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| (1987) published the first systematic work on political geography. The "father of political geography" |
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| a politically organized territory under the control of a central government, such as South Africa. The basis for most research in political geography. |
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| A group of people who have a sense of belonging together, such as the Kurds or Palestinians. |
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| When a group of people are united by a central government in a politically organized territory, such as France. |
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| the justification for the people throughout an area being joined together. Provideds the political territory with a reason for existing |
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| symbolizes the unity of the people. (flag, sport, hydroelectric project) |
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| weaken the unity of the nation-state because of economic problems or cultural differences among its citizens. |
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Number of states in the world |
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like a biological organism in that the state needs food in order to go. |
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| A Swedish political scientist who expanded Ratzel's concept and was the first to use the term Geopolitics. Stress the acquisition of power by the actions of individual in expanding the territory of the state. |
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| A German photographer who led in the expansion of Geopolitics with the application of the idea of the organic state to Germany and the rise of German nationalism. Founder of the Munich Institute for Geopolitics. |
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| A U.S. naval officer who wrote the first treatise dealing with the relationship between "national security" and a foreign policy of world power strength. Emphasized the role of sea power and supported widespread international oceanic trade. |
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| A Scottish geographer who presented an analysis of world power in which he distinguished a secure land-based "pivot area" east of the Moscow area into Central Asia and Siberia from an encircling "inner or marginal crescent" on the west, south, and east extending from northern Europe to the coastal margins of eatern Asia. |
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| proposed by Mackinder. Who rules the heartland...commands the world. |
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| emphasized the dominant role of global air superiority over land and sea power in the future. |
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| (1956) further emphasized the need to recognize the presence of both maritime (outer) and continental (inner) orientations of the several states within the "Rimland" area. |
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| (1963) criticized the "domino theory" and maintained that "complete control of the Shatterbelts (Middle East and Southeast Asia) is no longer possible for either side. |
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| (1966) stated that the domino theory had little reliable basis in fact" is "based on an inappropriate analogy and is a poor substitute for rational inquiry. |
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| proponent of the "power elite interest" |
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the most significant aspect of location |
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| are considered to be essentially the same as land |
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| the zone over which the state has complete sovereignty |
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| area where the state can exercise certain controls in its own interest |
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| area where a state can exercise only limited control, mainly fishing rights (usually up to 200 miles) |
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| the majority of the oceans where no state has jurisdiction |
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| developed a concept related to the evolution of the state which he called the "unified field theory" |
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| emphasizes highly centralized authority with the governmental decisions made in the capital city controlling the activities in all parts of the country |
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| de-emphasizes central authority and delegates considerable rights to their individual units |
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| termed a city that is many times larger than the second largest city and "exceptionally expressive of national feeling" a primate city |
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| capitals which evolved as the dominant center of a region and which came to be the political focus of the state |
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| capitals put in certain locations for a specific reason |
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