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APHuG Unit 4 Test

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Electoral geography
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Nation-state ideal
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Median line principle
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Nationalism
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Boundary
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Voting district
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Superimposed boundary
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Buffer state
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Choke point
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Core area
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Consequent boundary
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Self-determination
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Independent state
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Exclave
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Reapportionment
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Political map
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Geometric boundary
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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
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Political geography
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Antecedent boundary
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Sense of belonging to and self-identifying with a national culture; people with a strong sense of nationalism derive a significant part of their social identity from a sense of belonging to a nation
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A nation's ability to determine its own statehood and form its own allegiances and government; the freedom of culturally distinct groups to govern themselves in their own territories and form their own states
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The idea that political authorities govern in the name of all a country's citizens, modern mass communications link all residents, and state-based citizenship rights reinforce the idea of a national identity
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Part of a national territory separated from the main body of the country to which it belongs
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A branch of human geography concerned with the spatial analysis of political systems
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A map that shows the spatial organization of the countries and territories on the entire globe at a given point in time
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A boundary that is drawn to accommodate existing cultural differences
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A territorial division for casting votes in public elections; generally, only those who live in the voting district are permitted to cast their votes there
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Conference organized to define territorial boundaries and rights to the sea
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A narrow passage that restricts traffic to another region
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A politically and economically weak independent country that lies between the borders of two powers
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A boundary that is placed on a area without regard to existing boundaries
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A boundary that was identified before an area was settled
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A boundary that has regular, often perfectly straight, lines drawn without regard for an area's physical or cultural features
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An approach to dividing and creating boundaries at the midpoint between two places
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A subfield of political geography that analyzes the geography of political preferences and how geography can shape voting outcomes
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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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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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A state that rules itself and is not subject to the authority of another state
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A small territorial nucleus from which a country grows in area and over time
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Gerrymandering a voting district by concentrating all of the opposition party into one district, thereby creating a large majority of that party in the district while ensuring that it cannot win any election
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The ideal political geographical unit; one in which the nation's geographic boundaries (a people and its culture) exactly match the state's territorial boundaries (governance and authority)
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Abrupt slopes that break up the general continuity of the terrain
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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 of alliances
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A subdivision or dependent territory of a country that has some degree of, but not complete, self-government
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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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The movement of power from the central government to regional governments within the state
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The manipulation of voting district boundaries to favor a particular political party, group, or election outcome
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A subdivision or dependent territory of a country that has a degree of self-government, or autonomy, in its decision making
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A state that possesses the sole authority over the land and people within its boundaries

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