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Mr. Samson: Unit 4 - Political Organization of Space Flashcards

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The largest political unit– the formal term for a country

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state

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The power of a political unit to rule its own affairs

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sovereignty

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A single 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 state

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autonomous state

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Nations that do not have a state of its own

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stateless nation

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A nation that has a state of its own but stretches across the borders of other states

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multistate nation

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

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nationalism

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Something that brings a state together

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centripetal forces

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Something that tears a state apart

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centrifugal forces

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A policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

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imperialism

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a 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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A conference to form state boundaries in Africa

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Berlin Conference, 1884

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When colonies win independence

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decolonization

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Neo-colonialism is the practice of using capitalism, globalization, and cultural imperialism to influence a developing country instead of the previous colonial methods of direct military control or indirect political control.

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neo-colonization

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Mass organized killing in which people are targeted because of their race, religion, ethnicity, or nationality

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genocide

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The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and their respective allies

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Cold War

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a country that is formally independent in the world, but under heavy political, economic and military influence or control from another country.

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satellite state

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The forced removal of minority group from a territory

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ethnic cleansing

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politics, especially international relations, as influenced by geographical factors.

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geopolitics

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how people use space to communicate ownership or occupancy of areas and possessions.

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territoriality

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A theory thought of by Friedrich Ratzel. “Political entities seek nourishment by gaining territories to survive the same way a living organism seeks nourishment from food to survive.”

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Organic Theory

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a geopolitical concept that analyzes the political and economic success of the world’s regions by geography.

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Heartland Theory

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A political theory that holds that control of Eurasia and Africa (the World Island) is achieved via control of the countries bordering the Soviet Union.

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Rimland Theory

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established by legal documents

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defined boundary

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the actual placing of a political boundary of the landscape by means of barriers, fences, walls, or other markers.

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delimited boundary

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identified by physical objects placed on the landscape

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demarcated boundary

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The boundary of a region that marks the beginning of a boundary line. Usually, it is formed naturally and it might be something like a river, mountain range, or an ocean.

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natural boundary

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a boundary that is one that is formed by arcs or straight lines irrespective of the physical and cultural features of the land it passes through.

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geometric boundary

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defines a geographic area where a group of people share the same cultural practices and traditions. These aspects could include language, ethnicity, and religion.

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cultural boundary

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a political boundary that existed before the cultural landscape emerged and stayed in place while people moved in to occupy the surrounding area.

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antecedent boundary

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a political boundary that developed contemporaneously with the evolution of the major elements of the cultural landscape through which it passes.

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subsequent boundary

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A boundary that has ceased to function but can still be detected on the cultural landscape. It no longer exists as an international boundary.

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relic boundary

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a boundary that has been imposed on an area by an outside or conquering power.

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superimposed boundary

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heavily fortified boundaries that discourage the crossing of traffic, people, and/or information

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militarized boundary

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the drawing of boundaries for political districts

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gerrymandering

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the boundary that doesn’t completely enclose the domain but lets it extend to infinity in at least one direction

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open boundary

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a policy of advocating the restoration to a country of any territory formerly belonging to it

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irredentism

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the legal composition of the company and if the company has direct control over the sources of the emissions

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operational boundary

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The identification of the extent of influence of a resource center that either distributes a resource/service to or receives a resource/service from, a limited surrounding zone.

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allocated boundary

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the international agreement that resulted from the third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, which took place between 1973 and 1982.

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The United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea

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Up to 12 nautical miles of sovereignty; commercial vessels may pass, but non-commercial vessels may be challenged.

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territorial sea

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Coastal states have limited sovereignty for up to 24 nautical miles

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contiguous sea

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an area of coastal water and seabed within a certain distance of a country’s coastline, to which the country claims exclusive rights for fishing, drilling, and other economic activities

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Exclusive Economic Zone

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the open ocean, especially that not within any country’s jurisdiction.

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high seas

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elected officials who represent citizens

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electorate

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a survey that records the population of an area, as well as certain information about that population, such as age, sex, or income.

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census

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The process and outcome of a reallocation of electoral seats to defined territories, such as congressional seats to states of the United States.

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reapportionment

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The drawing of a new electoral district boundary lines in response to population changes

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redistricting

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