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1. Definition: A group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government: usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom. Examples: British Empire and Modern America Sentence: Modern day America is the only sea empire remaining. There is six aircraft carriers around the sea. We don’t control a lot of land but we control the Pacific and Atlantic seas. Sea Empire

2. Definition: A group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government: usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom Examples:, as the former British Empire, French Empire, Russian Empire, Byzantine Empire, or Roman Empire. Sentence: The Mongoloids controlled most of Asia and some of Europe. Land Empire

3. International Law of the SeaTaylor Johnson, Sammie DotyHaley CurtisFebruary 17, 101st Definition:A body of legal rules governing interaction between sovereign states (self governing). Sentence:The International Law of the Sea is an agreement between sovereign states. Example: The law of the sea establishes the entrance and exits of ships with in a certain boundary of a state.

4. EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE (EEZ)Haley CurtisTaylor JohnsonSammie Doty2/17/101st period Definition-Zone with exclusive natural resources (fishing, minerals) that extends 200 miles into the ocean from coast to country. Example-Conflict in Southeast Asia over EEZ that overlaps between island nations. (Philippians, Indonesia) Sentence-With the law of exclusive economic zone, a state has the right to explore and use marine resources.

5. UNCLOS • Definition:United Nations Conference on Law of the sea. • Sentence:The UNCLOS decides which part of the ocean belongs to that different countries of the UN. • Example: The Law of the Sea has been named the law that gives the most protection for the sea. • The United States follows this law but did not sign the treaty. Sammie Doty, Haley Curtis, and Taylor Johnson 1st Period

6. EmbassiesBy: kamahl Lewis and sanjin masic • Def: An embassy is a place that assists the u.s. in its job, internationally. • Exp: African embassy • Sentence: an embassy is a place you go to represent your country and its affairs.

7. Ambassadors By: kamahl Lewis and sanjin masic • Def: The lead officials that represent an ambassy. • Exp: The Chinese ambassador. • Sentence: The Chinese ambassador can aid the u.s. with relations between china and the united states.

8. Consulates By: kamahl Lewis and sanjin masic • Def: secondary offices that usually deal with economic issues, as well as granting visas to enter there countries. • Exp: Chinese consulates • Sentence: I went to the consulate for a visa to enter china.

9. Independent states that are controlled and orbit a larger state. Ex. Former soviet union had control of Ukraine and Poland making them also buffer states. SatelliteStatesKyle Booth Ian LynchKAPLAN

10. Iron CurtainKyle Booth Ian LynchKAPLAN • A divider between eastern Europe and western Europe that was used to keep citizens in and invaders out. • The soviet union made the Iron Curtain to help protect themselves against the rest of Europe.

11. Buffer StateKyle Booth Ian LynchKAPLAN • A country that lies between two states that are in conflict and are used as a shield to slow down foreign armies. • The soviet union used Ukraine and Poland as buffer states to defend themselves against the rest of Europe.

12. Definition-A capital that is relocated to sparsely populated areas and amazons to get people to move to those areas. Sentence-The capital of Brazil is an example of a forward capital because it is located on the Amazon river. Example-Brasilia Forward CapitalBy: Hailey Blackburn

13. MicrostatesSamantha Cruger, Russell Guy, Ciante McLemore A microstate is a sovereign state having a very small population or very small land area. Examples: Nauru, Singapore, Liechtenstein, Monaco, and Vatican city are all microstates.

14. MinistateSamantha Cruger, Russell Guy, Ciante McLemore • A Ministate is a small independent state. • Examples: Taliban is a Ministate that is trying to become part of the Taliban.

15. The physical shape of a country. Example: The countries have 5 main shapes. The five main shapes are compact, elongated, fragmented, perforated, and prorupted. Chile is an elongated state in South America, which means a long state. Territorial MorphologySamantha Cruger, Russell Guy, Ciante McLemore

16. Reunification Taylor M. and Ariana A. • Def-to cause a group, party, or state to become unified again after being divided. • Ex.The German Reunification was the discrepancy in the ways the west Germans and east Germans. • Sen.Family Reunification has been the cornerstone of our cornerstone of our immigration policy for decades and under proposal. • www.allwords.com

17. Balkanization Taylor M. and Ariana A. • Def- to describe a region into several small states that are often hostile or has no cooperation with each other. • Ex-Theformer USSRbalkanized into sixteen independent countries with Russia being the largest. • Sen. When diversity is really balkanization -- separating cultures so they can retain their purity -- it has a negative effect on the melting pot/salad bowl that is the U.S.

