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Unit 4 Flashcards

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ethnicity

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Ethnicity: identity with a group of people who share the cultural traditions of a particular homeland or hearth

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nationality

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Nationality: identity with a group of people that share legal attachment and personal allegiance to a particular place as a result of being born there.

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nationalism

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Nationalism: Identification with one’s own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.

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centripetal forces

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Centripetal Forces: an attitude that unifies people and enhances support for a state

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centrifugal forces

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Centrifugal Forces: forces or attitudes that tend to divide a state

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physical geogrpahy

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Physical Geography: one of the two major branches of geography which studies the natural features of earth, as well as earth’s natural processes.

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ethnic separatism

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Ethnic Separatism: occurs when minority groups fight for independence

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economy of scale

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Economy of Scale: The reduction in the per unit cost of production as the volume of production increases

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quebecois

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Quebecois: A native or inhabitant of Quebec (especially one who speaks French)

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ethnic cleansing

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Ethnic Cleansing: when a people group commits mass expulsion or mass killing of a particular ethnic group whom they do not want to exist either in a particular region or in the world as a whole

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state

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State: is an area organized into a political unit and has an established government, control over its internal and external (foreign affairs), defined territories, population (permanent), and is recognized by other states

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microstates

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Microstates: States with very small land areas

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sovereignty

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Sovereignty: independence from control of its internal affairs by other states

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territoriality

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Territoriality: the connection of people, their culture, and their economic systems to the land

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city state

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City-State: a sovereign state that comprises a town and the surrounding countryside.

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nation

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Nation: a large group of people who are united by common cultural characteristics, such as language and ethnicity, or shared history.

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naiton-state

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Nation-State: A state whose territory corresponds to its nationality

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naiton-state

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Nation-State: A state whose territory corresponds to its nationality

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self determination

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Self-Determination: the concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves

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stateless nation

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Stateless nations: A nation of people without a state that it considers home

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failed states

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Failed States: a state within which the government has lost the ability to provide the most basic of public services.

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uneven development

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Uneven Development: The increasing gap in economic conditions between core and peripheral regions as a result of the globalization of the economy.

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multinational state

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Multinational State: a state that contains two or more cultural groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities.

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multinational state

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Multinational State: a state that contains two or more cultural groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities.

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mulitethnic state

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Multi-ethnic state: a state that contains more than one ethnic group

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Ethnonationalism/Ethnic Nationalist Movement:

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Ethnonationalism/Ethnic Nationalist Movement: a form of nationalism wherein the nation and nationality are defined in terms of ethnicity, with emphasis on an ethnocentric (and in some cases an ethnocratic) approach to various political issues related to national affirmation of a particular ethnic group.

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irredentism

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Irredentism: a political movement that is strongly tied to nationalism

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multistate nations

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Multistate Nations: when a nation stretches across borders and across states

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autonomous region

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Autonomous Region: an area of a country that has degree of autonomy , or has freedom from an external authority

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semi autonomous region

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Semi Autonomous Regions: area where a group has some type of political autonomy

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colony

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Colony: a territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent

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colonialism

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Colonialism: an attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory.

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decolonization

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Decolonization: the action of changing from colonial to independent status

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berlin conference

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Berlin Conference: regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the period known as New Imperialism

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imperialism

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Imperialism: a policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force

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neocolonialism

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Neocolonialism: the use of economic, political, cultural, or other pressures to control or influence other countries, especially former dependencies.

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NATO(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

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NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization): to unify and strengthen the Western Allies’ military response to a possible invasion of western Europe by the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies.

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warsaw pact

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Warsaw Pact: an alliance founded in 1955 between Eastern European countries to serve as a military and political unit of contiguous communist nations.

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united nations

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United Nations:An international organization formed in 1945 to increase political and economic cooperation among member countries.

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European Union (EU)

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European Union: (EU) operates through a system of supranational institutions and intergovernmental negotiated decisions by the member states.

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supranationalism/supranational organization

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Supranationalism/Supranational Organization: the process of nation states organizing politically and economically into one organization or alliance

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balance of power

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Balance of Power: a condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries or alliances of countries

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democracy

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Democracy: a country in which citizens elect leaders and can run for office.

