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6634163985political geographythe study of human political organization of the Earth at various geographic levels0
6634211091three scalessupranational, national/country, subnational1
6634241916territorialitycreating ownership over a defined space2
6634272127personal spacethe area we claim as our own territory into which others may not enter without permission3
6634387807sovereigntycontrol a place has over the people and territory within its boundaries4
6634416800statehow political geographers refer to countries5
6634425990statepolitical unit with a permanent population, territorial boundaries that are recognized by other states, effective government, working economy, sovereignty6
6634443663nationa group of people who share a common culture and identify as a cohesive group (language, religion, shared history, and territory make it cohesive)7
6634462474ethnonational conflictconflict occurring between different nations8
6634467158multinational statea state (or country) that includes more than one nation within it's borders9
6634474576nation statea state with only one nation in its borders10
6634494882stateless nationwhen a nation does not have a territory to call its own11
6634626616ethnonationalismemotional attachment to one's nation that occurs when a minority nation within a state feels different from the rest12
6634638645irredentisma movement by a nation to reunite its parts when they have spread across other borders13
6634651549buffer zoneexists when two or more countries sit between two larger countries in conflict14
6634748502shatterbeltsa state or group of states that exists within a sphere of competition between larger states and is often culturally, economically, and politically fragmented and splintered15
6635114435geometricstraight line boundaries that do to relate to the cultural or physical features of the territories involved16
6635125236physicalboundaries that separate territory by features in the landscape17
6635131268culturalboundaries that mark changes in landscape, like religion or language18
6635140778frontiersregions where boundaries are very thinly or weakly developed, zones where territoriality is unclear and not well established19
6635152252antecedentboundaries that existed before human cultures developed into their current forms20
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