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Sovereignty
Power of a political unit/government to rule over its own affairs(domestic and international). Key principle in understanding how governments function.
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Nation
Group of people who have certain things in common: common cultural heritage, beliefs, and values that unify them, traditional claim to land as homeland, and desire to establish their own state or express self-rule.
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Nation-State
Nation that fulfils requirements as a state(boundaries of nation and state match) Ex: Iceland, Japan
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Multinational state
A country with many nations. Most countries of the world are multinational states with dominant nations. Ex: UK, US, Canada
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Autonomous Region
Defined area in a state, high degree of self gov. and freedom. Often granted to geographically, ethnically, or culturally, distinct areas.
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Semi-Autonomous Region
Region that has a degree of, but not complete, self-rule
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Stateless Nation
Cultural group with no independent political entity
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Multi-state Nation
Nation has state of its own but stretches across borders of other states(majority in multiple states)
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Nationalism
Nation's desire to create and maintain own state
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Centripetal Forces
Brings people together
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Centrifugal Forces
Pulls people apart
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Imperialism
Includes variety of ways of influencing another state/group of people by direct conquest, economic control, or cultural dominance.
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Early Colonialism
Spain and Portugal, and France and Britain. Large empires in the Americas, motivated by "God, gold, and glory," conversion to religion, wealth from exploiting land, labor, and capital, and political power expanding influence. Justified conquest by terra nullus, land belonging to no one. Wars among empires influenced colonial claims(7 years war(1756-1763)).

Explanation: Britain won Canada from France, strain of paying for war caused American Revolution, inspired more independence.

1833: Most of Latin America free from European rule and nationalism spread throughout the region.
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Later Colonialism
19th century, influence of Spanish and Portuguese empires dropped, allowing other European states to launch new wave of colonialism. Competition to claim resources(feed factories) and new markets(sell goods). GB, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, and Germany, controlling lands in Asia and Africa. 1884-1885, Berlin Conference.
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Berlin Conference
1884-1885, representatives from European countries met in Berlin to talk about claims on Africa, also known as the Congo Conference of the Scramble for Africa.
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Self-Determination
Right to chose their own sovereign government without external influence.
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Decolonization
Undoing of colonization. Ex: indigenous people recovered sovereignty over their territory.
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Genocide
Organized mass killing when target group is because of ethnicity, race, or nationality.
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Cold War
Period of diplomatic, political, and military rivalry between the US and USSR. Started after WWII(1945) and continued through collapse of Berlin Wall, until the USSR broke apart(1991). No direct war but supplied other wars on opposing sides. Biggest for the US were: Korea, Vietnam, and Afghanistan. Make allies and stop rival from doing so. Frontline: Europe, divided by East and West.
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Satellite States
State dominated by another politically and economically.
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Devolution
When 1 or more regions are given increased autonomy by central political unit.
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Geopolitics
Study of the affects of geography on politics and relations between states.
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Territoriality
Willingness by and person or a group of people to defend the space they claim.
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Religious Conflict
Conflicts based on religion.

Ex: Sunni and Shia Muslims. Divided on who should succeed Muhammad since 632. Sometimes → violence. Most clearly shown in: Saudi Arabia(Sunni and Arabs) versus Iran(Shia and Persians). Both tried to expand power over territory but → tension and instability.
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Economic Self-Determination
Relying on yourself. Challenging because they usually exported one or two products and relied heavily on European manufactured goods and colonies were culturally influenced and often influence by foreign governments after freedom(neocolonialism).
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Neocolonialism
New system of colonialism, economic, political, or cultural control is indirectly exerted over developing countries by developed countries.
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Modern Globalization
The expansion of economic, political, and cultural processes to the point that they become global in scale and impact. After WWII and establishment of the UN → trade barriers lowered. Some European states and US offered conditional help to LDC's—loans to help them if they eased regulations and opened up free trade. Some have debt, then stuck in cycle, politically dominated by richer states.
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Choke Point
Place of physical congestion between wider regions of movement and interaction. Most are water based(straits). Around 90%(80% annually) of all global goods travel by sea.
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Physical Geographic Boundaries
Natural barriers between areas like oceans, deserts, and mountains.

Ex. Missouri River: divides Iowa and Nebraska, and Himalayan Mountains: divides India and China.
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Cultural Boundaries
Divides using cultural divisions. Language, religion, or ethnicity.

