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Political Geography

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show an area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs  
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microstates   show
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China   show
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show Republic of China  
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show arc between Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea  
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Mesopotamia   show
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show a sovereign state that comprises a town and the surrounding countryside  
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nation   show
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nation-state   show
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self-determination   show
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Versailles Peace Conference   show
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show advisor to Woodrow Wilson, important in redrawing the map of Europe  
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show measured how ethnically diverse each country is  
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show separated from Azerbaijan by a 40-km corridor that belongs to Armenia  
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Lithuania   show
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Latvia   show
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Estonia   show
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Dniester River   show
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show Civil war 1992-1997 between Tajiks (former Communists) and Muslim fundamentalists and Western-oriented intellectuals  
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multinational state   show
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show a territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than being completely independent  
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Puerto Rico   show
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show autonomous unit within the Kingdom of Denmark  
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Hong Kong and Macao   show
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show an effort by one country to establish settlements in a territory and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles on that territory  
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colonial era   show
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show Europeans decided to convert Africa into colonies  
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United Nations   show
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balance of power   show
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Cuban Missile Crisis   show
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Soviet Ambassador Valerian Zorin   show
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show dramatically revealed U.S. Department of Defense aerial photographs clearly showing preparations for Russian missiles in Cuba  
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Security Council   show
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democracy   show
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show a country that is run according to the interests of the ruler rather than the people  
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show a country that is not fully democratic or fully autocratic, but rather displays a mix of the two types  
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show most power is placed in the hands of central government officials - common in Europe  
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federal state   show
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Fragile States Index   show
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weapon of mass destruction   show
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Saddam Hussein   show
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show drove Iraq out of Kuwait  
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show economic alliance in Europe, formed in 1958 with 6 members  
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show economic alliance in Europe, formed in 1949 with 6 members - promoted trade and sharing natural resources - disbanded in 1991  
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show the UK’s withdrawal from the EU in 2016  
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show military alliance in Europe - 16 states in Europe plus the US and Canada  
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show military alliance in Europe - Communist Eastern European countries - disbanded in 1991  
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