Ap Human Geo Words For Andrew Political Organization Of Space

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Immigrant States

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receiving state which is the target of many immigrants. Immigrant states are popular because of their economy, political freedom, and opportunity. One example would be the USA.

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International organization

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An alliance of two or more countries seeking cooperation with each other without giving up either's autonomy or self-determination

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Iron Curtain

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a political barrier that isolated the peoples of Eastern Europe after WWII, restricting their ability to travel outside the region

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Irredentism

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the doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related

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Israel/Palestine

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a religious conflict between Israel and Palestine

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Landlocked

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Surrounded by land on all sides

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Law of the Sea

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Law establishing states' rights and responsibilities concerning the ownership and use of the earth's seas and oceans and their resources

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Lebanon

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a Middle-Eastern state bordering Syria and Israel

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Mackinder, Halford J.

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Sir Halford John Mackinder was a British geographer who wrote a paper in 1904 called "The Geographical Pivot of History." Mackinder's paper suggested that the control of Eastern Europe was vital to control of the world. He formulated his hypothesis as: Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland Who rules the Heartland commands the World-Island Who rules the World-Island commands the world Mackinder's Heartland (also known as the Pivot Area) is the core area of Eurasia, and the World-Island is all of Eurasia (both Europe and Asia).

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Manifest Destiny

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the political doctrine or belief held by the United States of America, particularly during its expansion, that the nation was destined to expand toward the west

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Median-line principle

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an approach to dividing and creating boundaries at the mid-point between two places

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Microstate

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A state or territory that is small both in population and area

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Ministate

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an independent country that is very small in area and population

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Nation

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Tightly knit group of individuals sharing a common language, ethnicity, religion, and other cultural attributes

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National iconography

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the branch of art history which studies the identification, description, and the interpretation of the content of images

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Nation-state

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a state whose population possesses a substantial degree of cultural homogeneity and unity

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Nunavut

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the largest and newest territory of Canada

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Raison d'être

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"reason for being"; suggests a degree of rationalization, as "The claimed reason for the existence of something or someone"

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Reapportionment

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a new apportionment (especially a reallotment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results)

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Regionalism

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loyalty to the interests of a particular region

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Religious conflict

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intolerance against another's religious beliefs or practices, usually resulting in war, i.e. Israel-Palestine, Roman Takeovers, Muslim conquests, and the Crusades

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Reunification

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the act of coming together again

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Satellite state

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political term that refers to a country which is formally independent, but under heavy influence or control by another country

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Self-determination

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The right of a nation to govern itself automatically

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Shatterbelt

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a region caught between stronger colliding external cultural-political forces, under persistent stress, and often fragmented by aggressive rivals (e.g., Israel or Kashmir today; Eastern Europe during the Cold War,...).

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Sovereignty

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ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states

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State

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an area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government with control over its internal and foreign affairs

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Stateless Ethnic Groups

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groups with no such state of inhabitance, such as the Kurds

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Stateless Nation

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a nation that doesn't fall under any state, such as Kurdistan

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Suffrage

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the right to vote

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Supranationalism

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venture of two or more states involving formal economic, political, and/or cultural cooperation to promote shared objectives

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Territorial disputes

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Any dispute over land ownership

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Territoriality

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a fundamental aspect of human behavior; refers to the need to lay claim to the spaces we occupy and the things we own; relates to the need for self-identity and freedom of choice

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Theocracy

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a state whose government is either believed to be divinely guided or a state under the control of a group of religious leaders (e.g., Iran, Saudi Arabia, Vatican City)

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Treaty Ports

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Treaty Ports

cities opened to foreign residents as a result of the forced treaties between the Qing Empire and foreign signatories

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UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the law of the Sea

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1994, constitution for the ocean to protect resources

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Unitary

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an internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials

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USSR Collapse

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the collapse of the USSR because Socialism failed economically, outside opposition (Capitalist countries) and Nationalism within the republics, competition with the West (They wanted equality with USA, but had no money), and party officials were killed for personal gain, weakening the party

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Women's Enfranchisement

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women's right to vote

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Territorial Morphology

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a state's physical shape

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Compact

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distance from geometric center is similar

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Elongated

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Long and stretched out country

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Fragmented

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two or more separate pieces (e.g., Indonesia, Philippines,...)

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Perforated

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territory completely surrounds that of another state

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Protruded

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a.k.a. prorupt; have an area that extends from a more compact core (e.g,
Thailand, India,...)