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brexit

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Britain leaving the EU because of their loss of sovereignty

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dependency theory

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core depends on periphery and semi-periphery for resources and manufacturing and periphery depends on core for ideas

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devolution

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destabilizing a state

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economies of scale

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cost reductions that occur when production rises

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ethic cleansing

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the process by which a state attacks an ethnic group and tries to eliminate it through expulsion, imprisonment, or killing

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ethnic nationalism

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the people of a country identify as having one common ethnicity, religious belief, and language, creating a sense of pride and identity that is tied to the territory (ethnocentrism)

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ethnic separatism

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people of a particular ethnicity in a multinational state identify more strongly as members of their ethnic group than as citizens of the state

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European Union (EU)

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a political and economic union of 27 European countries that are committed to promoting integration and cooperation among its member states

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

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military collaboration

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sovereignty

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the political authority of a state to govern itself

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political centripetal force

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a forrce that draws people together to support the sovereignty of the state

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political centrifugal force

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a force that pulls a state apart or diminishes the ability of the state to govern

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supranational organization

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an alliance of 3+ states that work together in pursuit of common goals or to address an issue or a challenge

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terrorism

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the use of violence or threats to intimidate or coerce especially for political purposes

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compact state

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a state that is as long as it is wide

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concurrent powers

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sharing authority between state and federal govs

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cracking

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splitting up voters across many districts diluting their electoral strength

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electoral college

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a set of people who are chosen to elect the president and vice president of the US

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elongated state

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significantly longer/wider in one direction

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federal state

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power is shared between the federal gov and its internal regional units

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fragmented state

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consists of islands or seperated land masses

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gerrymandering

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the dividing of legislative boundaries to give one political party and advantage in elections

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majority-minority districts

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the majority of voters in a district are members of an ethnic or racial minority

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nationalism

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a political ideology that emphasizes the intrests and culture of a particular nation, often leading to the desire for self-governance or independance

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packing
putting all voters for one party in one or two districts
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patriotism
the love that one feels for their country
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perforated state
completely surrounds another state
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prorupted state
has a long, narrow extension that protrudes from the main body of the state, often for resources
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reapportionment
the redistribution of representative seats among states based on shifts in population
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redistricting
the redrawing of internal territorial and political boundaries
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unitary state
an organization of a states in which power is concentrated in a central gov
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administrating boundaries
to manage the way borders are maintained and how goods and people cross them
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antecedent boundaries
a border established before an area becomes heavily settled
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autonomous
having the authority to govern territories independently of the national government
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choke point
a narrow, strategic passageway to another place through which it is difficult to pass
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colonialism
claiming and dominating overseas territories
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consequent boundaries
a type of subsequent boundary that takes into account the differences that exist within a cultural landscape
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defining boundaries
to explicitly state in legally binding documentation, such as a treaty, where boundaries are located, using reference points such as natural features or longitude and latitude
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delimiting boundaries
to draw boundaries on a map
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demarcating boundaries
to place physical objects to indicate where a boundary exists
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devolution
when the central power in a state is broken up among regional authorities within its borders
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exclusive economic zone (EEZ)
an area that extents 200 nautical miles from a states coast, a state has sole access to resources found within the waters or beneath the sea floor of its eez
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enclave
a country or part of a country that is completely surrounded by another country
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exclave
a part of a country that is separated from the rest
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geometric boundaries
a mathematically drawn boundary that typically follows lines of latitude and longitude or is a straight line arc between two points
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imperialism
the push to create an empire by exercising force or influence to control other nations or peoples
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irredentism
attempts by a state to acquire territories in neighboring states inhabited by people of the same nation
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multinational state
a country with various ethnicities and cultures living inside its borders
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multistate nation
people who share a cultural or ethnic background but live in more than one country
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nation
a cultural entity made up of people who have forged a common identity through a shared language, religion, heritage, or ethnicity, often all four
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nation-state
a politically organized and recognized territory composed of a group of people who consider themselves to be a nation
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neocolonialism
the use of economic, political, cultural, or other pressures to control or influence other countries, especially former dependencies
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physical boundaries
naturally occuring features on the earths surface that define the borders between different political entities
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political geography
the study of the ways in which the world is organized as a reflection of the power that different groups hold over territory
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relic
a former boundary that no longer has an official function
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self-determination
the right of all people to choose their own political status
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shatterbelt
a region where states form, and break up because of ongoing, sometimes violent, conflict among parties and because they are caught between the interests of more powerful outside states
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state
a politically organized independent territory with a government, defined borders, defined population, and sovereignty
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statless nation
a nation that does not take up the majority in any state
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subsequent boundaries
a border drawn in an area that has been settled and where cultural landscapes exist
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superimposed boundaries
boundaries that are drawn by an outside force
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semiautonomous
describing a region that is given partial authority to govern its territories independently from the national gov
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territoriality
this is my land and its better than yours because blah blah blah WERE NUMBER ONE AND WE DESERVE YOUR LAND TOO
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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
12 nautical miles off the coast you have control over laws

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