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Antecedent boundary

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A pre-existing border usually is there because an existing natural landform exists

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Autocracy

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A nation with 1 person with all the power

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Semi/autonomous region

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A region with limited autonomy over its own affairs, but is still part of a country

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Berlin Conference

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Relegation of Colonization

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Boundary

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The invisible line that marks a country’s territorial extent

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Balkanization

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A phenomenon in which countries with political/ethnic messes splits into more nations

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Centrifugal force (and examples)

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Forces that split a nation apart. Includes crappy laws and braindead politicians

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Centripetal force (and examples)

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Forces that help a nation become stronger. Includes freedom

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Choke point

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Strategic narrow route providing passage to another region

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City state

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Very tiny boi country

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The cold war (supranational organizations)

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UN NATO ASEAN Warsaw Pact

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Colonialism

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Hippity Hoppity your land is my land

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Compact state

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State that is relatively circular in shape.

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Contiguous zone

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Democracy

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A political idea that elects officials into office by votes

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DMZ

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Demilitarized zone found in Korea

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Devolution

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Transfer of power down to a lower level. National—> subnational

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Elongated state

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Thin states that are long. Chile

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Ethnic cleansing

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Extermination or forceful removal of an ethnicity

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Ethnic separatism

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2 minorities fighting for independence

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Ethnonationalism

A

RACIAL SUPERIORITYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

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European Union

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Political body responsible for making life easier in Europe.

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Exclave/enclave

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Part of a country primarily surrounded by foreign countries

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Exclusive economic zone

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Exclusive part of a sea in a country that only that country can do economic activities in

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Failed state (fragile state)

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The basic responsibilities of a government don’t function properly

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Federal state

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A state that has lower levels do stuff

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Fragmented state

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State with territory not connected

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Frontier

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Zone separating two state in which neither state has political control

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Gerrymandering

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Drawing political borders in such a way that votes can be swayed into a party’s favor

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30
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Imperialism

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Spread of a country’s power via diplomacy or military strength

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31
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International water laws/zones

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over 200 miles, anyone can do whatever and the state cannot do anything

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Irredentism

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The advocation of restoring the country’s borders to “former glory”

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33
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Landlocked nation

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A country with no direct ocean access.

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34
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Maritime boundary

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Water claimed by a nation

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35
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Microstate

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Small country

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36
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Micronation

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Small “country” that hasn’t been recognized by other countries

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37
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Multiethnic state

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A nation with multiple ethnicities

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38
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Multinational state

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A country with more than 1 nation inside its borders

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39
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Multi-state nation(Part-nation state)

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Majority ethnicity in a nation

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Nation

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Group of people with common characteristics

41
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Nationalism

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Devotion to a nation

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Nation-State

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A nation where ethnicity matches with internationally recognized borders

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Perforated state

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A country that engulfs another country

44
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Proupted state

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A country with a funni extension

45
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Redistricting

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remaking district shapes, probably gerrymandering

46
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self-determination

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A country determines its own statehood and makes its own government and forges its own international affairs

47
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Separitism

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A region wants independence

48
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Soverignty

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Independent state

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State

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Stateless nation

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A nation without a state to call home

51
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supranational organization/examples

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International alliance. NATO is included.

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terrorism:

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unlawful violence used to inflict fear or push a government to do something

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UNCLOS(United Nations convention for the law of the sea)

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Maritime agreements

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Acculturation

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Assimilation of a different culture

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AAVE

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African-American Vernacular English

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Assimilation

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Adapting a culture’s stuff

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Creole

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Pidgin but much more advanced

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Cultural landscape

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Cultural attributes of an area

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Culture

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A particular group’s characteristics

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Culture trait

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Specific everyday traits of a culture

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Dialect

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A unique variation of a language

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Ethnic enclave

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Part of an ethnicity that is separated from the rest of itself

63
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Etnhicty

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People who share the same culture

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Ethnic religion

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Small religion that doesn’t usually spread

65
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Expansion diffusion

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Spreads but stays strong in the hearth

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Ghetto

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Town where ethnicity is concentrated because the states hate the ethnicity

67
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Hearth

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The origin point of crap

68
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Hierarchical diffusion

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Most connected individuals and then everyone else gets it

69
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Isogloss

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The boundary between 2 linguistic regions

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Language Branch

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Split in the language family

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Language family

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Indo-European

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Lingua franca

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World language

73
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Pidgin

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Combination language

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Racism

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Other races are inferior

75
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Relocation diffusion

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When people move, they spread their ideas as well

76
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Sense of place

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A well-known place to someone

77
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Stimulus diffusion

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adapting something to local preference

78
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Syncretism

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blending of cultures

79
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Taboo

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Social custom restriction

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Toponym

81
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Where does culture originate from

82
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Contrast hearth characteristics between folk and pop culture

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One is widespread and takes 2 seconds to spread

83
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Diffusion of folk culture and pop culture

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Folk is by word of mouth. Pop via internet

84
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Types of diffusion for pop/folk culture+examples

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Contagious diffusion

85
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Pop culture distribution

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Places with tv and internet

86
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Isolation and influence of the environment and its role in folk culture

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Environmental spirits. Isolation means no one is there to toil around with local population

87
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Pop culture diffuses rapidly around the world, primarily through…

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The internet and tv

88
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World’s most important electronic media format is…

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TV and internet

89
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Most popular leisure activity in the world is …

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Tv and probable internet

90
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Diffusion of internet and pace compared to tv

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Blazing fast

91
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Diffusion of social media

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From Europe and USA to the whole world

92
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Folk religion

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Religion that is small and usually doesn’t try to convert people

93
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Belief/ethnic systems

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Religion with no god

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Universal religion

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Big religion that is easy to pick up

95
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Religion branches

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Branches of a religion

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Religion denominations

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A division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations in a single legal and administrative body

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Religion hearths

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Birthplace of a religion

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Religious architecture/sites

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What it says on the tin

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Pilgrimage

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Traveling for religious freedom/purposes

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