18. Compact CountryKenneth P. & Simon S. • definition: a agreement between two countries • Example: Belgium because of cultural division between Flanders and Wallonia within Belgium

19. Elongated CountryKenneth P. & Simon S. • Definition: Are states with very long and narrow bodies • Example: Hawaii

20. Fragmented NationsKenneth P. & Simon S. • Definition: Fragment Nation is a nation that have been divided or split. • Example: U.S.

21. Perforated CountryKenneth S. & Simon S. Definition: A country that can only be reached by going through another country. Ex: South Africa is one example of a perforated country, Which completely surrounds Lesotho.

22. Land Locked CountryKenneth P. & Simon S. • Definition: A land locked country is a land enclosed or nearly enclosed by land • Example: Afghanistan

23. Centrifugal Forces Forces that tend to divide a country. Such as internal religious or ethnic differences. Alice Lopiano Sheryl Taulbee Tsi S Qua Robinson The Israelis and Arabs are an example of centrifugal forces Because they have internal Religious and ethnic differences.

24. Centripetal Forces Alice Lopiano Sheryl Taulbee Tsi S Qua Robinson Forces that tend to unify a country-such as widespread commitment to a national culture, shared ideological objectives, and a common faith. France has a commitment to national culture, Shared ideological objectives And common faiths.

25. Devolution The movement of power from the central government to regional governments within the state. Alice Lopiano Sheryl Taulbee Tsi S Qua Robinson In the United Kingdom the parliament In northern Ireland resulted From devolution. They arrive from Several sources: ethnocultural, Economic, and spatial.

26. Definition-The power of the people to create a government that they approve of. Example- Imperialism (the up keeping of an economy) has become a extended problem for Africans,Asians,and South American countries. Self determinationDesiree Garcia Keya Morrow Caitlyn Brown

27. Definition- the power to vote on issues regarding their welfare. The power to vote on problems Example- up until 1965, African Americans did not have the suffrage to vote or even to be considered equal. SuffrageDesiree Garcia, Keya Morrow, Caitlyn Brown

28. Definition- Women’s right to vote. Example- the publication of Mary Wollstonecraft's “A vindication of the right of woman”(1792) Woman’s EnfranchisementDesiree Garcia Keya Morrow Caitlyn Brown

29. Def: People get to decide who they get to vote for with no inside or outside influence. Example: Afghanistan for only the second time in it’s history held an election for president last year. Sources: http://www.lailalalami.com/blog-old/archives/vote.jpg Self-Determination By: Danielle H. Destinee R. & Tatiana V.

30. Def: The right for women to vote, esp. in a political election. Example: In 1920 when women got the right to vote. Sources: http://www.celdf.org/ Women’s Enfranchisement Danielle H. Destinee R. & Tatiana V.

31. Def: The right to vote in a political election. Example: Anne Smith decided to vote for Barack Obama!! By: Danielle H. Destinee R. & Tatiana V. Sources: http://images.google.com/images Suffrage

32. Adam Hooper Josh Turney Michael F Land empires Definition- Politically, an empire is a geographically extensive group of states and peoples. Examples: is the roman empire because the roman empire controlled all of the land throughout Europe. Sources: www.wikipidia.com http://www.getjesus.info/getjesus/maps/roman-empire.gif

33. Sea empire Adam Hooper Josh Turney Michael F • The Sea Empire is an empire that controls the sea • An example would be: the British Empire because the controlled the sea’s of Europe and the sea by the Nile. Sources: www.history.umd.edu/graduate/fields/british/BritishEmpireMap.jpg

34. Settlement empire Adam Hooper Josh Turney Michael F • An empire or group of people that move and are settled • The Empire Settlement Act committed Britain to coordinate and subsidize settlement programs with the Government of Canada and other immigration organizations. • Sources: www.abheritage.ca/albertans/continuity/int_empiresettlement.html

