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31 Cards in this Set
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Absolute Location |
Provides a definite reference to locate a place |
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Relative Location |
Describes a place with respect to it's connection to other places |
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Region |
An area that is united by o shares more than one chara |
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Formal |
Designated by official boundaries population climate or other facts |
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Functional |
Defined by their connections or government |
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Perceived/ Vernacular |
Based on opinions of perception of an area |
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Place |
describes the human characteristics and physical of a location |
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Sunni |
a majority sect of islam that acknowledges the first four caliphs as the rightful successors of Muhammed |
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Shi'a |
the minority group of islam that believe that the caliph should be held only to the people who are descendant of Muhammed |
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Caliph |
successor or deputy the supreme political and religious leader in muslim government |
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sharia |
body of law for muslims |
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Theocracy |
government ruled by a religious person |
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Monarchy |
ruled by a king |
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dictatorship |
ruled by one person with a iron fist |
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socialism |
production and distribution are controlled by the people |
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communism |
form of government in which a single person party holds power |
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democracy |
government ruled by the people |
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sultan |
overlord |
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Janissaries |
30000 soldiers trained to be loyal only to the sultan |
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mandate system |
legal status of transferring terriories from one country to another following a war |
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Geopolitics |
A foreign policy based on a consideration of the statistics location or product of other lands |
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crimean war |
a conflict lasting from 1853 to 1856 |
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colonialism |
the control or governing influence of a nation over a dependent county territory or people. |
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palestine liberation organization |
an organization dedicated to the establishment of an independent state for palestinians in the middle east |
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camp David accords |
first signed agreement between israel and arab county |
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Intifada |
Palestinian campaign of civil disobediance against Israeli occupation of the west bank and Gaza strip. |
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Oslo peace accords |
an agreement in 1993 in which the israeli prime minister Rabin granted Palestinian self rule in the Gaza strip and the west bank |
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embargo |
partial or complete prohibition of commerce and trade with a particular country or a group of countries |
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Terrorism |
the political belief that extreme and seemingly random violence will destabilize a government and permit the terrorists to gain political advantage. |
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Isolationism |
a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups especially the political affairs of other countries. |
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Interventionism |
a policy of non defensive activity under taken by a nation state or other political jurisdiction to manipulate an economy or society. |
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