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Political Geography |
Nature and special organizations of government. |
Subdivision of human geography |
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State |
Passed by a sovereign government;large part of international community. |
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Territory |
Land under control of a ruler or state. |
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Territoriality |
Community's sense of property and attachment toward its land. |
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Sovereignty |
Final authority over social, economic, & political should rest w/ rulers of ind. states. |
Similar to democracy. |
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Territoriality Integrity |
Right of state to defend sovereign territory against incursion from other states. |
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Mercantilism |
Promotion of commercialism and trade. |
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Peace of Westphalia |
1648; peace negotiated to end Thirty Years War. |
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Nation |
Term encompassing all citizens of the state. |
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Nation-state |
State system possessing formal sovereignty & occupied by a united nation. |
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Democracy |
People have final say. |
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Multinational State |
More than one nation with its borders. |
Cherokees. |
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Multistate Nation |
Nation that stretches across borders and across states. |
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Stateless Nation |
Nation that does not have a state. |
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Colonialism |
Autonomous power over a subordinate & alien people & place. |
Core, semi-periphery, & periphery countries. |
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Scale |
Representation of a real-world phenomenon at a certain level. |
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World Systems Theory |
Inter regional & transitional division of labor (class). |
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