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8945038553AnnexationThe action of annexing something especially territory0
8945038554ApartheidA policy or system of segregation or discrimination on ground of race1
8945038555BalkanizationDivide into smaller mutually hostile states or groups2
8945038556City-StateA region controlled by a city and that has sovereignty3
8945038557ConfederationAssociation of sovereign states by a treaty or agreement; deals with issues such as defense, foreign affairs, trade, and a common currency4
8945038558CoreCountries that have high levels of development, a capacity at innovation and a congruence of trade flows5
8945038559DevolutionThe process of declining from higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality6
8945038560EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone)An area of coastal water and sea bed within s certain distance of a countries coastline7
8945038561EnclaveA portion of territory within or surrounded by a larger territory whose inhabitants are culturally or ethnically distinct8
8945038562Forward capitalA relocated capital city usually because of either economic or strategic reasons9
8945038563Iron CurtainSymbolic, ideological, and physical boundary dividing Europe into two seperate areas10
8945038564IrredentismThe position that a state should be annexed because of ethnicity of prior historical possession11
8945038565ReappointionmentThe process on how House of Representative seats are reassigned among states to reflect population changes12
8945038566SovereigntyGovernment free from external control13
8945038567TerritorialityAn aspect of human behavior and refers to the need to kay claim to the spaces we occupy and the things we oen14
8950997676ShatterbeltA region caught between stronger colliding external cultural-political forces15

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