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Geopolitics |
The study of influence of geography, economy, and politics. |
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Sovereignty |
Authority of a state to govern itself or another state. |
Govern itself |
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State |
Formal political area under a single government. |
Political area under govt. |
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Diplomacy |
International relations, usually by a country's representative abroad. |
International relations. |
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City-state |
A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state. |
Independent state. |
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Microstate |
A state or territory that is small i population and area. |
Small state |
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Central government |
The government of a nation and is a characteristic of a unitary state. |
Main government |
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Unitary state |
Political organization with central supreme government makes decisions for local government. |
Makes decisions for local govt. |
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Federal state |
Self governing states under a central federal government. |
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Boundary |
Invisible line that marks the extent of a states territory. |
Marks territory extent |
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Frontier |
A zone separating two states in which neither states exercises political control. |
Zone separating two states |
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Landlocked state |
State that does not have direct outlet to the sea. |
No passage to the sea |
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Territoriality |
A country's sense of properly and attachment to its territory. |
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Forward capital |
A symbolically relocated capital city usually because of either economic or strategic reasons. |
Relocated capital city |
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Imperialism |
Control of territory already occupied and organized by an indigenous group. |
Already occupied (control of) |
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Colonization/colonialism |
Ruled by an autonomous power over a subordinate and alien people and place. |
By Settlement (control of) |
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Berlin conference |
Regulated european colonization and trade in Africa |
Regulations on Europe |
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Supranational organizations |
Three or more states that form an administrative structure for mutual benefits and pursuit of shared goals. |
Shared goals and mutual benefits. |
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United nations |
Organization of independent States to promote peace and security. |
Promotes peace and security. |
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European union |
Operated as an economic and political union designed to heal wester Europe from ww2 scars. |
Economic and political |
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NATO |
International organization to defend eachother in case of an attack. |
Defend eachother |
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Exclusive economic zone |
Sea zone in which a state has special rights over exploration and marine resources. |
Rights over exploration/marine resources. |
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Gerrymandering |
Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power. |
Redrawing boundaries |
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Domino theory |
If one nation goes under communist control, neighboring countries will do the same. |
Communist control |
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Heartland theory |
Any political power based on the heart of eurAsia could eventually dominate the world. |
Eurasia dominating the world |
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Rimland theory |
The coastal rim of eurasia- key to global power |
Coastal rim = Global power |