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democratization

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Democratization: the spread of representative government to more countries and the process of making governments more representative

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autocracy

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Autocracy: a country that is run according to the interests of the ruler rather than the people.

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anocracy

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Anocracy: a country that is not fully democratic or fully autocratic but rather displays a mix of the two types.

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unitary state

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Unitary State: an internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials.

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federal state

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Federal State: an internal organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local government.

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terrorism

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Terrorism: the threatened or actual use of illegal force and violence by a non state actor to attain a policial, economic, religious, or social goal through gear, coercion, or intimidation.

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shatterbelts

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Shatterbelts: a region caught between stronger colliding external cultural-political forces, under persistent stress, and often fragmented by aggressive rivals.

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weapon of mass destruction

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Weapon of Mass Destruction: a nuclear, biological, chemical, or other weapon that can kill and bring significant harm to a large number of humans or cause great damage to human-made structures, natural structures, or the biosphere.

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balkanization

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Balkanization: division of a region or state into smaller states based which are more ethnically homogeneous

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devolution

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Devolution: The movement of power from the central government to regional governments within the state or the breakup of a large state (balkanization) into several independent ones

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independence movements

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Independence Movements: an effort by people to create a new sovereign state in a place inside of another state

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separatist movements

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Separatist Movements: Political movement of part of a political unit towards independence

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boundary

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Boundary: an invisible line that marks the extent of a state’s territory.

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choke point

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Choke Point (maritime choke point): a geographical feature on land or at sea which an armed force is forced to pass at the risk of reducing their relative combat power against a numerically inferior opponent. (where the water distance between two countries is less than 24 miles)

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frontier

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Frontier: a zone separating two states in which neither state exercises political control.

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compact state

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Compact State: a state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly.

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prorupted state

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Prorupted State: an otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension.

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perforated state

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Perforated State: a state that completely surrounds another state

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elongated state

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Elongated State: a state with a long, narrow shape

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relic boundary

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Relic (relic boundary): A boundary that has ceased to function but can still be detected on the cultural landscape

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fragmented state

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Fragmented State: a state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory.

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landlocked state

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Landlocked State: a state that does not have a direct outlet to the sea

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superimposed boundaries

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Superimposed Boundaries: political barriers drawn in an area with complete disregard for the cultural, religious, and ethnic divisions within the people living there.

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subsequent boundaries

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Subsequent Boundaries: formed based on religious, ethnic, linguistic, and economic differences between groups of people

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antecedent boudaries

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Antecedent Boundaries: a boundary between two states that is created before the area is populated with human society.

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geometric boundaries

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Geometric Boundaries: A boundary created by using lines of latitude and longitude and their associated arcs.

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cultural boundaries

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Cultural Boundaries:follow the distribution of cultural features

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physical boundaries

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Physical Boundaries: coincide with significant features of the natural landscape

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consequent boundaries

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Consequent Boundaries: a boundary between opposing cultural, ethnic, or political groups, that was established to settle disputes, end wars, and establish a clear separation between groups.

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gerrymandering

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Gerrymandering: the process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power.

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cracking

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Cracking:when legislatures disperse a group into several districts in order to prevent a majority.

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packing

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Packing:combines similar voters into one district to prevent them affecting another district

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political boundaries

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Political Boundaries: An invisible line that marks the outer limits of a state’s territory.

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internal boundaries

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Internal Boundaries: borders within a country

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international boundaries

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International Boundaries: a border that separates two or more countries from one another

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UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea)

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UNCLOS: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is code of maritime law approved by the United Nations in 1982 that authorized territorial waters to extend 12 nautical miles from shore and a country’s EEZ (exclusive economic zone) to extend 200 nautical miles.

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territorial waters

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Territorial waters (12): the area of sea around a country’s coast recognized as being under that country’s jurisdiction, set at 12 nautical miles in 1982.

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contiguous zone

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Contiguous zone(24): has limited sovereignty up to 24 nautical miles from the coast

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exclusive economic zone

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Exclusive Economic zone(200): up to 200 nautical miles to explore in and extract materials from.

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voting districts

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Voting Districts: adopted by Census Bureau include a wide variety of small polling areas (election districts, precincts, or wards) State and local governments create for the purpose of administering elections.

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redistricting

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Redistricting: The drawing of new electoral district boundary lines in response to population changes.

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