AP Vocab 1/28

Question 1

In international relations, the formal term for a country

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State

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a small sovereign state made up of a city and its surrounding area. EX: Singapore, Vatican City

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City State

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the power of a political unit to govern itself

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sovereignty

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a group of people who share a common cultural heritage and have the desire to express their self determination

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Nation

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a singular nation of people who fulfill the qualifications of a state

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Nation-State

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a country that contains more than one nation

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Multinational State

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

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Autonomous Region ***

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Cultural groups that have no independent political entity of their own EX: Kurds

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Stateless Nations

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when a nation has a state of its own but also stretches across the borders of other states

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Multi-State nations ***

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a willingness by one person or a group of people to defend the space they claim

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Territoriality ***

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the ability of a state to decide its own future

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self-determination

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a variety of ways of influencing another country or group of people, by direct conquest, economic control, or cultural dominance

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imperialism

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a particular type of imperialism in which people move into and settle on the land of another country

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colonialism

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when colonized nations won their independence from colonizing forces

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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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when one state is dominated by another politically and economically

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Satellite States

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Boundary Types: a boundary based on physical features that separate entities (rivers, mountains…)

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Natural

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Boundary Types: a boundary line that is a straight line drawn by people that does not account for physical features

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Geometric

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Boundary Types: A boundary drawn before a large population was present

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Antecedent

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Boundary Types: A boundary drawn to accommodate religious, ethnic, linguistic or economic differences

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Subsequent

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Boundary Types: A boundary that no longer functions, but evidence of it still exists on the landscape

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Relic

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Boundary Types: a boundary drawn by outside powers

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Superimposed

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Function of Boundaries: a boundary established by a legal document, such as treaty, that divided one entity from another

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Defined

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Function of Boundaries: a boundary drawn on a map to show the limits of a space

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delimited ***

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Function of Boundaries: a boundary identified by physical object placed on the landscape (signs, fences, walls, etc)

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demarcated ***

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Function of Boundaries: a boundary enforced by a government of group, using laws, immigration regulations, and prosecution

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administered

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Disputes: parties disagree over how to interpret legal documents or maps that identify where the boundary is located

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definitional

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Disputes: disagree about where a boundary should be located (natural boundary has been shifted)

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locational

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Disputes: disagree about how a boundary should be function (open vs militarized)

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operational

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Disputes: separates natural resources that may be useful to both parties (often over resources that are underwater or underground)

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allocational

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A form of imperialism when more powerful states every indirect control over less powerful ones

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Neocolonialism ***

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a region that suffers instability because it is caught between two very different powers that do not get along

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shatter belt ***

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a strategic strait or canal which is narrow, hard to pass through, and has competition for use

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Choke Point ***

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a force that unifies people together, often leading to the creation of strengthening of states

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Centripetal Force

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

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nationalism

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a force that tends to break states apart or prevent them from forming

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centrifugal force

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whens peoples primary allegiance is to a traditional group or ethnicity rather than to the state

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subnationalism ***

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annexation of another state’s territory on the basis of shared culture, history, or ethnicity

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irredentism ***

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a process in which one more powerful ethnic group forcibly removes or eliminates another to form a homogenous state

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ethnic cleansing

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organized violence, usually for a political goal

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terroism

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the breaking of a state into smaller, often hostile, sates along ethno-linguistic lines

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balkanization ***

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the integration of markets, states, communication, and trade on a worldwide scale

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globalization

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companies that conduct business on a global scale

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transnational corporations

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the transition from absolute governments to more representative forms of politics

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democratization

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transcending national boundaries, authority, or interests

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supranational

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an organization of 3+ countries that join together for their mutual benefit

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Supranational Organizations