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Geography
9th Grade
02/09/2009

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the political never center of the country, nation headquarters
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capital city
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the opposite of centripetal
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centrifugal force
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the force that promotes unity with states
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centripetal force
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projected european power into the non european world
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colonialism
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the heartland, most productive area
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core area
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geopgraphy of representation, subfield, that deals with various spatial aspects of voting stystem and behavior
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electoral geography
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political territorial system where in a centural government represents the various entitions that share common interest
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federal state
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political territorial system where in a centural government represents the various entitions that share common interest
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federal state
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capitol city a contested territory to show its theirs
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forward capitol
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restricting for advantage, dividing into areas into electorol districts to give one party an electorol majority
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gerrymander
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a state that posses more than one core or dominant region
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multicore state
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countries largest city, usually the capitol city, most expensive
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primate city
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the coastal rim of Eurasia, said by Nicholas Spykman, key to power he said
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rimland
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have greater alligiance to their tribe then their country
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tribalism
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a nation state that had a eutrated government and administration that excersises power equally over all parts of the state
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unitary state
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