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AP Human Geography Chapter 8

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show political geography  
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show forms of government, borders, treaties, trading blocs, conflicts war  
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an independent political unit holding sovereignty over a territory   show
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show nation  
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show country  
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Korea, Taiwan and the Poles are all ____________-   show
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show autonomous regions  
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show microstate  
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show city-states  
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sovereign state that comprises a _____________ and the surround countryside, built ________________ to define boundaries   show
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examples of physical boundaries   show
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3 types of cultural boundaries   show
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show frontier  
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what do frontiers provide   show
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what are becoming more attractive to states for agriculture and mining   show
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a boundary drawn before it was well populated   show
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what kind of boundary are most antecedent boundaries   show
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show subsequent boundary  
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boundary drawn to accommodate religious, linguistic, ethnic, or economic differences   show
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boundary forced on existing cultural landscapes   show
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a boundary that no longer functions but is marked by some landscape features   show
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advantage: easy defense and communications   show
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advantage: increases access to natural resources such as water disadvantage: difficult to control   show
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show perforated  
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disadvantage: difficult to communicate   show
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show fragmented  
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bounded (non-island) piece of territory that is now part of a state but lies separated from it by territory of another state ex: Alaska   show
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piece of territory that is surrounded by another political unit of which it is not a par ( landlocked within the country which surrounds them) ex: Vatican City   show
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isolation, at mercy of neighbors, need communication linkages, have formed alliances with other countries to lessen isolation Example: Switzerland   show
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who were most modern day boundaries drawn by   show
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show colony  
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effort by one country to establish settlements in a territory and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles on that territoyr   show
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show God, Gold, Glory  
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show imperialism  
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what is European colonization of Africa and Asia considered   show
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study of relationships between political power and space   show
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who proposed the organic theory and what was its main idea   show
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Halford Mackinder, this was poised to dominate the world due to its landmass and massive resources   show
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show core of eurasia  
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show spykman- surrounding territories were more important because of access to sea ports  
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show world domination  
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what geopolitical theory is correct   show
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government bestows power upon local territories rather than centrally controlling the entire country   show
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show unitary state (nation-state)  
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show population  
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representation in the ____________________________ is also based on population   show
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show # of electoral votes your state has  
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show every 10 years  
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manipulating districts to empower or discriminate against groups of people   show
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show wasted vote  
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show excess vote  
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show stacked vote  
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when did supranationalism begin   show
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show supranationalism  
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what are the 2 different ways states cooperate   show
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what was the original name of the United Nations   show
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when was the United Nations established and by whom   show
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show 16 countries  
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show 17 countries  
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show 26 countries  
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show peacekeepers  
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show United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea  
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defines the rights and responsibilities of nations with respect to their use of the world's oceans, establishing guidelines for businesses, the environment, and the management of marine natural resources   show
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show 12 nm  
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show 200 nm  
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show cold war era  
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anti-communist (western europe)   show
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show Warsaw Pact  
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show economy  
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leading superpower is not a single state but and ______________________ of European states   show
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show European Union  
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process by which regions withing a state gain political power at the expense of central government   show
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the contentious political process by which a state may break up into smaller countries   show
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an identification withe the state and acceptance of national goals, allegiance to ideals and way of life, emotion that provides identity and loyalty, acceptance of common rules, helps integrate diverse groups   show
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show iconography  
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show schools(especially elementary), military, state religion  
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why are elementary schools an unifying institutuion   show
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what is the state religion of thailand   show
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what is the state religion of nepal   show
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show islam  
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what is the state religion of israel   show
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centripetal force: security from _______________ aggression and ____________ conflicts   show
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centripetal force: __________________ opportunity of particpation   show
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show needs  
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show transportation and communication  
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show restrictions between conflicts  
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centrifugal force examples   show
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show effects of balkanization  
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actions by groups operating outside government rather than to those of official government agencies   show
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who do terrorists target   show
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show war on terror  
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show Al-Qaeda  
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show separatism  
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show devolutions  
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what are the stages in order of the states breaking up   show
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