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| the process of learning how to operate within a new culture |
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| the adoption of a new culture and the abandonment of most aspects of an original culture |
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| Cultural (behavioral) assimilation |
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| the situation in which an ethnic group maintains a strong self-identity yet has adopted enough of the culture traits of the host society to be a member of it |
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| share a historical origin in eastern Canada (Acadia) |
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| when whole communities were settled by the same ethnic group |
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| Cultural (behavioral) assimilation |
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| the situation in which an ethnic group maintains a strong self-identity yet has adopted enough of the culture traits of the host society to be a member of it |
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| the creation of an ethnic identity not common in the past |
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| an area of ethnic concentration in rural, or non-urban, areas |
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| areas within cities that have concentrated populations of a particular ethnic group |
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| large areas associated with a particular ethnic group |
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| a social group that defines itself based on factors such as common culture traits or a common history, race, or geographic origin |
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| areas that show strong pockets of ethnic concentration in suburban areas |
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| an attitude of cultural superiority |
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| focuses on gender relationships as being central to humans’ understanding of how space is created and arranged |
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| the fusion of an ethnic group with the majority of the society |
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| refers to the societal norms and behaviors that are expected of males and females |
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| a part of a city occupied by a minority or groups; often poor in economy |
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| this term refers to Beijing’s giving incentives for ethnically Han Chinese, who makes up 93% of China’s population |
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| sed to compare how isolated two groups are from each other by looking at how similar the proportion of each group found in a neighborhood is to the overall proportion of the two groups in a city |
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| Ethnic identities common in the past that fade and then reemerge |
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| the separation between different social or ethnic groups |
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| a politically organized body of people |
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| a particular government has complete control and jurisdiction over a defined area |
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| whether the gove. of the unit is considered to have the standing or right to rule a state's people and territory |
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| negotiations between states, country, etc. |
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| a gov. that is considered to rule with the consent of its people and is internally legitimate |
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| An area of land under the jurisdiction of a ruler or state |
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| no gov. has sovereignty over some parts of the ocean |
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| system based on the principles of personal allegiance and vassalage. The feudal system was a way of government based on obligations between the lord or king and vassal. |
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| someone who mush show fealty and pay some form of tribute to an overlord in return for being able to use the land |
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| ca city and the area around it |
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| political entities; An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly esp. an emperor or empress. |
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| dominant part of the empire |
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| parts of the empire that are subordinate and have very little right to self-determination |
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| the system that organizes states today |
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| based on the idea of a world composed of autonomous, clearly bounded, sovereign territorial states |
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| seizing to be a colony; becoming independent |
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| states with less actual sovereignty |
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| sates that are very small but still considered to possess a certain degree of sovereignty |
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| meant to represent a group of people who feel that they belong together as a polity of a number of reasons; not a country |
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| loyalty so powerful that people are willing to give their lives; expressed towards all the people of that nation |
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| people were simply considered subjects and were expected to owe allegiance to the ruler; no sense of nationalism |
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| a loyalty which transcends that of other allegiances; a person is loyal to only one nation |
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| based on cultural commonalities |
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| based on shared principles; ex. America |
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| a person is loyal to only one nation |
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| a nation's distinct territory |
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| members of a nation are allowed to form their own sovereign state |
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| landscape of a nation ; expresses nation's territory |
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| the ideal arrangement and correspondence between nation and state |
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| a political entity (a state) associated with a particular cultural entity (a nation). |
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| when a nation encompasses more than one state |
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| nation has no state to call its own |
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| national group that once lived in an area but are now dispersed |
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| view that nations are organically grown entities, thw world is divided into different national groups that have persisted for some time, and that nationalist movements represent an awakening of already significant identities |
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| the view that nations are artificial creations that result from modernization, elite aspirations, or a series of events that makes nation building a much more viable approach than anything else; opposed to primordialism |
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| sees nations as emerging for a particular purpose; to meet the demands of a situation |
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| help promote nationalist ideology and bring members of the nation together |
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| tend to pull apart and disperse;An apparent force that acts outward on a body moving around a center, arising from the body's inertia |
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| a group that considers itself a nation but does not have control of the state |
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| occurs where a minority national group is concentrated in a particular region of the country |
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| movements to separate from their existing state in order to join a neighboring state |
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| a region while boundary is a line |
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| effective national territory |
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| the legal area of a state is not coincident with the territory that that it effectively contols |
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| the territory that is effectively contols |
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| an area at the edge of any type of effective political contorol |
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| natural features that divide countries |
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| drawn lines on a map without interest in cultural features |
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| created before an area is known or populated |
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| are created after recognized steelement |
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| boundary created by military |
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| crossing is not prevented |
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| is the study of how geographic space affect global politics |
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| containing a group in one area |
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| dissect the ways state boundaries are perceived |
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