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What is ethnonational conflict?

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Conflict occurring between different nations

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What is ethnonationalism?

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A powerful emotional attachment to one’s nation that occurs when a minority nation within a state feels different from the rest of the state’s people

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What is self-determination and what can it lead to?

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When a minority feels that they do not have enough self-determination, or the power to control their own territory and destiny, ethnonationalism can lead to conflict

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Give an example of ethnonationalism gone bad

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The Chechen people in Russia have a violent history with the russian government

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What is irredentism?

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A movement by a nation to reunite its parts when they have spread across other borders

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What is a satellite state?

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A country controlled by another, more powerful state

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What is a frontier?

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A region where boundaries are very thinly or weakly developed, zones where territoriality is unclear and not well established

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What is definition (in boundary creation)

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The phase in which the exact location of a boundary is legally described and negotiated

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What is delimitation?

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The step when the boundary’s definition is drawn onto a map

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What is a definitional boundary dispute?

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A fight over the language of the border agreement in a treaty or boundary contract

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What is a locational boundary dispute?

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When the conflicting parties agree on the definition but not on where the boundary exists on Earth or on the map

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What is an operational boundary dispute?

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A conflict over the way a boundary should operate or function, such as if migration should be allowed across the border

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What is an Allocational boundary dispute?

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A fight over resources that may not be divided by the border, such as natural gas reserves beneath the soil

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What is a state’s core?

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The region in a state wherein political and economic power is concentrated, like the nucleus of a cell, is a state’s core

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What is a multicore state?

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Countries that have more than one core region

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What are international sanctions?

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Punishments in the form of economic and/or diplomatic limits or even isolation imposed by the affected supranational organization

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What is a trade embargo?

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A complete ban on trade with a country (ex: UN & Iraq)

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What is economic supranationalism?

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The integration of 3 or more states to achieve collective economic goals (ex: EU)

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What is a state’s core?

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The region in a state wherein political and economic power is concentrated, like the nucleus of a cell, is a state’s core

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What is a multicore state?

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Countries that have more than one core region

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What are international sanctions?

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Punishments in the form of economic and/or diplomatic limits or even isolation imposed by the affected supranational organization

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What is a trade embargo?

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A complete ban on trade with a country (ex: UN & Iraq)

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What is economic supranationalism?

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The integration of 3 or more states to achieve collective economic goals (ex: EU)