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12 Cards in this Set
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state
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a politically organized territory with a permanent population, a defined territory and a government.
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nation
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a nation is a culturally defined group of people with a shared past and a common future who relate to a territory and have political goals.
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multinational state
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a state with more than one nation
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stateless nation.
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a nation without a state.
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colonialism
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a physical action in which one state takes over another taking over the government and ruling the territory as its own.
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devolution
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movement of power from the central government to regional governments within a state.
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geometric boundaries.
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based on the grid system
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pysical political boundaries
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follow an agreement upon feature in the geographic landscape
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Unilateral world order
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just one power is involoved
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Bi polar world order
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When two powers are involved
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United Nations
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An organization hat existed since WW2 has 192 members, helps with peace making and humanitarian issues.
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Supranational Organizations
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Is separate entity composed of three or more states forge an association and form an administrative structure for mutual benefits in pursuit of shared goals.
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