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Political geography |
A subdivision of human geography focused on the nature and spatial organizations of government natalie martinez |
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State |
A politically organized territory that is administered by a sovereign Government and is recognized by a significant portion of the international communityHey state has a define territory a permanent population a government and its recognized by the other states Natalie Martinez |
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Territory |
an area of land under the jurisdiction of a ruler or state natalie martinez |
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territoriality |
in politician geography a countries or more local communities sense of property and attachment towards its territory as expressed by its determination to keep inviolable and strongly defeated Natalie Martinez |
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sovereignty |
A principle of international relations that holds the financial authority over social economic and politician should rest with legitimate rules of independent states Natalie Martinez |
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territoriality integrity |
The right of a state to defend sovereign territory against incursion from other states natalie martinez |
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Mercantilism |
In a general sense associate with the promotion of commercialism and trade Natalie Martinez |
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Piece of West Phalia |
Peace negotiated in 1648 to end the 30 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 Natalie Martinez |
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Nation |
legally a term encompassing all the citizens of the 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 few states natalie martinez |
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NationState |
Theoretically a recognized member of a modern state system possessing formal sovereignty And occupied by a people who see themselves as a single United Nations Natalie Martinez |
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Democracy |
Government based on the principle that the people are the ultimate sovereign And have the final say over what happens with an estate Natalie Martinez |
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multinational state |
state with more than one nation within its borders Natalie Martinez |
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multistate nation |
nation that stretches across borders and across states Natalie martinez |
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statelessnation |
nation that does not have a state Natalie Martinez |
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colonialism |
rule by an autonomous power over a subordinate and alien people and place Natalie Martinez |
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scale |
representation of a real world phenomenon at a certain level of reduction or generalization. in cartography, the ratio map distance to ground distance; indicated on a map as a bar, representative fraction, and/or verbal statement Natalie Martinez |
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world system theory |
refers to the inter-regional and transnational divisions of labor, which divides the world into core countries, semi-periphery countries, and the periphery countries Natalie Martinez |
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capitalism |
economic model wherein people, corporations, and states produce goods and exchange them on the world market, with the goal of a achieving profit Natalie Martinez |
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commodification |
the process through which something is given monetary value. commodification occurs when a good or idea that previously was not regarded as an object |
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process that incorporate higher levels of education, higher salaries, and more technology, generate more wealth than periphery processes in the world economy Natalie Martinez |
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periphery |
process that incorporate lower levels of education, lower salaries, and less technology; and generate less wealth than core processes in the world economy Natalie Martinez |
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semi periphery |
place where core and periphery processes are both occurring; places that are exploited by the core but in turn exploit the periphery natalie martinez |
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majority minority districts |
in the context of determining representative districts, the process by which a majority of the population is from the minority nataliee martinez |
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gerrymandering |
redistricting for advantages, or the practice of dividing the areas into electoral districts to give one political an electoral majority in a large number of districts while concentrating the voting strength of the opposition in as few districts as possible nataliee martinez |
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boundary |
vertical plane between states that cut through the rocks below and the air space above the surface nataliee martinez |
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ability |
in context of political power, the capacity of a state to influence other states or achieve their goals through diplomatic, economic, and militaristic means natalie martinez |
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centripetal |
forces that tend to unify a country, such as internal religious linguistic ethnic or ideological differences natalie martinez |
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unitary |
a nation state that has a centralized government administration that exercises power equally over all parts of the state nataliee martinez |
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centrifugal |
forces that tend to divide a country nataliee martinez |
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federal |
a political territorial system wherein a central government represents the various entities with in a nation state nataliee martinez |
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devolution |
the process whereby regions within the state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy at the expense of the central government natalie martinez |
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territorial representation |
system wherein each representative is elected from a territorially defined district nataliee martinez |
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reapportionment |
process by which representative district are switched according to population shifts, so that each district encompasses approximately the same number of people nataliee martinez |
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splitting |
