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Political Geo and Geo of Food
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Geography
Undergraduate 1
04/20/2009

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geopolitics
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the state's power to control space or territory and shape foreign policy of individual states and international political relations
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territory
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the delimited area over which a state excersises control and which is recognized by other states
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boundries(borders)
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the lines that delimit territory
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sovereignty
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the exercise of state power over people and territory recogized by other staes and codified by international law
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nation
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a group of people sharing common elements of culture such as religion, language, history or political identity
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state
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independent political units with territoral boundries that are internationally recognized by other states
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federal states
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allocate power to smaller governmental units within a country
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unitary states
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try to concentrate power centrally
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nation-state
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the ideal form consists of a homogeneous group of people goverened by their own state
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citizenship
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a category of belonging to a nation-state that includes civil, political , and social rights
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nationalism
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the feeling of belonging to a nation, as well as the belief in the nations sovereignty
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centripetal
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unifying
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centrifugal
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divisive
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regionalism
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a feeling of collective identity based on a population;s politico-territorial identification within a state or across a state's boundries
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sectionalism
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an extreme devotion to local interests and customs
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imperialism
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the extension of state authority over the political and economic life of other territories
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colonialism
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one form of imperalism, involving formal establishment and maintence of rule by a sovereign power over a foreign population through (creation) of settlements
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slash and burn (swiddens)
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nutrients returned to soil in small shiftin patches
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transhumance
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seasonal movements between low and highlands
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heritage grains
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response against mono culture and loss of varietals
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genocide
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the deliberate and systematic killing of a people based on their ethnicity nationality, race, religion, or politics
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