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43 Cards in this Set
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State |
Politically organized territory that has sovereignty |
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Nation |
Group of people who share cultural identity(language, culture, ethnicity) |
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Nation-state |
A homogeneous state(state that contains only one cultural group) |
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Stateless nation |
A cultural group that lacks a sovereign land to occupy |
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Ratzels organic theory of nations |
States are like an organism, and it needs to be nourished. Has a life cycle |
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Self-determination |
The concept that ethnic groups have the right to govern themselves |
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Democracy |
A country in which citizens can elect leaders and can run for office |
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Autocracy |
A country that is run according to the interest of the ruler rather than the people |
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Anocracy |
A country that is not fully democratic or fully autocratic, but rather displays a mix of the two types |
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Unitary state |
An internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of the central government |
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Federal state |
An internal organization of a state that allocates most power to units of local government's |
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Gerrymandering |
The process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power |
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Balance of power |
A condition of roughly equal strength between opposing allies |
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Colony |
A territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than being completely independent |
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Annexation |
Process to permanently add a piece of land |
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Superimposed bounderies |
When an outsider lays down boundaries without paying attention to cultural boundaries |
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Irredentism |
Any political or popular movement intended to reclaim and reoccupy a "lost" or "undeemd" area |
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Supranationalism |
When two or more states come together with a common goal |
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Devolution |
The process of transferring power from A central government to local governments |
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Compact |
Circular |
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Proupted |
Has a little stick |
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Elongated |
Skinny and long |
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Fragmented |
Broken up |
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Perforated |
Surrounding another |
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Alocation |
Fights over a border on resources |
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Definitional border |
Disputes over wording of treaty |
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Subsequent |
Lines resulting from conflict |
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Antsedent |
Existed prior to recored history |
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Locational |
Where border should be |
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Microstate |
Less than 1000 sq km |
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Wasted vote |
Spreads opposition supports across many districts but in the minority |
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Excess vote |
Concentrates opposition supporters into a few districts |
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Stacked vote |
Links distant areas of like-minded voters through oddly shaped boundaries |
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Eurozone |
A single bank was given responsibility for settling interest rates and minimizing inflation throughout the eurozones |
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City state |
Sovereign state comprising of a city and immediately surrounding countryside |
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Sovereignty |
Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states |
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Boundary |
An invisible line that marks the extent of a states territory |
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Boundary |
An invisible line that marks the extent of a states territory |
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Frontier |
A zone where no State exercises complete political control |
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Relic |
Former state boundaries that still have meaning |
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Operational boundery |
Involves neighbors who differ over the way their border should function |
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Law of the sea |
12 nautical miles offshore |
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Terrorism |
Systematic use of violence by a group in order to intimidate population or coerce a government into granting it's commands |
