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AP Human Geography

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show a sovereign territory, recognized as a country by other states under international law; has a defined territory, permanent population, 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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show physically taking over a territory and people and controlling the economy and government  
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mercantilism   show
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show a group of people with a shared past and common future who relate to each other and share a common political goal  
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show a socially constructed identity that is imagined because the people in the group will never meet each other and simply believe they have a similarity and shared connection  
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show a nation and a state who share the same borders  
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show state with more than one nation  
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stateless nation   show
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show from the late 1400s to 1850s when Europeans colonized the Americas and coastal Africa  
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second wave of colonialism   show
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world-systems theory   show
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capitalism   show
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show transformation of goods and services into products that can be bought, sold, or traded  
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show places in the world economy where core processes dominate  
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show places in the world economy where periphery processes dominate  
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show places where core and periphery processes are both occurring; places that are exploited by the core but in turn exploit the periphery  
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show attributes of a nation that can be activated or manipulated to unite the nation, such as national iconography, patriotism, shared culture and history, or common religion or ideology  
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centrifugal forces   show
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unitary states   show
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show a system with a central government and several states that retain independence on internal affairs  
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show transfer of power from central government to regional or local government within a state  
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democracy   show
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show redistribution of representatives based on population changes; for example, seats in the House are reapportioned across states after each census before each state redistricts  
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splitting   show
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majority-minority districts   show
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show manipulating electoral districts to give one political party unfair advantage  
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boundary   show
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geometric boundaries   show
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show 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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heartland theory   show
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show world order in which one state is in a position of global dominance  
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deterritorialization   show
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reterritorialization   show
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show an organization of 3 or more states involving formal political, economic, and/or cultural cooperation to promote shared objectives  
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show nation that stretches across states  
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