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APHG Unit 4 Government Barrons & Rubenstein

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show A boundary line established before an area is populated  
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show forces that tend to divide a country.  
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show Forces that bond a country together.  
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show Confederacy of independent states of independent states of the former soviet Union that have united because of their common economic and administrative needs.  
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show A state that posses a roughly circular shape from which the geometric center is relatively equal in all directions.  
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Confederation   show
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show The idea that political destabilization in one country can lead to collapse of political stability in neighboring countries, setting off a chain reaction of collapse.  
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show Geographic separation between the largely democratic and free-market countries of Western Europe and the Americas from the communists and socialists countries of Eastern Europe and Asia  
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show a certain number 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.  
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Electoral Vote   show
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show A state whose territory is long and narrow in shape.  
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show International organization comprised of Western European countries to promote free trade among members.  
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show A bounded territory that is part of a particular state but is separated from it by the territory of a different state.  
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show a system of government in which power is distributed among certain geographical territories rather than concentrated within a central government.  
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show A state that is not contiguous whole but rather separated parts.  
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show An area where borders are shifting and weak and where peoples of different cultures or nationalities meet and lay claim to the land.  
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show Political boundaries that are defined and delimited by straight lines.  
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Geopolitics   show
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show The designation of voting districts so as to favor a political party or candidate.  
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show Hypothesis proposed by Halford MacKinder that held that any political power based in the heart of Eurasia could gain enough strength to eventually dominate the world.  
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Imperialism   show
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show An alliance of two or more countries seeking cooperation with each other without giving up either’s autonomy or self determination.  
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show A state that is completely surrounded by the land of other states, which is bad for accessibility and trade.  
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show Law establishing states rights and responsibilities concerning the ownership and use of the earth’s seas and oceans and their resources.  
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show Hitler’s expansionist theory based on a drive to acquire living space for German people.  
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Microstate   show
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Nation   show
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show A sense of national pride to such extent as to exalt one nation above all others.  
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Nation-state   show
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NAFTA   show
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show North Atlantic treaty organization- An international organization that has joined together for military purposes.  
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North/South divide   show
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show The view that states resemble biological organisms with life cycles that include all stages of life.  
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show Organization of petroleum exporting countries- An internal economic organization whose member countries produce and export oil.  
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Perforated state   show
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Physical boundary   show
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show The spatial analysis of political phenomena and processes.  
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Popular vote   show
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Prorupted state   show
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show The relocation of electoral seats to defined territories.  
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Rectangular State   show
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show The drawing of a new electoral district boundary lines in response to population changes.  
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show Nicholas Spykman’s theory that the domination of the coastal fringes of Eurasia would provided the base for world conquest.  
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Self-determination   show
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State   show
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States’ rights   show
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Superimposed boundaries   show
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Supranational organization   show
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show Any dispute over land ownership  
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Territorial organization   show
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Theocracy   show
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show A global supranational organization established at the end of WWII to foster international security and cooperation.  
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show Condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries or alliances of countries.  
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Boundary   show
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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 state with a long, narrow shape.  
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Federal state   show
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Fragmented state   show
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show zone separating two states in which neither state  
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show Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power.  
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show Control of territory already occupied and organized by an indigenous society.  
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show A state that does not have a direct outlet to the sea.  
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Microstate   show
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Perforated state   show
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Prorupted state   show
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show Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states.  
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show An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government \\ith control over its internal and foreign affairs.  
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show An internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials.  
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