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4.1-4.4 Flashcards

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A defined area within a state that has a high degree of self government and freedom from its parent state

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Autonomous region

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2
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A country that contains more than one nation

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Multinational state

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When a nation has a state of its own but stretches across borders of other states

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Multistate nation

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A group of people who have certain things in common
ex.common heritage,beliefs,homelands

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Nation

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A nation full of people who fulfill the qualifications for a state
ex. Iceland, Japan

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Nation-state

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A state that has a degree but not complete self rule

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Semi autonomous region

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The power of a political unit or government, to rule over its own affairs

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Sovereignty

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The largest political unit, the formal term for a country

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State

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A cultural group that has no independent political entity

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Stateless nation

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Also called the Congo conference, uses claims to form state boundary’s in Africa

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Berlin Confrence

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Forces that divide people

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Centrifugal forces

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Forces that help unify people within a country

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Centripetal force

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A type of imperialism in which people move and settle on the land of another country

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Colonialism

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A period of diplomatic,political, and military rivalry between the US and the union of Soviet Socialist(USSR/old Russia)

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Cold war

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The undoing of colonization, in which indigenous people reclaim sovereignty over their territory

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Decolonization

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The process in which one or more regions are given increased autonomy by the central political unit

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Devolution

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A broader concept that includes a variety of ways of influence over another country or group of people by conquest

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Imperialism

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A nations desire to create and maintain a state of its own

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Nationalism

16
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Organized mass killing, in which people are targeted because of their race,religion,ethnicity, or nationality

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Genocide

17
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The study of the effects of geography on politics and relationships among states

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Geopolitics

18
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The right to chose your own sovereign government without external influence

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Self-determination

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A state dominated by another politically and economically

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Satellite states

20
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The willingness by a person or a group of people to defend a space they claim

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Territoriality

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In this system economic,political, or even cultural control is indirectly exerted over developing countries

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Neocolonialism

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A place of physical congestion between wider regions of movement and interaction

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Choke point

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A boundary established before a large population was present
Ex. Pyrenees mountains between Spain and France

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Antecedent boundary

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A type of subsequent boundary that takes into account existing culture or physical landscape

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Consequent boundary

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Boundaries that divide people according to some cultural division such as language, religion, or ethnicity

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Cultural boundaries

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A border that is drawn taking into account language, ethnicity, or other cultural traits

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Cultural consequent boundary

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Something related to a cultural phenomena

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Ethnographic

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A straight like or arc drawn by people that does not closely follow any physical features
ex. 49th parallel in between USA and Canada

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Geometric boundary

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States without territory connected to an ocean

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Landlocked states

30
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A boundary that is heavily guarded and discourages crossing

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Militarized boundary

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A boundary that is unguarded and people can cross it easily with little or no political interaction

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Open boundary

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Barriers between areas such as oceans,desserts, and mountains

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Physical consequent boundary

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A division that uses already existing natural features that divide a territory such as rivers, mountains, or deserts

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Physical geographic boundaries

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A boundary drawn to accommodate religious,ethnic,linguist, or economic differences. Also called ethnographic

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Subsequent boundary

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A boundary that no longer exists but is still evident on the landscape
Ex. East and West Germany(Now one state)

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Relic boundary

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A boundary drawn by outside powers
Ex. Mali and Mauritania, and Africa

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Superimposed boundark

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