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AP Human Vocab IV

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show Incorporation of a territory into another geo-political entity.  
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Antarctica   show
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Apartheid   show
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show The political term used when referring to the fragmentation or breakup of a region or country into smaller regions or countries.  
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Border Landscape   show
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show Conflicts over the location, size, and extent of borders between nations.  
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Boundary origin   show
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Boundary process   show
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Boundary type   show
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show A country lying between two more powerful countries that are hostile to each other. An example is Mongolia, which serves as a buffer between Russia and China.  
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Capital   show
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Centrifugal   show
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show An attitude that unifies people and enhances support for the state.  
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show A region controlled by a city and that has sovereignty. They were more common in the middle ages and Renaissance in Europe.  
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Colonialism   show
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Confederation   show
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show Regulated trade and colonization in Africa. It formalized the scramble to gain colonies in Africa and set up boundaries for each country’s colonies.  
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Core/periphery   show
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show Decolonization is the movement of American/European colonies gaining independence. Some were peaceful struggles while others became violent.  
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Devolution   show
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Domino theory   show
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show : An Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is a sea zone over which a state has special rights over the exploration and use of marine resources. The country that controls the EEZ has rights to the fishing, whaling, etc., as well as the raw material resources.  
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show Electoral regions are the different voting districts that make up local, state, and national regions  
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Enclave/exclave   show
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Ethnic conflict   show
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European Union   show
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show Federalism is a political philosophy in which a group or body of members are bound together with a governing representative head. Federalism is the system in which the power to govern is shared between the national & state governments.  
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show A forward capital is a symbolically relocated capital city usually because of either economic or strategic reasons. A forward capital is sometimes used to integrate outlying parts of a country into the state.  
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show A frontier is a zone where no state exercises complete political control. It is usually uninhabited or sparsely inhabited. It separates countries where a boundary cannot be found.  
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Geopolitics   show
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show Gerrymandering is the process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the political party in power.  
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show Global commons is that which no one person or state may own or control and which is central to life. A global common contains an infinite potential with regard to the understanding and advancement of the biology and society of all life.  
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show Heartland is the central region of a country or continent; especially a region that is important to a country or to a culture. Rimland is the maritime fringe of a country or continent.  
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show An immigrant state is a type of receiving state which is the target of many immigrants. Immigrant states are popular because of their economy, political freedom, and opportunity  
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