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1. Political Geography |
A subdivision of human geography focused on the nature and spatial organizations of governments |
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY(similar word) |
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2. State |
A politically organized territory that is administered by a sovereign government and is recognized by a significant portion of the international community. A state is a defined territory, a permanent population, a government, and is recognized by other states. |
territory, Sovereign, Significant |
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3. Territory |
An area of land under the jurisdiction of a ruler or state. |
area of land |
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4. Territoriality |
In political geography, a country's or more local community's sense for property and attachments towards its territory, as expressed by its determination to keep it inviolable and strongly defended. |
territory, local community |
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5. Sovereignty |
A principal of international relations that holds that final authority over social, economic, and political should rest with the legitimate rulers of independent states. |
social economic political |
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6. Territoriality Integrity |
The right of a state to defend sovereign territory against incrusion from other states |
territory, incrusion |
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7. Mercantilism |
In general snese, associated with the promotion of commercialism and trade |
commerciaLISM and trade |
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8. Peace of Westphalia |
Peace negotiated in 1648 to end the Thirty Years' War, Europe's most destructive internal struggle over religion. The treaties contained new language recognizing statehood and nationhood, clearly defined borders, and guarantees of security.
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PEACE in the world and first word of def., treaties |
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9. Nation |
Legally, a term encompassing all the citizens of a state. Most definitions now tend to refer to a tightly knit group of people possessing bonds of language, ethnicity, religion, and other shared cultural attributes. Such homogeneity actually prevails within very few states. |
all citizens of a state; group of people bonding |
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10. Nation-State |
Theoretically, a recognized member of a modern state system possessing formal sovereignty and occupied by a people who see themselves as a single, united nation. |
modern STATE system; united nation; occupied by people |
