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AP Human Geo Chapter 8 Vocabulary

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show A sovereign territory, recognized as a country by other states under international law. A state has a defined territory, a permanent population, a government, and is recognized by other states.  
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show Sense of ownership and attachment to a specific territory.  
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Peace of Westphalia   show
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show The legal authority to have the last say over a territory. Under international law, states are sovereign.  
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Territorial integrity   show
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Colonialism   show
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Nation   show
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Imagined community   show
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Nation-state   show
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show State (country) with more than one nation (people).  
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Multistate nation   show
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show A nation that does not have a state.  
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First wave of colonialism   show
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show From the 1850s to 1960s, when Europeans colonized Africa and Asia in the context of the industrial revolution.  
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show Theory originated by Immanuel Wallerstein and illuminated by his three-tier structure, proposing that social change in and economic wealth in the periphery is inextricably linked to the core.  
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show Economic system where people, corporations, and states produce goods and services and trade them on the world market with the goal of making a profit.  
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show Transformation of goods and services into products that can be bought, sold, or traded.  
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Core   show
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show Places in the world economy where periphery processes dominate.  
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Semi-periphery   show
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Centripetal forces   show
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Centrifugal forces   show
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Unitary states   show
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show A state where governmental authority is shared among a central government and various other smaller, regional authorities.  
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Devolution   show
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show Government by the people where the people are sovereign and have the final say over what happens within a state.  
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Reapportionment   show
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Splitting   show
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Majority-minority districts   show
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Gerrymandering   show
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show A plane that stretches beneath the subsoil and into the airspace that legally divides two countries.  
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Geometric boundaries   show
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show Political boundary defined by a prominent physical feature in the physical landscape, such as a riverbank or the crest of a mountain range.  
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show British geographer Halford Mackinderโ€™s theory that a political power based in the heart of Eurasia could gain enough strength to eventually dominate the world.  
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Unilateralism   show
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Deterritorialization   show
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Reterritorialization   show
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show An organization of three or more states involving formal political, economic, and/or cultural cooperation to promote shared objectives. For example, the European Union is one such organization.  
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show An early form of capitalism based on trading large quantities of goods, using gold and silver as currencies.  
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