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Political Geography

Nature and special organizations of government.

Subdivision of human geography

State

Passed by a sovereign government;large part of international community.

Territory

Land under control of a ruler or state.

Territoriality

Community's sense of property and attachment toward its land.

Sovereignty

Final authority over social, economic, & political should rest w/ rulers of ind. states.

Similar to democracy.

Territoriality Integrity

Right of state to defend sovereign territory against incursion from other states.

Mercantilism

Promotion of commercialism and trade.

Peace of Westphalia

1648; peace negotiated to end Thirty Years War.

Nation

Term encompassing all citizens of the state.

Nation-state

State system possessing formal sovereignty & occupied by a united nation.

Democracy

People have final say.

Multinational State

More than one nation with its borders.

Cherokees.

Multistate Nation

Nation that stretches across borders and across states.

Stateless Nation

Nation that does not have a state.

Colonialism

Autonomous power over a subordinate & alien people & place.

Core, semi-periphery, & periphery countries.

Scale

Representation of a real-world phenomenon at a certain level.

World Systems Theory

Inter regional & transitional division of labor (class).