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Barron's Ch.5 / Rubenstein Ch. 8

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A boundary line established before an area is populated   Antecedent Boundaries  
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Forces that tend to divide a country   Centrifugal Forces  
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Forces that tend to unit or bind a country together   Centripetal Forces  
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The expansion and perpetuation of an empire   Colonialism  
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Confederacy of independent states of the former Soviet Union that have united because of their common economic and administrative needs   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   Compact State  
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A form of an international organization that brings several autonomous states together for a common purpose   Confederation  
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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   Domino Theory  
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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   East/West Divide  
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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.   Electoral College  
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The decision of a particular state elector that represents the dominant views of that electoral's state.   Electoral Vote  
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A state whose territory is long and narrow in shape.   Elongated State  
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Any small and relatively homogeneous group or region surrounded by another larger and different group or region   Enclaves  
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International organization comprised of Western European countries to promote free trade among members.   European Union  
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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.   Exclave  
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A system of government in which power is distributed among certain geographical territories rather than concentrated within a central government   Federalism  
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A state that is not a contiguous whole but rather seperated parts   Fragmented State  
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An area where borders are shifting and weak and where and peoples of different cultures or nationalities meet and lay claim to the land   Frontier  
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Political boundaries that are defined and delimited by straight lines.   Geometric Boundaries  
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The study of the interplay between political relations and the territorial context in which they occur   Geopolitics  
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The designation of voting districts so as to favor a particular political party or candidate   Gerrymandering  
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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   Heartland Theory  
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The perpetuation of a colonial empire even after it is no longer political sovereign   Imperialism  
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An alliance of 2 or more countries seeking cooperation with each other without giving up either's autonomy or self-determination   International Organization  
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A state that is completely surrounded by the land of other states, which gives it a disadvantage in terms of accessibility to and from international trade routes   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   Law of the Sea  
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Hitler's expansionist theory based on a drive to acquire "living space" for the German people   Lebenstraum  
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A state or territory that is small in both population and area   Microstate  
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Tightly knit group of individuals sharing a common language, ethnicity, religion, and other cultural attributes   Nation  
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A sense of national pride to such an extent of exalting one nation above all others   Nationalism  
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A country whose population possesses a substantial degree of cultural homogeneity and unity   Nation-State  
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Agreement signed on January 1, 1994, that allows the opening of borders between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada   The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)  
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An international organization that has joined together for military purposes.   North Atlantic Treaty Organization  
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The economic division between the wealthy countries of Europe and North America, Japan, and Australia and the generally poorer countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America   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   Organic Theory  
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An international economic organization whose member countries all produce and export oil   Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)  
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A state whose territory completely surrounds that of another state   Perforated State  
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Political boundaries that correspond with prominent physical features such as mountain ranges or rivers   Physical Boundaries  
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The spatial analysis of political phenomena and processes   Political Geography  
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The tally of each individual's vote within a given geographic area   Popular Vote  
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A state that exhibits a narrow, elongated land extension leading away from the main territory   Prorupted State  
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The process of a reallocation of electoral seats to defined boundaries   Reapportionment  
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A state whose territory is rectangular in shape   Rectangular State  
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The drawing of new electoral district boundary lines in response to population changes   Redistricting  
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Old political boundaries that no longer exist as international borders, but that have left an enduring mark on the local cultural or environmental geography   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   Rimland Theory  
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The right of a state to rule itself autonomously   Self-Determination  
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Supreme or independent political power   Sovereignty  
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A politically organized territory that is administrated by a sovereign government and is recognized by the international community   State  
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Rights and powers believed to be in the authority of the state rather than the federal governnment   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   Subsequent Boundary  
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Boundary line drawn in an area ignoring the existing cultural pattern   Superimposed Boundary  
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Organization of 3 or more states to promote shared objects   Supranational Organization  
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Any dispute over land ownership   Territorial Dispute  
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Political organization that distributes political power in more easily governed units of land   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   Theocracy  
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A state governed constitutionally as a unit, withou internal divisions or a federalist delegation of powers   Unitary State  
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A global supranational organization established at the end of World War 2 to foster international security and cooperation   United Nations  
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