Human Geo Unit Iv

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Balkanization

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process in which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicites

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boundary

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invisible line that marks the extent of a state's territory

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centrepetal force

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an attitude that tends to unify people and enhance suppport for a state

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city-state

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a sovereign state comprising a ctiy and its immediate hinterland

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frontier

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a zone separating two states in which neither state exercies political control

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gerrymandering

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process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power

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nation-state

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a state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality

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conference of berlin

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regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period, and coincided with Germany's sudden emergence as an imperial power. Called for by Portugal and organized by Otto von Bismarck, the first Chancellor of Germany, its outcome, the General Act of the Berlin Conference, is often seen as the formalization of the Scramble for Africa. The conference ushered in a period of heightened colonial activity on the part of the European powers, while simultaneously eliminating most existing forms of African autonomy and self-governance.

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devolution

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is the statutory granting of powers from the central government of a state to government at national, regional, or local level

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irredentism

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any position advocating annexation of territories administered by another state on the grounds of common ethnicity or prior historical possession, actual or alleged. Some of these movements are also called pan movements. It is a feature of identity politics and cultural and political geography. Since most borders have been moved and redrawn at one point, a great many countries could theoretically present irredentist claims to their neighbours.

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law of the sea

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12 miles out
200 miles out for fishing

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prorrupt sate

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otherwise compact state but with on lare extension. resources (belgians in the congo) or separate two states that would otherwise share a boundary.

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fragmented states

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includes several discontinous pieces of land. indonesia

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perforated state

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one state that completely surrounds another. south africa and lesotho.

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enclave/exclave

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lesotho is an enclave of southa africa.
exlave is what lesotho "non exsistant mother country would be"