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Section 1

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Unitary State System

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Had a centralized gov exercising decision making in all parts of the state

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Taiga

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For north D continental climate

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BRICS

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Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa 4 biggest emerging national markets around the world

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Forward Capital

Front

A capital city placed in a remote or peripheral area for economic, strategic, or symbolic reasons.

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Russification

Front

the process of forcing Russian culture on all ethnic groups in the Russian empire

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command economy

Front

Highly controlled economy where gov planners assign production with wage and price controls of goods

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Mackinder's Heartland Theory

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Theorized that Eurasian landmass should never be dominated by single power Whoever rules heartland Rules the world island Whoever rules world island, rules the world

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Tundra

Front

An extremely cold, dry biome.

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population implosion

Front

Decline of a society's population when death rates exceed birth rates

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New Silk Road

Front

Russias fear in Central Asia High speed railway linking east Asia w Europe

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Near Abroad

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Irrendentist policy Geographical and ethnic relationships Russia has w it's immediate neighbors from them former Soviet Union republics

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Geopolitical Revanchism

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retaliatory policies aimed at recovering lost territory

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Permafrost

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Ground that is permanently frozen

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Spykman's Rimland Theory

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Theory that the domination of the coastal fringes of Eurasia would provide the base for world conquest. Made change in what mackinder saID

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Distance Decay

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Increasing distance between places. Reduces interaction among them

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Northeast Passage

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Europes gateway to China

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