in the context of determining representative districts, the process by which the majority and minority populations are spread evenly across each of the districts; as opposed to the results of majority minority districts nataliee martinez |
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Geometric boundaries |
Political boundary defined in delimited and occasionally Democrat it as a straight line or an arc Natalie Martinez |
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Elongated state |
A state whose territory is long and narrow in shape example Norway in Chile |
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Fragmented state |
A state that is non-contagious call but rather separate parts example Indonesia Natalie Martinez |
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Perforated state |
A state whose territory completely surrounds that of another state example South Africa Natalie Martinez |
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Uncle |
A country or part of a country that is surrounded by another example that vatican city is an enclave of rome Natalie Martinez |
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exclave |
A part of a country that is or almost completely separate from the main part of the country example Alaska Hawaii for the USA Natalie Martinez |
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Physical political boundaries |
political boundary defined and the limited and occasionally democratic by a prominent physical feature in the natural landscape such as a River or the cross ridges of a mountain range Natalie Martinez |
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Heartland theory |
A Geo political hypothesis Proposed by British geographer Harold Mackinder during the first two decades of the 20th century there any political power based in the heart of Eurasia could gain sufficient strength to eventually dominate the world Natalie Martinez |
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Critical Geo politics |
Process by which geopoliticians deconstruct and focus on explaining the underlying special assumptions and territorial perspectives of politicians Natalie Martinez |
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unilateralism |
World order in which one state is in a position of dominance with ally following rather than joining the political decision making process Natalie Martinez |
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Supranational organization |
A venture involving three or more nationstates involving formal political economic political and or cultural cooperation to promote shared objectives the European Union is one such organization Natalie Martinez |
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deterriotorialization |
A term used to describe the economic social and cultural geography that took less and less like the maps of states globalization net worth communities in the like undermine the states traditional authority Natalie Martinez |
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reterritorialization |
States are moving to solidify control over its territory Briggs ample solidifying the borders due to concern over immigration Natalie Martinez |
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Compact state |
estate the position is a roughly circular Obel or rectangular territory in which the distance from the geometric center is relatively equal in all directions example Poland Kenya and uruguay Natalie Martinez |
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Prorupted State |
A type of territorial shape that exhibits a narrow elongated land extension leading away from the main body of the territory example Mozambique In Thailand |
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Geometric boundaries |
Political boundary defined in delimited and occasionally Democrat it as a straight line or an arc Natalie Martinez |
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Elongated state |
A state whose territory is long and narrow in shape example Norway in Chile |
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Fragmented state |
A state that is non-contagious call but rather separate parts example Indonesia Natalie Martinez |
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Perforated state |
A state whose territory completely surrounds that of another state example South Africa Natalie Martinez |
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enclave |
A country or part of a country that is surrounded by another example that vatican city is an enclave of rome Natalie Martinez |
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exclave |
A part of a country that is or almost completely separate from the main part of the country example Alaska Hawaii for the USA Natalie Martinez |
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Physical political boundaries |
political boundary defined and the limited and occasionally democratic by a prominent physical feature in the natural landscape such as a River or the cross ridges of a mountain range Natalie Martinez |
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Heartland theory |
A Geo political hypothesis Proposed by British geographer Harold Mackinder during the first two decades of the 20th century there any political power based in the heart of Eurasia could gain sufficient strength to eventually dominate the world Natalie Martinez |
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Critical Geo politics |
Process by which geopoliticians deconstruct and focus on explaining the underlying special assumptions and territorial perspectives of politicians Natalie Martinez |
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unilateralism |
World order in which one state is in a position of dominance with ally following rather than joining the political decision making process Natalie Martinez |
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Supranational organization |
A venture involving three or more nationstates involving formal political economic political and or cultural cooperation to promote shared objectives the European Union is one such organization Natalie Martinez |
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deterriotorialization |
A term used to describe the economic social and cultural geography that took less and less like the maps of states globalization net worth communities in the like undermine the states traditional authority Natalie Martinez |
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reterritorialization |
States are moving to solidify control over its territory Briggs ample solidifying the borders due to concern over immigration Natalie Martinez |
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Compact state |
estate the position is a roughly circular Obel or rectangular territory in which the distance from the geometric center is relatively equal in all directions example Poland Kenya and uruguay Natalie Martinez |
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Prorupted State |
A type of territorial shape that exhibits a narrow elongated land extension leading away from the main body of the territory example Mozambique In Thailand |