Ex. China, cuisine once divided into two regions. Wheat North and Rice South. No exact line.
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Antecedent Boundary
Before development of cultural landscape and settlement, usually based on physical features.
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Subsequent Boundary
While cultural landscape is evolving, and is subject to changing all the time. Ethnographic in nature, may be drawn to accommodate ethnic, religious, linguistic, or economic differences among groups. Often altered because of non-cultural developments like gov. negotiations or war.

Ex. Starting in mid-16th century, Monarch of Scotland and England said emigrate to Ireland(under English rule then). Scots and English Protestants did, to Roman Catholic North Ireland. Resentment and violence→1921 Northern Ireland joined UK. New border= political and cultural landscape.
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Ethnographic
Related to cultural phenomena.
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Super Imposed Boundary
Drawn by outside powers and can ignore existing cultural patterns. Often lack conformity to natural features. (Often geometric). Ex. Berlin Conference→ African states.
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Landlocked States
States unable to access a large body of water without going through neighboring countries(surrounded by land on all sides).
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Relic Boundary
Abandoned for political purposes but evidence of it remains. Kept sometimes for history preservation purposes.

Ex. Berlin Wall, made 1961 and torn down in 1989 to stop separating East and West Germany but parts of it remain as a tourist attraction.
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Geometric Boundary
Straight line/arc that doesn't doesn't closely follow any physical figure. Usually lies on latitude/longitude. Many to divide within a state. (Colorado and Wyoming).
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Cultural Consequent Boundary
Takes cultural traits into account: language, religion, ethnicity, or others
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Physical Consequent Boundary
Takes physical characteristics of the land into account: natural features like rivers, deserts, mountains.
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Open Boundary
Unguarded and people can cross easily with little to no political intervention→ usually between countries with friendly relations.

Ex. EU→ continent almost borderless. Less likely to turn violent.
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Militarized Boundary
Heavily guarded and discourages crossing. Many harbor limited military presence but some are fortified with a constructed barrier.
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Defined Boundary
Established by legal document. (Ex. treaty) that divides two entities(invisible line).
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Delimited Boundary
Drawn on a map by a cartographer to show limits of a space.
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Demarcated Boundary
Identified by physical objects on landscapes. Simple as signs or complex as fences or walls.
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Definitional Boundary Dispute
2 or more disagree on how to interpret maps or documents that show map. Often w/ antecedent boundaries.
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Locational/Territorial Boundary Dispute
Conflict centered on where boundary should be, how it's mapped, or demarcated.
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Irredentism
Type of expansionism where seeking to annex territory has cultural ties to the population or historical claims to land.
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Operational/Functional Boundary Dispute
Conflict centered on how a boundary functions. Can be related to trade, transportation, or migration.
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Allocational/Resource Boundary Dispute
When conflict breaks out over natural resources that may be used by two countries separated by a boundary.
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Administered Boundary
How it'll be maintained, function, and what goods and people will be able to cross→ all important aspects.
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Controlled Borders
This has checkpoints where passports or visas is required to enter country. This lets them allow some goods and people and deny others.
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Exclaves
Territories part of a state but geographically separated from mainland by 1 or 2 states.

Ex. Alaska from US, Nakhchivan(autonomous region) from Azerbaijan, by Armenia.
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Political Enclaves
States, territories, or parts of a state that's completely surrounded by the territory of another state. Ex. Native American Reserves
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Shatterbelt
Place located between two very different and contentious regions. Constant stress and maybe instability/fragmentation from external aggression.

Ex. Eastern Europe, historically this for Russia(orthodox and communist) and Western Europe(Roman catholic/Protestant and capitalist) (Gov. systems for most of 20th century).
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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea(UNCLOS)
1973–1982, >150 countries signed. On a state's influence on the ocean. Defines 4 zones. Territorial sea, contiguous zone, EEZ, and high seas.
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Territorial Sea
Extends up to 12 nautical miles of sovereignty where commercial vessels may pass but non-commercial vessels may be challenged. Nautical miles= 1.15 land miles.
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Contiguous Zone
Coastal states have limited sovereignty for up to 24 nautical miles where they can enforce laws on customs, immigration, and sanitation. Nautical miles= 1.15 land miles.
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Exclusive Economic Zone(EEZ)
Coastal states can explore, extract minerals, and manage natural resources up to 200 nautical miles. Nautical miles= 1.15 land miles.
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High Seas
Water beyond any country's EEZ that's open to all states.
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Small Island Developing State
Control around 30% of all oceans and seas and EEZ is much bigger than landmass.

