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20 Cards in this Set
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sovereignty |
the indication that a particular government has complete control and jurisdiction over a defined area
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democracy |
a government that is considered to rule with the consent of its people |
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feudal system |
a system based on personal allegiance and vassalage |
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satellite state |
used to describe states with less actual sovereignty |
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nation |
a term used to represent a group of people who feel they belong together a polity for a number of reasons |
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diaspora |
the form that occurs when a group of people who consider themselves to be part of a nation are not consolidated spatially, the group is not in a particular homeland, they are dispersed |
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centripetal forces |
forces that unify and bring together |
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centrifugal forces |
forces that tend to pull apart and disperse |
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geopolitics |
the study of how geographical space and the different patterns of states affect global politics |
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international boundary |
a line that separates one state from another |
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political economy |
refers to the relationship among the state, the members of the state, and the economic activities within the state |
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neoliberalism |
a set of policies that favor minimal government interference in markets and the promotion of free trade |
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autocratic states |
concentrates political power in a single individual or clique. (oligarchy) |
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subjects |
the residents of a state in monocratic, feudal, and imperial settings |
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dual citizenship |
a person is s citizen of two countries |
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unitary states |
almost all the sovereignty and power resides within the central government |
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feudal states |
each subunit is granted and independent constitutional authority that defines its' level of power |
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confederations |
sovereign states agree to abridge some of their independent powers in order to work together as a group, while each state retains a great deal of sovereignty |
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core region |
the place that represents where the state and dominant nationality emerged. |
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capital city |
the political center, that may or may not be at the core. |
