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| 9960744099 | Administration as a Centripetal Force | Effected leadership involves establishment of a domestic police force that insures domestic tranqility. | 0 | |
| 9960758721 | Antarctica | Several countries have claimed territory of antarctica as their own. But none of these claimes are internationaly recognized. | 1 | |
| 9960769068 | Apartheid | Official system of segregation instituted by the white minority against the black majority in South Africa. | 2 | |
| 9960784832 | Asymetric Federalism | System of government emerging informaly strong unitary states in europe that allows some level of autonomy to cultural subdivisions within those countries. | 3 | |
| 9960801036 | Balkanization | Contentious political process by which a state may break up into smaller countries. | 4 | |
| 9960811927 | Boundaries and political stability in Africa | When European nations colonized large parts of africa in teh 17th-19th centuries, territories were divided according to which peices of land belonged to each colonizer. | 5 | |
| 9960827528 | Boundary Disputes | Psitional dispute involves disagreement over interpertation of position of the boundary line. | 6 | |
| 9960837360 | Centrifugal Forces | Forces within a state that weaken it. | 7 | |
| 9960845788 | Centripetal Forces | Forces within a state that strengthen it. | 8 | |
| 9960854198 | Challenges to the Modern State | Globalization and the rise of transnational cooperations threaten state authority as economic power is increasingly centered on cooperations raher than countries. | 9 | |
| 9960869998 | Colonialism | The expansion an perpetuation of an empire. | 10 | |
| 9960874338 | Confederation | Grouping of states or communities for some common purpose. | 11 | |
| 9960880187 | Conference of Berlin | Meeting that took place in 1884 among 14 European countries. | 12 | |
| 9960888184 | Cores and Capitals | A counties capital is in the core region and serves and serves as the cente of political and economic power. | 13 | |
| 9960895712 | Country Shapes | Fragmented: a state that isn't a continuous whole but seperated. Elongated: a state that is longa nd narrow. Compact: a state that posseses a roughly cirgular oval or rectangular territory. Prorupt: a state that exhibits a narrow elonged land exstension leading away from main territory. Perferated: A state that surrounds another. | 14 | |
| 9960949297 | Devolution | The transfer of some central powers to regional or local governments. | 15 | |
| 9960957311 | Domino Theory | Idea that the political destabilization in one country can lead to collapse of political stability in neighboring countries. | 16 | |
| 9960967503 | East/West Divide | Used to describe the geographic seperation between largely democratic and free-market countries. | 17 | |
| 9960985105 | Electoral College | System of representation in the U.S. | 18 | |
| 9960992831 | Electoral Geography | Investigation and spatial analysis of the election process. | 19 | |
| 9960998606 | European Union (EU) | International organization in Europe that formed in 1958. | 20 | |
| 9961006753 | Evolution of the State | Political organization dates back far beyond what the european model suggests. | 21 | |
| 9961015884 | Jury Duty | The initiation of colleagues and supremes under jurys rule. | 22 | |
| 9961027180 | Federalism | System of government in which power is distributed among certain geographical territories rather than concentrated within a central government. | 23 | |
| 9961043176 | Forward Capitals | When a capital city is relocated to encourage population growth and economic development in other parts of the country. | 24 | |
| 9961051165 | Frontier | An area where borders are shifting and weak. | 25 | |
| 9961056025 | Geopolitics | Study of interplay between political relations and territorial context in which they occur. | 26 | |
| 9961061719 | Gerrymandering | When districting is clearly done for partisan purposes. | 27 | |
| 9961082257 | Heartland Theory vs Rimland Theory | Heartland: Stated that any political power based in the heart of eurasia could gain enough strength to eventually dominate the world. Rimland: stated that domination of coastal fringes of eurasia would provide the base for world conquest. | 28 | |
| 9961097429 | Human Rights | Generally agreed upon individual rights to justice, freedom, and equality. | 29 | |
| 9961106663 | Imperialism | The perpetuation of a colonial empire even after it is no longer politicaly sovereign. | 30 | |
| 9961116190 | International Agreements | Establishment of intenational protocols for various world related issues. | 31 | |
| 9961126400 | Iron Curtain | Imaginary wall or boundary that divided the people from western europe and eastern europe. | 32 |
