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Antecedent Boundary   a boundary that was identified before an area was settled  
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Autonomous Region   a subdivision or dependent territory of a country that has a degree of self-government  
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Borderland   a region straddling both sides of an international boundary where national cultures overlap and blend to varying degrees  
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Boundary   a clearly demarcated line that marks both the limits of a territory and divisions between territories; often called a border at the global scale  
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Buffer State   A politically and economically weak independent country that lies between the borders of two powers  
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core areas   A small territorial nucleus from which a country grows in area and overtime  
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cracking   gerrymandering by dividing opposition votes into many districts, diluting the oppositions vote to not form a majority  
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delimited   Describing how boundaries are fixed or defined to identify their limits  
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demarcated   Describing how boundaries are set apart to distinguish their limits  
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demilitarized zone (DMZ)   An area in which treaties or agreements between nations, military powers, or contending groups forbid military installations, activities, or personnel; usually lies along an established frontier or boundary between two or more military powers or alliances  
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Devolution   The movement of power from the central government to regional governments within the state  
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domestic terrorism   acts of terrorism by citizens of their own country  
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satellite state   A nominally independent country that is politically, militarily, and economically controlled by a more powerful state  
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effective sovereignty   the idea that a state's power to enforce its sovereignty may extend beyond its territory and varies over time from country to country  
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Electoral College   The USA's organization for voting by state, who is supposed to vote along with the popular vote in their state.  
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Electoral geography   a subfield of political geography that analyzes the geography of political preferences and how geography can shape voting outcomes  
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Enclave   a territory surrounded by a country but not ruled by it  
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self-determination   A nation's ability to determine its own statehood and form its own allegiances and government  
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ethnonationalism   A form of nationalism in which the nation is defined in terms of ethnic identity  
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Neocolonialism   the set of economic and political strategies by which wealthy and powerful countries indirectly maintain or extend their influence over less wealthy areas  
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Shatterbelt   region of continuing and persistent fragmentation due to devolution and centrifugal forces  
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Choke point   a narrow passage that restricts traffic to another region  
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Strait   a narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water  
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Median Line Principle   an approach to dividing and creating boundaries at the midpoint between two places  
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Exclave   part of a national territory separated from the main body of the country to which it belongs  
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relic boundary   A boundary that no longer functions as an international border, but still has cultural, economic, or historic importance  
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superimposed boundary   A boundary that is placed on an area without regard to existing boundaries  
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subsequent boundary   A political boundary that developed with the cultural landscape  
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geometric boundary   A boundary that has regular, often perfectly straight, lines drawn without regard for an area's physical or cultural features  
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consequent boundary   A boundary that is drawn to accommodate existing cultural differences  
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exclusive economic zone (EEZ)   Zone that extends 200 nautical miles from shoreline in which coastal states have the sole right to exploit, develop, manage, and conserve all water resources lying beyond the land  
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Sovereign State   a state that possesses the sole authority over the land and people within its boundaries  
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nation   a community of people bound to a homeland and possessing a common identity based on shared cultural traits such as language, ethnicity, and religion  
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nation-state   when a nation's geographic boundaries exactly match the state's territorial boundaries  
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nationalism   sense of belonging to and self-identifying with a national culture  
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Stateless nation   An ethnic group or nation that does not possess its own state and is not the majority population in any nation-state  
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multinational state   a country containing multiple national, ethnic, and religious groups within its boundaries  
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multistate nations   Ethnic groups territorially divided by one or more international boundaries  
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semiautonomous region   a subdivision or dependent territory of a country that has some degree of, nut not complete, self-government  
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frontier   a region at the margins of state control and settlemtn  
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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)   Conference organized to define territorial boundaries and rights to the sea  
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reapportionment   The process by which the 435 seats in the US House of Representatives are divided proportionately by population among the 50 states following every US census  
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redistricting   The process of drawing new boundaries for US congressional districts to reflect the population changes since the previous US census  
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gerrymandering   The manipulation of voting district boundaries to favor a particular political party  
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packing   gerrymandering by concentrating all of the opposition party into one district- making a large majority that can't win  
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unitary state   power in the central government  
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federal state   subnational units have major power  
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irredentism   political claim to territory in another country based on ethnic affiliations  
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terrorism   use of violence to make a point  
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subnational terrorism   terrorism committed by nongovernment groups that feel wronged by their government  
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state terrorism   terrorism by the government  
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supranationalism   collection of nation-states and citizens relinquish some sovereign rgihts to a larger-scale body that exercises authority over member states  
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trading bloc   multi-country agreement to reduce taxes and promote free trade between states.  
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failed state   a state whose political or economic system has become so weak that the government is no longer in control  
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