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| show | Southernmost continent in the world. It has no permanent residents and doesn't belong to any country
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| show | political term used when referring to the fragmentation of a country into smaller regions or countries. The term comes from the Balkan wars, where the country of Yugoslavia was broken up in to 6 countries between 1989 and 1992.effect of the Balkan wars
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| show | Conflicts over the location, size, and extent of borders between nations.conflict over where exactly the border is between the U.S. and Mexico, mainly along the Rio Grande because the river has changed course and moved, and it is the traditional border
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| show | natural boundaries:formed by geography,also political boundaries:formed through war and treaties countries form cultural boundaries used to belong to cultural homeland. However, countries in Africa &Middle East are arranged by politics
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| show | association of sovereign states by a treaty or agreement. It deals with issues such as defense, foreign affairs, trade, and a common currency
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| show | Core countries have high levels of development, a capacity at innovation and a convergence of trade flows. Periphery countries usually have less development and are poorer countries
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| show | Decolonization is the movement of American/European colonies gaining independence. Some were peaceful struggles while others became violent
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| show | a supranational & intergovernmental union of 27 members in Europe.covers most areas of public policy, from economics to foreign affairs, defense, agriculture.largest political & economic entity on the Euro continent, 500 mil people and GDP of $13.4 tril
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| show | Federalism is a political philosophy in which a group or body of members are bound together with a governing representative head. Federalism is the system in which the power to govern is shared between the national & state governments
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| show | A forward capital is a symbolically relocated capital city usually because of either economic or strategic reasons. A forward capital is sometimes used to integrate outlying parts of a country into the state. An example would be Brasília
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| show | no one person or state may own or control and which is central to life.contains an infinite potential with regard to the understanding and advancement of the biology and society of all life. (Forests, oceans, land mass and cultural identity)
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| show | An immigrant state is a type of receiving state which is the target of many immigrants. Immigrant states are popular because of their economy, political freedom, and opportunity. One example would be the USA
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| show | A policy of cultural extension and potential political expansion by a country aimed at a group of its nationals living in a neighboring country
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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 | Country in the Middle East that has many conflicting religious and ethnic groups competing for power.
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| show | found Geopolitics wrote in 1904 The Geographical Pivot of History said control of E Europe was control of world Who rules E Europe commands Heartland Who rules that commands World-Island Who rules that commands His Heartland(Pivot Area)core of Eurasia
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| show | A territory that is small both in population and area
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| show | independent country that is very small in area and population
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| show | A country whose population possesses a substantial degree of cultural homogeneity and unity
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| show | An international organization that has joined together for military purposes
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| show | the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999
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| show | A state whose territory completely surrounds that of another state
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| show | phrase borrowed from French where it means simply "reason for being"; in English use it also comes to suggest a degree of rationalization, as "The claimed reason for the existence of something or someone" or country
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| show | The process of a reallocation of electoral seats to defined territories
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| show | loyalty to the interests of a particular region
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| show | the act of coming together again. Ex: East and West Germany
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| show | Argument that the coastal rim of Eurasia held the key to global power (a counterthesis to Mackinder's heartland thesis): "Who controls the rimland rules Eurasia; Who rules Eurasia controls the destinies of the world."
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| show | A political term that refers to a country which is formally independent, but under heavy influence or control by another country
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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 with control over its internal and foreign affairs
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| show | a boundary that developed with the evolution of the cultural landscape and is adjusted as the cultural landscape changes...
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| show | right to vote. A legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US constitution
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| show | a venture involving 3 or more national states political economic or cultural cooperation to promote shared objectives
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| show | Any dispute over land ownership
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| show | a states physical shape. there are five basic shapes, which are compact, prorupted, elongated, fragmented, and perforated
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| show | Ports given to imperial nations in order to trade with countries of the East. Ex: Hong Kong, Macao
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| show | A state governed constitutionally as a unity, without internal divisions or a federalist delegation of powers
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