Unit 4 Vocabulary Review APHG

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Where the boundary of a border is maintained in some format

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administered

Front

Narrow waterways where a large portion of global goods pass through each day

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Chokepoint

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When physical markers (sign, wall, fence) are placed along a designated border or boundary

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demarcated

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Boundaries that were in place before the cultural landscape developed. Usually physical features

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antecedent

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When power is taken from a central government and shared with local governments or groups to prevent balkanization

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devolution

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Boundaries formed in order to separate groups based on ethnicity, language, religion, or economic conditions

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consequent

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When a group attempts to remove another ethnicity from an area. Violence is used in the process and can spiral into genocide at times.

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ethnic cleansing

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The boundary from a state’s shoreline to 200 nautical miles out to sea; that state gets exclusive fishing and extracting rights in that zone

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exclusive economic zone

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In creating an official border, this is the phase where the boundary is negotiated then legally described in a treaty or homeowners property line

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defined

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An economic supranational organization between several European countries. They have their own passport and currency and a free trade agreement.

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European Union