Political Patterns and Processes
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| show | A branch of human geography concerned with the spatial analysis of political systems
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| show | A map that shows the spatial organization of the countries and territories on the entire globe at a given point in time
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| show | A state that rules itself and is not subject to the authority of another state
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| show | A state that possesses the sole authority over the land and people within its boundaries
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| show | A community of people bound to a homeland and possessing a common identity based on shared cultural traits such as language, ethnicity, and religion
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| show | The ideal political geographical unit; one in which the nation's geographic boundaries (a people and its culture) exactly match the state's territorial boundaries (governance and authority)
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| show | The idea that political authorities govern in the name of all a country's citizens, modern mass communications link all residents, and state-based citizenship rights reinforce the idea of a national identity
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| show | Sense of belonging to and self-identifying with a national culture; people with a strong sense of nationalism derive a significant part of their social identity from a sense of belonging to a nation
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| Multinational state | show 🗑
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| show | Ethnic groups territorially divided by one or more international boundaries
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| show | A subdivision or dependent territory of a country that has a degree of self-government, or autonomy, in its decision making
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| show | A nation's ability to determine its own statehood and form its own allegiances and government; the freedom of culturally distinct groups to govern themselves in their own territories and form their own states
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| show | A small territorial nucleus from which a country grows in area and over time
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| show | The idea that a state's power to enforce its sovereignty may extend beyond its territory and varies over time and from coutnry-to-country
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| show | The movement of power from the central government to regional governments within the state
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| show | A form of nationalism in which the nation is defined in terms of ethnic identity
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| show | States that have relatively little industrial development, simple production systems focused mostly on agriculture and raw materials, and low levels of consumption of manufactured goods
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| show | States that have the most advanced industrial and military technologies, complex manufacturing systems, external political power, and the highest levels of wealth and mass consumption
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| Strait | show 🗑
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| show | A clearly demarcated line that marks both the limits of a territory and divisions between territories; often called a border at the global scale
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| show | A region straddling both sides of an international boundary where national cultures overlap and blend to varying degrees
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| show | A territory surrounded by a country but not ruled by it
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| show | A boundary that no longer functions as an international border
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| show | A political boundary that developed with the cultural landscape
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| show | A boundary that was identified before an area was settled
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| show | An area in which treaties or agreements between nations, military powers, or contending groups forbid military installations, activities, or personnel; usually lies along an established frontier or boundary between two or more military powers of alliances
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| show | A nominally independent country that is politically, militarily, and economically controlled by a more powerful state
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| show | Conference organized to define territorial boundaries and rights to the sea
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| show | Zone that extends 200 nautical miles from shoreline in which coastal states have the sole right to exploit, develop, manage, and conserve all water resources lying beyond the land
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| show | A subfield of political geography that analyzes the geography of political preferences and how geography can shape voting outcomes
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| show | A body of 538 electors in the United States; a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president; a state's number of electors equals the number of members in its congressional delegation (one for each member in the House of Representatives plus two for its senators)
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| show | The process of drawing new boundaries for US congressional districts to reflect the population changes since the previous US census
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| show | The manipulation of voting district boundaries to favor a particular political party, group, or election outcome
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