35. Definition: A state that is smaller than most and has less resources, population and smaller in area. Usually bigger than a micro state. Sentence: I live in a state that I no pretty much everyone, its called a mini state Example: Monaco is a small state in Europe and as you can tell it is way smaller than all the others. The top pic is a enlarged version. By: Steven Peterson and Torice Sullivan MINI STATE

36. MicroState • Microstates: small little population, like city-states. • The state I live in has very little people where I know most people. • Malaysia is a microstate due to is little population, and small land mass. By: Torice S. & Steven Peterson Kaplan pg. 259-260

37. Satellite statesby Terry H, Emma W, Cori T, Marisa M. • States that are part of a country that have more independence then a buffer state but not completely independent. • Example: the soviet union had several satellite states; Poland, Hungary, Czech republic etc. Kaplan pg: 263

38. Buffer statesby Terry H, Emma W, Cori T, Marisa M. • States that are part of a country that reinforce that country, and has little independence. They act as a buffer to prevent invasion of the home country. • Example: soviet union controlled Ukraine from WWII to mid 1980s Kaplan pg: 264

39. Iron curtainby Terry H, Emma W, Cori T, Marisa M. A “wall” that separated democratic capitalist western Europe from totalitarian communist eastern Europe. The Berlin wall was part of the iron curtain Kaplan pg: 263

40. Shatter belt Regions by Terry H, Emma W, Cori T, Marisa M. • The region between a conflict of two superpowers that have their boundaries changed because of the conflict • Eg: Europe's end result of WWII, Vietnam and, Korea Kaplan pg: 263

41. Reunification DAMECO MANNING 2/19/10 SOURCES: WWW.WORDREFERENCE.COM/DEFINITION/REUNIFICATION GULAGHISTORY.ORG Reunification is the act of coming together again. An example would be the Germany and the Berlin wall and when they tore it down and reunified. The destruction of the Berlin wall.

42. Self-determination by: Tiara M. • Definition:is the right for a nation to govern itself autonomously to determine its own destiny. • Example:Iraq just celebrated their second year of self governing themselves. • Source: Barron’s Book pg.163 &&Google. COM/images

43. Landlocked Country • Sentence:A country enclave or surrounded by another country. • Example:Mongolia is a landlocked country, as it is bordered all around by Russia, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan. • By: Michael Easterling • Coloring By: Michael Easterling and Mariesa Davis • Source(s): Kaplan and De Blij

44. Perforated CountryMade by:Mariesa Davis • Definition: It has an entire state completely inside it borders. • Example: South Africa and Italy. South Africa contains the country of Lesotho completely inside of its borders. Italy contains two countries, San Marino an the Vatican City, also inside its borders. • Source: Kaplan book, pg.261

45. Alexander Mullins, Donnie Burton 3rd period Exclave Definition: A term used in geography to describe a country or territory that belongs to another country but is surrounded by countries to which it has no belonging or affinity. Example: Alaska.-Part of U.S but not connected. Source: www.Wisegeek.com

46. Elongated country By: Anna Z. • Definition: countries that are twice long as they are wide, these are long and skinny countries. • Sentence: Italy is a elongated country. • Example: Italy, Chile • Kaplan book page 260

47. Land Empire by Ishmael Ryan • Land Empire: a geographically extensive group of states and people and is ruled by a monarch (king, emperor) The Mongol Empire was the largest land empire In history. • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire

48. Compact countryBy: Justin Z. Definition: countries who’s borders are equidistant from the center of the country most compact countries are small and in the shape of a circle or square. Sentence: compact countries provide easy military moment and communications and transportation Example: Poland, Uruguay Kaplan pg.259

49. The Lead official representing the United States in other countries; A representative a country appoints to a foreign country; The highest ranking diplomat that represents a nation. Sentence: Guillermo Sacasa was an ambassador who served for Nicaragua from 1943-1979. Source – Kaplan page 263 Wikipedia for the picture Ambassador Yasemin Suggs period-3

50. To represent U.S interests to the leadership of other countries. Where the ambassador lives. In the united states, the department of state runs offices, called embassies, in most countries around the world. Source: Kaplan pg. 263 Embassies Stephanie Thrasher