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demilitarized zone
an unnatural buffer zone forced into existence to try and prevent the outbreak of further hostilities
maritime boundary
a conceptual means of division of the water surface of the planet into maritime areas that are defined through physical or human geography
electoral college
a certain number of electors from each state proportional to and seemingly representative of that state’s population
gerrymandering
the process wherein political officials redraw electoral districts to favor a certain political party, ethnic group, coalition, or social class
redistricting
the drawing of anew electoral district boundary lines in response to population changes
democracy
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
federal state
a country where governmental authority is shared among a central government and various other smaller authorities
monarchy
a government style where a monarch acts as a figurehead
republic
state in which the sovereign power resides in the whole body of the poeple and is excercised through elected representatives
theocracy
the government is presumed to be divinely ordained by God
unitary state
a state where laws are administered uniformly by one central government
genocide
deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group
irredentism
a political movement that is strongly tied to nationalism
terrorism
the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes
autonomous region
an area of a country that has a degree of autonomy, or has freedom from external authority
democratization
the spread of representative government to more countries and the process of making governments more representative
supranationalism
political, economic, and.or cultural cooperation among national states to promote objectives
centrifugal force
forces or attitudes that tend to divide a state
centripetal force
forces or attitudes that unify people and enhances support for a state
apartheid
laws (no longer in effect) in South Africa that physically separated different races iinto different geographic areas
balkanization
the fragmentation of a region into smaller, often hostile, political units
frontier
a zone of a territory where no state has governing authority
ghetto
a neighborhood in a city set up by law to be inhabited only by Jewish people
race
a group of human beings distinguished by physical traits, blood types, genetic code patterns or genetically inherited characteristics
law of the sea
each coastal nation has territorial sovereignty over 12 miles of water off their coast an maintains exclusive economic rights over 200 miles of water off their coast
enclave
a territory, or part of a territory, that is entirely surrounded by the territory of another state (IN x)
exclave
an enclave which is geographically separated from the main part by surrounding alien territory (OF x)
morphology
the form and structure of an organism or one of its parts
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