World History Flash Cards

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Absolute Location

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Provides a definite reference to locate a place

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Relative Location

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Describes a place with respect to it's connection to other places

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Region

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An area that is united by o shares more than one chara

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Formal

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Designated by official boundaries population climate or other facts

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Functional

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Defined by their connections or government

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Perceived/ Vernacular

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Based on opinions of perception of an area

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Place

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describes the human characteristics and physical of a location

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Sunni

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a majority sect of islam that acknowledges the first four caliphs as the rightful successors of Muhammed

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Shi'a

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the minority group of islam that believe that the caliph should be held only to the people who are descendant of Muhammed

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Caliph

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successor or deputy the supreme political and religious leader in muslim government

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sharia

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body of law for muslims

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Theocracy

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government ruled by a religious person

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Monarchy

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ruled by a king

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dictatorship

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ruled by one person with a iron fist

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socialism

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production and distribution are controlled by the people

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communism

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form of government in which a single person party holds power

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democracy

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government ruled by the people

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sultan

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overlord

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Janissaries

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30000 soldiers trained to be loyal only to the sultan

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mandate system

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legal status of transferring terriories from one country to another following a war

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Geopolitics

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A foreign policy based on a consideration of the statistics location or product of other lands

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crimean war

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a conflict lasting from 1853 to 1856

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colonialism

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the control or governing influence of a nation over a dependent county territory or people.

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palestine liberation organization

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an organization dedicated to the establishment of an independent state for palestinians in the middle east

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camp David accords

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first signed agreement between israel and arab county

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Intifada

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Palestinian campaign of civil disobediance against Israeli occupation of the west bank and Gaza strip.

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Oslo peace accords

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an agreement in 1993 in which the israeli prime minister Rabin granted Palestinian self rule in the Gaza strip and the west bank

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embargo

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partial or complete prohibition of commerce and trade with a particular country or a group of countries

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Terrorism

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the political belief that extreme and seemingly random violence will destabilize a government and permit the terrorists to gain political advantage.

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Isolationism

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a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups especially the political affairs of other countries.

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Interventionism

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a policy of non defensive activity under taken by a nation state or other political jurisdiction to manipulate an economy or society.

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