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- 2. Politics, esp. international relations, as influenced by geographical factors.
- 7. A union or association formed for mutual benefit,esp. between countries or organizations.
- 9. process by which a state breaks down throughconflicts amoung its ethnicities
- 11. The action of fixing the boundary or limits of something.
- 12. action or policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile country or influence.
- 13. A stateless nation is a group,usually a minority ethnic group, considered as a nation entitled to its ownstate, specifically a nation-state for that nation.
- 15. A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.
- 16. Supreme power or authority or the authority of a state to govern itself or another state.
- 18. the doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related.
- 20. an attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state
- 24. state which contains one or more ethnic groups as identified by religion, language, or colour.
- 25. a sovereign state comprising a city and its immediate hinterland.
- 28. Manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class.
- 29. A zone separating two states which neither state exercises political control
- 31. The outer area’s of a country,the less wealthy are’s normally
- 32. The control of territory already occupied and organized by an indigenous society.
- 33. European Union, An economic and political union established in 1993 after the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty by membersof the European Community and since expanded to include numerous Central andEastern European nations. The establishment of the European Union expanded thepolitical scope of the European Economic Community, especially in the area offoreign and security policy, and provided for the creation of a centralEuropean bank and the adoption of a common currency, the euro.
- 34. A capital city (or just capital) is the area of a country, province, region, or state regarded asenjoying primary status
- 36. A concept of secularism, whereby a state or country purports to be officially neutral in matters of religion, supportingneither religion nor irreligion.
- 38. A sovereign state having a very small population or very small land area, but usually both.
- 39. invisible line that marks the extent of a states territory
- 41. A portion of territory within or surrounded by a larger territory whose inhabitants are culturally or ethnically distinct.
- 42. The theory or practice of regional rather than central systems of administration or economic, cultural, or politicalaffiliation.
- 43. A mixed name for Belgium, The Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Also is a an economic union between them.
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- 1. An organization that consists of a number of parties or groupsunited in an alliance or leagu
- 3. The shape of a country classified in to be longated, compact, perforated, fragmented, prorupt.
- 4. the action of changing from colonial to independent status.
- 5. An international organization of countries set up in 1945, in succession to theLeague of Nations, to promote international peace, security, and cooperation
- 6. country entirely enclosed by land, or whose only coastlines lie on closed seas.
- 8. and devotion to a particular nationality
- 9. A small neutral country, situated between two larger hostile countries, serving to prevent the outbreak of regional conflict
- 10. How a boundary started or formed
- 14. a force that divides people and countries
- 17. War, civil war, or other conflict between or among two or more racial, language, or religious groups.
- 19. A portion of territory of one state completely surrounded by territory of another or others, as viewed by the home territory.
- 21. a political entity (a state) associated with a particular cultural entity (a nation).
- 22. A territorial dispute is a disagreement over the possession/control of land between two or more states, orover the possession or control of land by a new state and occupying power afterit has conquered the land from a former state no longer currently recognized bythe new state.
- 23. During European Imperialism,various European leaders met in Berlin, Germany to discuss plans for dividingAfrica peacefully. These leaders had little regard for African independence,and had no representation for native Africans. This began the process ofimperializing Africa.
- 26. An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government with control over its internal and foreign affairs.
- 27. capitol or major city’s the further away from it the less wealthy it gets.
- 30. Under the law of the sea, an exclusive economic zone(EEZ) is a sea zone over which a state has special rights over the explorationand use of marine resources.
- 34. A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units.
- 35. The action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits.
- 37. The organization,culture, or beliefs of a tribe.
- 40. The transfer or delegation of power to a lower level, esp. by central government to local or regional administration ORDescent or degeneration to a lower or worse state