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or the Agricultural Revolution, was the wide-scale transition of many human cultures from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering to one of agriculture and settlement, making an increasingly large population possible.

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Neolithic Revolution

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first settlements during the Neolithic Revolution, consisted of town and surrounding countryside. originated in Mesopotamia (Fertile Crescent)

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City-State

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A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives

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Democracies

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representative democracies

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Republics

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an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.

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Empires

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Territory legally tied to a mother country

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Colony

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a 16th-century movement for the reform of abuses in the Roman Catholic Church ending in the establishment of the Reformed and Protestant Churches.

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Reformation

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the war, often regarded as a series of wars (1618-48), in central Europe, initially involving a conflict between German Protestants and Catholics and later including political rivalries with France, Sweden, and Denmark opposing the Holy Roman Empire and Spain

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30 Years War

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the transition to new manufacturing processes in Great Britain, continental Europe, and the United States, that occurred during the period from around 1760 to about 1820-1840.

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Industrial Revolution

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States avoided trading with their rivals by establishing colonies that gave them both economic advantage but also polit

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Mercantilism

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In 1884 European powers meet in Berlin and divide Africa

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Berlin Conference

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the process of colonies breaking with their mother country and becoming independent

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Decolonization

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Underdeveloped territorial zones where no state exercises complete political control

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Frontiers

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The exact location of the boundary is legally described and negotiated

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Definition

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The boundary’s definition is drawn onto a map.

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Delimitation

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The visible marking of a boundary on the landscape with a fence, line, sign, wall, etc.

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Demarcation

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the establishment of government enforcement on the boundary.

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Administration

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Straight lines that do not relate to any cultural or physical feature…often a line of latitude or longitude…North and South Korea

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Geometric Boundaries

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Based on some natural feature such as a river, mountains, etc.

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Physical Boundaries

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Based on changes in cultural landscape (ethnicity, language, religion)… Sudan and South Sudan

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Cultural Boundaries

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Established after population has established itself

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Subsequent Boundary

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Boundary given to region before population

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Antecedent Boundary

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Drawn after a population has been settled (Tyranny of the Map)

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Superimposed Boundary

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Boundaries that no longer exist but you can still see effects

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Relict Boundary

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Territories or colonies integrated and merged with the controlling country and full rights of citizenship

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Incorporation

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Land transferred from one state to another by voluntary treaty or by sale

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Cession/Purchase

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The forcible acquisition of a state's territory by another state

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Annexation

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the combination of two or more political or administrative entities within a sovereign territory.

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Amalgamation

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ability to self-govern

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Autonomy

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The process of a large multi-nation state breaking apart into smaller more ethnically homogeneous states... this may be peaceful or violent

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Devolution

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force that tears apart the social and political fabric of a country, and can cause territorial border change

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Centrifugal Force

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a powerful emotional attachment (raison d'etre) to one's nation, can be the most dangerous centrifugal force for states that are multi-nation states

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Ethno-Nationalism

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When split happens violently

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Balkanization

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Strong feelings of being different from the dominant nation in a state leading to the desire for autonomy or separation, secession, and independence

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Self-Determination

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Occurs in multi-state nations when a homeland spills into other state creating a desire for reunification

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Irredentism