Ex. Tuvalu's(South Pacific) EEZ→ 27,000 times size of land and has valuable minerals, natural gas, fishing stocks, and prospect of tourism.
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Blue Economy
New economic opportunities based on the ocean for small island developing states(SIDS).
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Internal Boundaries
Used at subnational scale to divide countries into smaller units
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Electoral Geography
Using spatial thinking techniques and tools to analyze elections and voting patterns
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Voting Districts
Internal boundaries that divide a country’s electoral into subnational regions
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Electorate
People eligible to vote
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Census
Pop. count every 10 years to make sure national congressional districts have have the same number of people. In the US, the Constitution requires the federal gov. to do it.
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Reapportionment
Changing the number of representatives to reflect the state’s population.
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Redistricting
District boundaries redrawn so each has the same population.
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Gerrymandering
Drawing of boundaries for political districts by the party in power to increase/protect its power.
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Cracking
Dispersing a group into several districts to prevent a majority
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Packing
Combining like-minded voters into one district to prevent them from affecting elections in other districts.
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Stacking
Diluting a minority-populated district with majority populations
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Hijacking
Redrawing two districts in order to force two elected representatives of the same party to run against each other
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Kidnapping
Moving an area where an elected representative has support to an area where he or she does not have support
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Federal State
Unites separate political entities into an overarching system that lets each entity maintain a degree of sovereignty. This power sharing = vertical with different functions and responsibilities of a government found at national, provincial, and local level.

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Ex. Germany, US, Nigeria
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Unitary State
Most/all of government power = national government. All local gov, subject to authority of national gov.

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Ex. France, Japan, Kenya
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Annexation
Process of legally adding a territory to a city
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Devolution
Transfer of political power from central government to subnational levels of government
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Ethnic Separatism
The advocacy of full political separation from the larger round along cultural, ethnic, tribal, or governmental lines.
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Ethnic Cleansing
Purposeful policy designed by one ethnic/religious group to remove another group from certain geographic area by violent/terror inspiring means.
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Terrorism
Organized violence aimed at government and civilian targets to create fear for the advancement of political goals.
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Irredentism
Movement to unite people who share a language or other cultural elements but are divided by a national boundary.
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Autonomous Regions
Have their own local and legislative bodies to govern a region with a population that is an ethnic minority within the entire country. Handle own day-to-day governance but not fully independent.
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Subnationalism
People who have a primary allegiance to a traditional group or ethnicity(rather than a country)
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Balkanization
Fragmentation of a state or region into smaller, often hostile, units along ethno-linguistic lines.
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Globalization
Integration of markets, states, communication, and trade on worldwide scale.
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Supranationalism
Multiple countries forming an organization for the benefit of all members
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United Nations(UN)
Who: 193 member states, most states of the world plus two as non-member observer states

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Goal: Peace, security, and human rights
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO)
Who: 30 states, US, Canada, Iceland, most countries in Western and Central Europe, and Turkey

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Goal: Give mutual defense of other members
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European Union(EU)
Who: 27 states, mostly Western and Central Europe, and Turkey

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Goal: Integrate member states politically and economically
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United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
Who: US, Canada, Mexico

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Goal: Free trade between the three
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Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN)
Who: 10 SE Asian states

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Goal: Advance economic growth, peace, social progress, and cultural and economic development in region
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Arctic Council
Who: 8 states, only those with territories in arctic, Canada, US, Russia, states of northern Europe

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Goal: Foster cooperation, coordination, and interaction among Arctic states with participation of Arctic indigenous communities
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African Union
Who: 55 states, all states of Africa

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Goal: Advocate peace, security, and stability on continent through better cooperation, economic development, and global integration
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World Trade Organization(WTO)
One of largest and most influential supranational organization.

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\-Have countries agree to a set of fair and non-discriminatory guidelines for international trade.

\-Make sure trade flows freely, smoothly, and predictably
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC)
Focuses on production of oil, spans three continents with countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Indonesia, Venezuela, Nigeria, and Iran.

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Goal(s):

\-Coordinate and unify members’ petroleum policies to stabilize oil markets
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Transnational Corporations
Companies that conduct business on a global scale
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Democratization
Transition from autocratic to more representative forms of politics.
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Time-Space Compression
Social and psychological effects of faster movement of information over space in a shorter period of time.
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Centrifugal Forces
Forces that pull a country apart

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\-Many ethnicities/nationalities

\-Economic inequality

\-Territory disputes

\-Lack of infrastructure