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The following information corresponds to Chapter 8 in your textbook. Fill in the blanks to complete the definition or sentence. Note: All of the following information in addition to your reading is important.
The Modern State

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  ______________ - final authority over social, economic, and political matters should rest with legitimate rulers of independent states.
  

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  The ________ ___ _____________ (1648) – marked the beginning of the modern state; set legal precedent for national sovereignty after the Thirty Years’ War; recognized ______________ and ____________, clearly defined __________
  

(territorially defined states), and guarantees of ____________.

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  The emerging concept of the state was accompanied by _____________, which led to the accumulation of wealth through plunder, tariffs, and ______________.
  

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  Colonialism rose from an instable ________ (e.g. due to European competition and mercantilism) – countries sought out colonies to support the mother country; the nation-state became the world model.
  

How is Space Politically Organized Into States and Nations?

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  ________ – a politically organized territory with a permanent population, administered by a government, and recognized by the international community (_________ = country; ________ = internal division).
  

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  ________ – tightly knit group of people who feel a belonging to a cultural community; share a common history.
  

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  ________-________ - a politically organized area in which nation and state occupy the same space; the importance concept lies in the idea behind it (since there are very few (if any) true ones).
  

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  The goal of creating nation-states dates to the __________ ____________, which initially promoted __________ (in which people have the ultimate sovereignty).
  

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  Nearly every state is ______________, with more than one nation inside its borders.
  
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  ____________ ________ - when a nation stretches across borders and across states.
  
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  __________ nations – no national territory; Kurds, Palestinians.
  

Construction of the Capitalist World Economy

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  __________ exported its concepts of states, nation-states, and sovereignty through two waves of colonialism:
  
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  During the ____ century; Spain & Portugal; joined by GB, France, Belgium & the Netherlands
  
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  Starting in the ____ century; GB, France, Belgium, Germany, Italy & the Netherlands
  

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  Europe’s colonial enterprise gave birth to a ______________ economic order of economic interdependence that exists today, with the previously colonizing states dominating over many ______________ states (the colonized).
  

World Systems Theory – there are THREE basic tenets:

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  The world economy is ____________, with one world market and a global division of ________.
  

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  Despite the existence of approximately _____ states, almost everything takes place within the context of the world
  

__________ (and has since 1900); for colonies, gaining __________ independence was relatively easy, but gaining

__________ independence has proven to be nearly impossible.

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  The world economy has a ___-tier structure (Immanuel Wallerstein viewed the world as an interlocked system of states)
  

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  ______ – consists of the economically dominant states and regions (e.g. United States, EU, Japan,…)
  

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  ____________ – the developing states; have little autonomy or global influence (e.g. Sub-Saharan Africa)
  

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  ______-____________ – in the middle; keeps the world from being polarized into two extremes (e.g. Eastern Europe)
  

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  A major point is that even though each state is sovereign, not all states have the same ________ to influence others or achieve their political goals.
  

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