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AP-HG January- Vocab 1

All the vocab, please correct me if i'm wrong!

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283938147Administration Phase of Boundary CreationThe final phase in boundary making
283938148Allocational Boundary DisputeA dispute over who gets to use a natural resource
283938149Antecedent BoundaryA boundary that is determined prior to settlement
283938150Artificial BoundaryA boundary that has been created.
283938151BalkanizationThe fragmentation of a region into hostile political units.
283938152BeneluxAn economic union consisting of Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg
283938153Binational or Multinational StateA state with many cultures
283938154Boundary TypesThe types of boundaries include political, natural, and cultural/
283938155BoundaryVertical plane between states that cut through the rocks and below, and the airspace above the surface.
283938156Buffer StateA state that acts as a buffer between two disputing ones
283938157Centripetal ForceForce that unifies a country
283938158Centrifugal ForceForce that divides a country
283938159City-StateA state centered inside of a city
283938160Cold WarA state of political hostility between countries.
283938161ColonialismRule by an autominous power over a subordinate and alien people and place.
283938162ColoniesUnder full or partial control by another country
283938163CommodifdicationThe process by which something is given a monetary value.
283938164Command EconomyAn economy in which production, investment, prices, and inomes are determined by central government.
283938165Compact StateA state that is almost a perfect square, oval, etc.
283938166Confederal SystemA league of independent states, each having essentially sovereign powers. The central government created by such a league has only limited powers over the states
283938167Consequent BoundariesA boundary as a result of cultural diffrences.
283938168CoreProcess that incorporates more higher levels of education, higher salaries, and more technology.
283938169Core AreaThe largest area of a nation-state
283938170Core-Periphery ModelThe idea that if one state has more growth (core), it will engulf the surrounding ones (periphery)
283938171Critical GeopoliticsProcess by which geopoliticians deconstruct and focus on explaining the underlying spatial assumptions and territorial perspective of politicians.
283938172Cultural Political BoundaryA political boundary based off of a country
283938173Definitional Boundary DisputeWhen parties disagree on the language to use when defining a boundary
283938174Definition Phase in Boundary CreationThe written legal boundaries.
283938175Delimitation Phase in Boundary CreationThe written terms of a boundary (i.e. a treaty)
283938176Demarcation Phase in Boundary CreationThe actual placing of boundary lines.
283938177DemocracyGovernmnet based on the idea that the people are the ultimate soverign and have the final say over what happens.
283938178DemocratizationThe transistion into becoming a democracy
283938179Dependency TheoryA structuralist theory that offers a critique of the modernization model of development.
283938180DevolutionThe transfer of power to a lower level

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