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Unit 4 Vocab Part 1 Test

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Superimposed Political Borders
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Sovereignty
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Autonomous and Semiautonomous Regions
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Stateless Nation
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Choke Points
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Relic Political Borders
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Political Boundaries
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Devolution
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Multi State Nation
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Multinational State
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Antecedent Political Borders
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Subsequent Political Borders
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Geometric Political Borders
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Consequent Political Borders
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Border that no longer exists, but has left some imprint on the local cultural or environmental geography.
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A state’s authority to control its territory and govern itself.
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Border that is drawn over existing and accepted borders by an outside force.
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A nation of people that live in more than one state.
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A strategic strait or canal which is narrow, hard to pass through and has competition for use.
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A state with various ethnicities and cultures within its borders (multiple nations).
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An imaginary line separating one political unit from another.
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Nations of people without a state to occupy.
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Type of subsequent boundary - takes into account the existing cultural distribution of the people living in the territory and redevelops boundary lines to more closely align with cultural boundaries.
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Borders that are established before there has been major settlement by people in a territory.
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Borders that are drawn in areas that have been settled by people, typically due to changes that have occurred over time.
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Often due to centrifugal forces, power is shifted from the central government or administration to regional authorities which are usually reflective of nations.
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Borders that are established on straight lines of latitude and longitude instead of physical or cultural boundaries.
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A location within a state that is given authority to govern independently from the national government.
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The use of economic, political, cultural or other pressures in order to control or influence other countries.
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Formal term for a country that must meet certain requirements: Defined territory with borders, Permanent population, and Government.
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The control and influence over a specific geographic space.
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A movement that is trying to gain political independence for some area that it thinks should be its own country.
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When a powerful country establishes settlements in a less powerful country for economic and/or political gain.
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A group of people with a common identity through shared cultural traits such as language, religion, ethnicity, and heritage.
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The dominance of one country over another country through diplomacy or force.
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When the borders of the nation match the borders of the state - a state with (ideally) only one nation within it.
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Instability within a region that is geographically located between states with overlapping territoriality and political power.
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The right of all people to govern themselves. Usually a nation, ethnicity, or former colony wants to govern themselves and establish sovereignty over their own state. Oftentimes may result in independence movements or devolution.

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