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Annexation
the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation
Antarctica
No one owns it
Apartheid
a legal system that was the physical speration of different races into different geographic areas
Balanization
Process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities
Border landscape
There are two types, exclusionary and inclusionary. Exclusionary is meant to keep people out, such as the border between the U.S. and Mexico. Inclusionary is meant to facilitate trade and movement, such as the U.S.-Canada border
Buffer state
a small neutral state between two rival powers
Capital
Principle city in a state or country. The best place to locate a capital is at the center of a country, so it is a somewhat equal distance from all parts of the country.
Centrifugal
tending to move away from a center
Centripetal
tending to move toward a center
City-state
a city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside
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