Capter 8 Flashcards

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1
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redistricting for advantage

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gerrymandering

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2
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international relations between social, economic and political matters

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sovereignty

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3
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accumulation of wealth through plunder, colonization, and the protection of home industries and foreign markets

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mercantilism

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4
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establishing new areas to explains

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colonialism

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2 waves of colonialism

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  1. started in the 16th century by Portugal and Spain

2. late 1800’s Berlin conference divided interior of Africa into colonies

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people, cooperation, and states produce goods and exchange them on the world market, with the goals of achieving profit

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capitalism

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process of placing a price on a good and then buying, selling, and trading goods

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commodification

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8
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what was mackinders heartland rimland model

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an area rich in resources

northern Russia and eats Europe

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9
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power divided between the national government and smaller regional government

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federal government

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movement of power from the central government to regional governments

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devolution

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11
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reappointment

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when representatives shift due to population change

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12
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nation vs. state

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a state is more tightly more personal and smaller than a nation

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nation-state

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a politically organized area in which nation and star occupy the same space

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14
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example of nation-state

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Transylvania

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15
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stateless nation

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an ethnic group that does not make a state

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an example of starless nations

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Arabs, never belonged to a country

17
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multi national states

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more than one nation inside it borders

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multi nations

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a nation that stretches acros borders

19
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core countries

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US,Canada, and Japan

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periphery countries

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Iraq,Zambia, and turkey

21
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unitary government

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governed by a single power with a center all government

22
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example of unitary government

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Iran, Cuba

23
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majority-minority districts

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an electoral district

24
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what is a physical boundary

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mountains rivers and body’s of water

25
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what is a geometric boundary

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usually lines of latitude

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political boundary

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created by man after wars