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APHG Chapter 8 Terms

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Definition
Anocracy   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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Balance of Power   show
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show Dividing up the continent of Africa among the various European imperial powers  
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Boundary   show
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Capitalism   show
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Centripetal   show
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Centrifugal   show
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show A small sovereign state that is made up of a town or city and the surrounding area.  
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show The US theory that stated, if Communism in Asia could be contained in the area the system would eventually die out.  
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Colonialism   show
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Core   show
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show A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them  
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show The movement of power from the central government to regional governments within the state or breakup of a large state (balkanization) into several independent ones  
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show The idea that if one land in a region came under the influence of Communists, then more would follow in a domino effect  
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show A country or part of a country mostly surrounded by the territory of another country or wholly lying within the boundaries of another country  
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show A region of a country that is completely separated from the main body of that country, usually by the borders of another country  
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show Economic alliance of major Western European nations that coordinate trade, immigration and labor policies, making its members  
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Federal State   show
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Geometric Boundary   show
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Gerrymandering   show
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Heartland Theory (Mackinder)   show
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Imperialism   show
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Landlocked State   show
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Microstate   show
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Multiethnic State   show
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show A country with multiple culture groups or multiple ethnic groups under a single government  
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show A group of people bound together by some sense of a common culture, ethnicity, language, shared history, and attachment to a homeland  
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Nation-state   show
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NATO   show
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OPEC   show
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Periphery   show
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Ratzel's Organic Theory   show
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show The redistribution of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives based on changes in population.  
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Rimland Theory (Spykman)   show
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show Concept that every nation/ethnicity has the right to govern themselves  
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show Newly industrialized countries with the median standards of living  
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Shapes of States   show
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show The concept that a state has the supreme authority to govern itself and make decisions within its own borders without interference from other states or international organizations  
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show A politically bound area controlled by an established government that has authority over its internal affairs and foreign policy.  
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show A nation of people without a state that it considers home  
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Supranational Organization   show
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Territoriality   show
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Terrorism   show
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show An international organization formed in 1945 to increase political and economic cooperation among member countries.  
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show World order in which one state is in a position of dominance with allies following rather than joining the political decision-making process.  
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show A state where laws are administered uniformly by one central government.  
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Warsaw Pact   show
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