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5999470294AnnexationLegally adding land area to a city in the united states, or legally adding land area to a country in the world0
5999470295AntarcticaLargest land mass in the world, not part of a sovereign state1
5999470296ApartheidLawa previously in south Africa that separate different races into different geographic area's2
5999470297BalkanizationA small geographic area that could not be organized into a larger stay due to conflicting ethnicities3
5999470299Definitional disputesFocus on the legal language of the treaty for the boundary4
5999470300Locational disputesIs when the definition is not in dispute but the interpretation is5
5999470301Operational disputesIs it a dispute of how a border should function6
5999470302Allocations disputesOccurs over a resource on a boundary between two countries7
5999470303Antecedent originIs how the boundry evolves over time8
5999470304Subsequent originA boundary that was created before today's cultural landscape9
5999470305Superimposed originAre created through long-term processes10
5999470306Relic originForest and inhabitants to solve a problem or conflict11
5999470307Definition processThrough a treaty or legal documents that's longitude and latitude12
5999470308Delimitation processDrawing the boundary on a map13
5999470309Demarcation processThe boundry using steel po14
5999470310Natural physical typeA physical environment is used as a boundary15
5999470311Ethnographic/ cultural typeIs used when cultural divides in region and is used as a reference to create a boundary16
5999470312Geometric typeBoundry drawn by a grid system17
5999470313Buffer stateA state created between two warring or hostile regions to ease tensions between the two bordering regions18
5999470314CapitalSomething that is owed which provides ongoing services and in the national account or to firms it's made of durable investment good normally sound and units of money19
5999470315CentrifugalMoving or directed away from a center or axis20
5999470316CentripetalAnd attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support from a state21
5999470317City-stateSovereign state comprising a city and immediate hinterland22
5999470318ColonialismAttacked by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic and cultural principles and another territory23
5999670738ConfederationA group of empowered states or communities usually created by the treaty but often later adopting a common constitution24
5999670739Conference of BerlinRegulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the new imperialism. And coincided with Germany set in emergence as an imperial power25
5999670740Core/periheryBased on the notation that as one region or state expands in economic prosperity it must in the fridge is nearby to ensure I'm going economic and political success26
5999670741DecolonizationRefers to the undoing of colonization, the establishment of governance or authority through the creation of settlements by another country27
5999670742DevolutionGranting of powers from the central government of a state to government at national regional or local level28
5999670743Domino theoryIf one land in a region came under the influence of communism, the surrounding hundred would follow a domino effect29
5999670744Exclusive economic zoneA sea zone over which a State has special rights over the exploration and use of marine resources30
5999670745Electoral regionsRegions that hold seats in parliament or Congress31
5999670746EnclaveCountry are part of the country mostly surrounded by the territory of another country32
5999670747ExclavePortion of a state that is completely surrounded by another state this is a significant because conflict may arise in this region of a state33
5999670748Ethnic conflictA war between ethnic groups often as a result of ethnic nationalism34
5999670749European UnionA political and economic in the community of 27 member states with supranational an intergovernmental features located in zero35
5999670750FederalAn international organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local government this model can be seen in the US. The idea of Devolution plays as well because a lot of power has been Devolved to local government like in the US36
5999670751Forward capitalMoving a nations capital to another area within the state to make a statement or create economic growth37
5999802764FrontierA zone separating two states in which neither state exercises political control38
5999670752GeopoliticsThe study that analyzes geography and social science with reference to spatial politics And patterns at various scales39
5999670753GerrymanderProcess of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpThe study that analyzes geography and social science with reference to spatial politics And patterns at various scalesose of benefiting the party in power40
5999670754Global commonsIt means that no one person or state may own or control a certain41
5999670755Heartland/rimlandRefers to the central areas of a country42
5999670756Immigrant statesA state which has inherited a large amount of immigrants43
5999670757International organizationsOrganization with international membership scope or presence44
5999670758Iron curtainSymbolic, ideological and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of world war two until the end of the Cold War roughly 1945 to 199145
5999670759IrredentismThe position that a state should be annexed because of ethnicity of prior historical possession46
5999670760Israel/PalestineThis region has taken center stage in the real of international politics47
5999670761LandlockA country with no direct access to sea or ocean48
5999670762Law of the seaThe law set fourth in UNCLOS. The boundaries for territorial waters to international waters it's also created that eez49
5999670763LebanonHeld in the ottoman empire for most of history it was ceded to the French after World War I, given independence in 194150
6000419467Manifest destinyThe believe that it is the God-given right of a country or people that have a job have same then not get under their control51
6000419468Median-line principleWay to divide and create boundaries by placing it at the midpoint between two places52
6000419469MicrostateA state has a very small land area and population53
6000419470Mini stateAn indepent country that is very small in size and population54
6000419471NationHomogenous ethnic group55
6000419472National iconographyA study of the national icon such as paintings or even sterotypes that characterize a country or nationality56
6000456895Nation stateA state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality57
6000456896NunavutThe most north providence of Canada58
6000606925ReappointionmentThe process on how the house of representives seata are reassigned among states based off population change59
6000606926RegionalismThe process of dividing something up by regions according to their similarities in specific topics60
6000751127Religious conflictThis is conflict between two religiona61
6000751128ReunificationAct of coming together62
6000751129Satellite stateA political term that refers to the country which is formally independent but under heavy influence or control by another country63
6000751130Self-determinationthe ability of a Goverment to determine their own course of their own free will64
6000751131ShatterbeltAn area of instability between regions with opposing political and cultural values65
6000751132SovereigntyPrinciple of international relations that holds that final authority over social economic and political matters should rest with the legitmate rulers of independent states66
6000751133StateHas a defined territory a permanent population of government is recognized by other states67
6000751134Stateless ethnic groupGroups with no such state of inhabitiance68
6000751135Stateless nationA nation that doesnt fall under any state69
6000751136SuffrageThe right to vote70
6000751137SupranationalismVenture of two or more states involving formal economic political and cultural cooperation to promote shared objectives71
6000751138Territorial disputesAny dispute over land ownership72
6002862986Territorial morphologyCompact Distance from center to outside border is close to equidistant Fragmented Broken into seperate pieces73
6002862987TerritorialityA fundamental aspect of human behavior refers to the need to lay claim to the space is the occupied and things it on relates to the needs of self identity and freedom of choice74
6002862988TheocracyA state whose government is either leave to be divinely guided or state under the control of a group of religious leaders75
6002862989Treaty portsCities open to foreign residents as a result of the first treaties between the Qing empire or fortune signatories76
6002862990UNCLOS1994 Constitution for the ocean to protect resources77
6002862991UnitaryAnd internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials78
6002862992USSR collapseThe primary causes were political and economic and they were result cultural of war79
6002862993Womens enfranchisedWomens right to vote80

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