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AP Human Geography 4B

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show Incorporation of a territory into another geo-political entity  
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Antarctica   show
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show Afrikaans for apartness, it was the segregation of blacks in South Africa from 1948 to 1994. It was created to keep the white minority in power and allow them to have almost total control over the black majority.  
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Balkanization   show
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Border Landscape   show
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Boundary disputes   show
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show Boundaries often originated from old tribal lands and lands won in war. They were meant to establish claims to land and were often smaller historically.  
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show The process of creating boundaries.  
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show Many boundaries are natural boundaries, formed by rivers, mountains, etc. There are also political boundaries, formed through war and compromise in treaties & agreements. There are also cultural boundaries that used to belong to a cultural homeland.  
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show A country lying between two more powerful countries that are hostile to each other  
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Capital   show
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Centrifugal   show
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Centripetal   show
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City-state   show
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show The attempt by a country to establish settlements and impose political and economic control and principles.  
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show association of sovereign states by a treaty or agreement. It deals with issues such as defense, foreign affairs, trade, and a common currency.  
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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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show Core countries have high levels of development, a capacity at innovation and a convergence of trade flows. Periphery countries usually have less development and are poorer countries.  
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show Decolonization is the movement of American/European colonies gaining independence.  
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show Devolution is the both the decentralization of a government from a unitary to a federal system or a fracturing of a government like Balkanization.  
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show Domino theory is the idea that if one land in a region came under the influence of Communists, then more would follow in a domino effect.  
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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  
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Electoral regions   show
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show Enclave - a country/part of a country mostly surrounded by the territory of another country or wholly lying within the boundaries of another country. Exclave - a country which is geographically separated from the main part by surrounding alien territor  
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Ethnic conflict   show
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show The European Union (EU) is a supranational and intergovernmental union of 27 democratic member states of Europe. The EU's activities cover most areas of public policy, from economic policy to foreign affairs, defense, agriculture and trade.  
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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  
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show A forward capital is a symbolically relocated capital city usually because of either economic or strategic reasons  
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Frontier   show
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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  
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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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Immigrant state   show
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