes. | show 🗑
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| show | North/South Divide
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| The view that states resemble biological organisms with life cycles that include stages of youth, maturity, and old age | show 🗑
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| show | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
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| A state whose territory completely surrounds that of another state | show 🗑
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| show | Physical Boundaries
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| The spatial analysis of political phenomena and processes | show 🗑
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| The tally of each individual's vote within a given geographic area | show 🗑
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| show | Prorupted State
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| show | Reapportionment
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| show | Rectangular State
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| show | Redistricting
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| show | Relic Boundary
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| Nicholas Spykman's theory that the domination of the coastal fringes of Eurasia would provide the base for world conquest | show 🗑
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| show | Self-Determination
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| show | Sovereignty
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| A politically organized territory that is administrated by a sovereign government and is recognized by the international community | show 🗑
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| show | States' Rights
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| Boundary line established after an area has been settled that considers the social and cultural characteristics of the area | show 🗑
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| show | Superimposed Boundary
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| Organization of 3 or more states to promote shared objects | show 🗑
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| Any dispute over land ownership | show 🗑
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| show | Territorial Organization
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| A state whose government is either believed to be divinely guided or a state under the control of a group of religious leaders | show 🗑
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| show | Unitary State
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| A global supranational organization established at the end of World War 2 to foster international security and cooperation | show 🗑
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