Unit 4 Vocab Flashcards

only 44 words?????

1
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a border drawn in an area that has been settled and where cultural landscapes exist or are in the process of being established

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subsequent boundary

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2
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a border drawn over existing accepted borders by an outside or conquering force

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superimposed boundary

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3
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a border established
before an area becomes heavily settled

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antecedent boundary

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4
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a country with various ethnicities and cultures living inside its borders

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multinational state

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5
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a cultural entity made up of people who have forged a common identity through a shared language, religion, heritage, or ethnicity - often all four of these

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nation

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6
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a former boundary that no longer has an official function

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relic

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7
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a mathematically drawn boundary that typically follows lines of latitude and longitude or is a straight-line arc between two points

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geometric boundary

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8
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a narrow, strategic passageway
to another place through which it is difficult to
pass

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choke point

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9
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a people united by culture, language, history, and tradition but not possessing a state

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stateless nation

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10
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a politically organized and recognized territory composed of a group of people who consider themselves to be a nation

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nation-state

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a politically organized independent territory with a government, defined borders, and a permanent population; a country

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state

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12
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a region where states form, join, and break up because of ongoing, sometimes violent, conflicts among parties and because they are caught between the interests of more powerful outside states

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Shatterbelt

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13
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a set of people, called electors, who are chosen to elect the president and vice president of the United States

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electoral college

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14
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a type of subsequent boundary that takes into account the differences that exist within a cultural landscape, separating groups that have distinct languages, religions, ethnicities, or other traits

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consequent boundary

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15
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an alliance of three or more states that work together in pursuit of common goals or to address an issue or challenge

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supranational organization

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16
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an area that extends 200 nautical miles from a state’s coast; a state has sole access to resources found within the waters or beneath the sea floor of its EEZ

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exclusive economic zone (EEZ)

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17
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an electoral district in which the majority of voters are members of an ethnic or racial minority

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majority-minority district

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18
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an organization or a state in which power is concentrated in a central government

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unitary state

19
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attempts by a state to acquire territories in neighboring states inhabited by people of the same nation

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irredentism

20
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the process by which a state attacks an ethnic group and tries to eliminate it through expulsion, imprisonment, or killing

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ethnic cleansing

21
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cost reductions that occur when production arises

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economies of scale

22
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describing a region that is given partial authority to govern its territories independently from the national government

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semiautonomous

23
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having the authority to govern
territories independently of the national government; for example, by having
a separate currency

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autonomous

24
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people who share a cultural or ethnic background but live in more than one country

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multistate

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sharing authority
concurrent
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the right of all people to choose their own political status
self-determination
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the attempt to influence or control people and events by delimiting and asserting control over a geographic area; the connection of people, their cultures, and their economic systems to the land
territoriality
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the drawing of legislative boundaries to give one political party an advantage in elections
gerrymandering
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the international agreement that established the structure of maritime boundaries
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
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the organization of a state in which power is shared between the federal government and its internal regional units
federal state
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the practice of claiming and dominating overseas territories
colonialism
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the process by which people of a particular ethnicity in a multinational state identify more strongly as members of their ethnic group than as citizens of the state
ethnic separatism
33
the process by which the people of a country identify as having one common ethnicity, religious belief, and language, creating a sense of pride and identity that is tied to the territory; also called ethnic nationalism
ethnonationalism
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the process that occurs when the central power in a state is broken up among regional authorities within its borders
devolution
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the push to create an empire by exercising force or influence to control other nations or peoples
imperialism
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the redistribution of representative seats among states based on shifts in population
reapportionment
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the redrawing of internal territorial and political boundaries
redistricting
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the right of a government to control and defend its territory and determine what happens within its borders
sovereignty
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the study of the ways in which the world is organized as a reflection of the power different groups hold over territory
political geography
40
the use of economic, political, cultural, or other pressures to control or influence other countries, especially former dependencies
neocolonialism
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to draw boundaries on a map, in accordance with a legal agreement
delimit
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to explicitly state in legally binding documentation such as a treaty where boundaries are located, using reference points such as natural features or lines of latitude and longitude
define
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to manage the way borders are maintained and how goods and people cross them
administer
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to place physical objects such as stones, pillars, walls, or fences to indicate where a boundary exists
demarcate