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| When a state falls and separates into smaller ethnically based countries |
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| a state that contains 2 nations |
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| a state that contains more than one nation. |
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| An invisible line that marks the extent of a state's territory and the control that it's leaders have. |
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| A force that unifies people of a nation |
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| A force that fragments the people of a nation. |
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| The competition between the US and the Soviet Union for control of land spaces. |
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| Economies with socialist principles. |
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| A state whose shape is similar to a circle. |
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| A system that spreads the power among sub-units, and has a weak central government. |
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| Another name for the Cultural boundaries |
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| the area in which a nation-state originates |
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| Te migration to core area. |
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| Boundaries set in some states by ethnic differences, especially those based on language and/or religion. |
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| The change into a democratic government. |
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| The transfer of some important powers from the central government to sub-governments. |
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| Disputes between states about where the border is. |
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| disputes between states over the ownership of a region |
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| disputes between states involving natural resources in border areas. |
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| disputes between states about policies that apply in a border area. |
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| The study of how spatial configuration of electoral districts and voting patterns reflect and influence social and political affairs. |
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| A state with a long and narrow state |
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| A territory that is landlocked within another country, so that the country surrounds it. |
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| Small bits of territory that lie on coasts separated from the state by the territory of another state. |
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| The tendency for an ethnic group to wee itself as a distinct nation with a right to autonomy or independence. |
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| A union that handles all basic interest rates and fiscal policies. |
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| A region that promises to redefine the meaning of sovereignty. |
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| A system that divides the power among the central government and the sub-units. |
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| When the capital city serves as a model for national objectives, especially for economic developments and future hopes. |
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| divisions based on ethnic or cultural identity |
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| A state that has several discontinuous pieces of territory |
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| Geographic zones where no state exercises power where no state exercises power |
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| Straight, imaginary boundaries. |
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| Attempts to redraw boundaries in an attempt to win seats. |
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| the study of spatial and territorial relationships within the global-territorial order |
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| Growing commonalities between different nations. |
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| A reference to the leadership and the institutions that make policy decisions for a country |
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| A theory that states the pivot area of Eurasia holds the resources to dominate the globe. |
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| Empire building(not the building) |
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| stable, long-lasting organizations that help to turn political ideas into policies. |
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| A process that encourages states to pool their sovereignty in order to gain political, economic, and social clout. |
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| Boundaries within the state |
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| When a nation crosses extends out of its state. |
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| States lacking ocean frontage. |
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| An economy with socialist principles. |
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| A state's re-creation of a market in which property, labor, goods, and services can function in a competitive environment to determine their value. |
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| minority/majority districting |
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| rearranging a district to allow a minority representative to be elected. |
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| An economy that allows for significant control from the central government |
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| control of the money supply |
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| States with more than one core area. |
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| A group of people that is bound together by a common political identity. |
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| A state whose boundaries coincide with a distinct nation. |
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| Identities based on nationhood. |
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| A state that completely surrounds another state. |
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| boundaries that are easy to see, in reality and in maps. |
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| The study of the political organization of the planet |
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| The collection of political beliefs, values, practices, and institutions that the government is based on. |
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| politicization of religion |
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| The use of religious principles to promote political ends |
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| Power, who gets power, how, etc. |
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| A capital city that has no rival in terms of size or influence. |
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| The transfer of state-owned property to private ownership |
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| A geographer that theorized a state compares to a biological organism with a life cycle. |
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| the theory stating that the Eurasian rim, not the heart, held the key to global power. |
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| A body of the UN responsible for peacekeeping. |
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| When different nationalities in a state demand independence. |
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| Zones of great cultural complexity containing many small cultural groups who find refuge in isolation. |
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| The ability of a state to carry out actions or policies within it's borders without any interference from the inside or outside. |
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| countries with a defined border. Also has sovereignty. |
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| supranational organization |
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| Groups of nations cooperating on either a regional or international level |
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| Describes the shapes, sizes, and relative location of a state. |
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| Efforts to control pieces of the Earth's surface for political and social ends. |
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| "third wave" of democratization |
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| The defeat of totalitarian or dictatorial rulers from South America to Eastern Europe. |
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| The three spheres of authority |
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| A state that concentrates all policy-making powers in one central geographic place. |
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