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absolute location |
is the exact location on Earth of a specific place. Longitude and latitude are often used to describe the specific location of a person, place or thing. |
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retaliative location |
a point or place in relation to another point or place. |
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region |
an area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries. |
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formal |
defined formally by government or other structures, such as cities, states, and mountain ranges; functional regions, which consist of a central place and the surrounding areas that are dependent upon that place, such as a metropolitan area |
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functional |
which consist of a central place and the surrounding areas that are dependent upon that place, such as a metropolitan area; and vernacula |
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place |
particular position or point in space. |
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sunni |
one of the two main branches of Islam, commonly described as orthodox, and differing from Shia in its understanding of the Sunna and in its acceptance of the first three caliphs. |
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shia |
one of the two main branches of Islam, followed especially in Iran, that rejects the first three Sunni caliphs and regards Ali, the fourth caliph, as Muhammad's first true successor.a Muslim who adheres to the Shia branch of Islam. |
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caliph |
the chief Muslim civil and religious ruler, regarded as the successor of Muhammad. |
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shria |
Islamic canonical law based on the teachings of the Koran and the traditions of the Prophet (Hadith and Sunna), prescribing both religious and secular duties and sometimes retributive penalties for lawbreaking. |
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theocracy |
a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god. |
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monocarcy |
: government by the people |
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dictatonship |
self appointed leader |
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socialism |
a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole. |
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communist |
advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. |
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democracy |
a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives. |
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sultan |
a Muslim sovereign |
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genseris |
wow |
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mandate system |
The mandate system was a compromise between the Allies' wish to retain the former German and Turkish colonies and their pre-Armistice declaration (November 5, 1918) that annexation of territory was not their aim in the war.Nov 10, 2000 |
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geopolitics |
a foreign policy based on location or products of other lands. |
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crimean war |
was a military conflict fought from October 1853 to March 1856 in which the Russian Empire lost to an alliance of France, Britain, the Ottoman Empire, and Sardinia. |
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colonialism |
the control or growing of a nation dependent country |
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decolonization |
is defined as the act of getting rid of colonization, or freeing a country from being dependent on another country |
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palistilan libration org |
A political and military organization formed in 1964 to unite variousPalestinian Arab groups and ultimately to bring about an independent state ofPalestine. |
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camp david accords |
pres play house |
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infada |
he Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, beginning in 1987. |
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oslo peace accords |
The Oslo Accords are a set of agreements between the government of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO): the Oslo I Accord, signed in Washington, D.C., in 1993 and the Oslo II Accord, |
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embargo |
an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country."an embargo on grain sales"verb |
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terriosim |
the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims."the fight against terrorism" |
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isolationism |
a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries. |
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interiosm |
usa allways being n the way of things. |
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