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NASWA Key Terms

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Cultural Geography   show
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show Heartland, source area, or innovation center; place of origin of a major culture.  
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show The process of spreading and adopting a cultural element from its place of origin across a wider area.  
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Cultural landscape   show
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Hydraulic civilization theory   show
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Spatial diffusion   show
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Relocation diffusion   show
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Stateless nation (include example)   show
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Fragmented modernization   show
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show The process of removing dissolved salts from water, thereby producing fresh (drinking) water from seawater or brackish water.  
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Religious revivalism   show
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show A doctrine within Islam. Commonly translated to holy war, it entails a personal or collective struggle on the part of Muslims to live up to the religious standards prescribed by the Quran (Koran).  
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show The belief that political destabilization in one state can result in the collapse of order in a neighboring state, triggering a chain of events that, in turn, can affect a series of contiguous states.  
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Insurgent state (include example)   show
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Failed state (include example)   show
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show An imperial-scale Islamic government led by a caliph, considered a direct successor to the Prophet Muhammad, who rules and exerts moral authority over Muslims worldwide.  
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show In the wake of the regime changes in the NASWA realm brought about by the "Arab Spring" of 2011, moderates have cited Turkey as the best model of democratic governance for this part of the world.  
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Rain shadow effect   show
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show The southern border of the African Transition Zone that marks the religious frontier of the Muslim faith in its southward penetration of Sub-Saharan Africa.  
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