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State Shape - Perforated (strengths/weaknesses)

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State Shape - Perforated (strengths/weaknesses)

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Easy to attack, has to support middle country

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State Shape - Prorupted (strengths/weaknesses)

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State Shape - Prorupted (strengths/weaknesses)

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More resources, border more countries, harder to unify, harder to communicate, hard to defend borders,

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State Shape - Fragmented (strengths/weaknesses)

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State Shape - Fragmented (strengths/weaknesses)

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Variation of natural resources, easier to defend (harder to invade all at once), more attack launch points, ports for trade, border with more countries, hard to communicate, hard to understand needs, can make it difficult to defend, hard for transportation, islands may feel underrepresented/want to break away

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State Shape - Compact (strengths/weaknesses)

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State Shape - Compact (strengths/weaknesses)

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Good communication, easier to defined, fewer amounts of resources, more likely to experience civil wars, lack of respect that larger countries experience

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State Shape - Elongated (strengths/weaknesses)

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State Shape - Elongated (strengths/weaknesses)

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Poor communication, isolation of one region from capital, hard to get from one side to another, needs of people are different, variation of natural resources

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promote the unity and solidarity of African states

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the leading intergovernmental forum promoting cooperation, coordination and interaction among the Arctic States

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Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) - purpose

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Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) - purpose

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keep peace within Southeast Asia and help countries grow economically

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mutual defense organization that put the Soviets in command of the armed forces of the member states

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) - purpose

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) - purpose

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build a strong military force that could be used to combat threats to the world

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North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - purpose

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North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - purpose

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promote trade between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico

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keep peace among neighboring countries in Europe

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If you control Rimland (under Heartland) you would control the world

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land power will become more important than sea power (if you control Heartland (top of Asian continent) you will be most powerful)

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an international agreement that resulted from the third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea

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a policy of advocating the restoration to a country of any territory formerly belonging to it

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(Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom) maintain territorial claims in Antarctica, used for research purposes only

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forces that unify a state (provide stability, strengthen, bind together, create solidarity)

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forces or attitudes that tend to divide a state

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the transfer or delegation of power to a lower level, especially by central government to local or regional administration

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a system of institutionalized racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa

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people regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period and coincided with Germany's sudden emergence as an imperial power

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a boundary that no longer exists

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a boundary line that runs along differences in ethnicity

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a boundary that has been imposed on an area by an outside or conquering power

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a political boundary that existed before the cultural landscape emerged and stayed in a place while people moved into occupy the surroundings

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a boundary that is established after the settlement in that area occurred

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formed by arcs or straight lines irrespective of the physical and cultural features of the land it passes through

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naturally occurring barrier between two areas

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redrawing district lines to benefit one political party

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process of drawing electoral district boundaries

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government where all power is concentrated on one person/group of people

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government is one that divides the powers of government between the national (federal) government and state and local governments

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a region caught between stronger colliding external cultural-political forces, under persistent stress, and often fragmented by aggressive rivals

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a nation/culture group without a defined territory/country

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a governed territory where a homogeneous culture lives

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Community of people bound together by shared cultural history and language

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organizations that maintains monopoly of violence over a territory, territory with its own government

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a country that is formally independent in the world, but under heavy political, economic and military influence or control from another country

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a small neutral country situated between two larger hostile countries and serving to prevent the outbreak of regional conflict

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politics, especially international relations, as influenced by geographical factors