GGY 140 Geopolitical Framework II Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Protectorates | areas that have their own government but are controlled by an outside power |
| Gaza Strip | a territory along the Mediterranean Sea just northeast of the Sinai Peninsula; part of the land set aside for Palestinians, which was occupied by Israel in 1967. |
| West Bank | In Israel, a strip of land on the west side of the Jordan River, originally controlled by Jordan, which is part of the land set aside for Arab Palestinians |
| Golan Heights | A region that was formerly part of Southwest Syria that Israel has occupied since 1967 war. |
| Islamic Republic | a particular form of government adopted by some Muslim states; although such a state is, in theory, a theocracy, it remains a republic, but its laws are required to be compatible with the laws of Islam. |
| Clerics | ordained men: deacons, priests, bishops. Rule Iran. |
| Shah | title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran. Pro- U.S.A., overthrown |
| Shiite | A group of Islamic religion that believes that its religious leader should be chosen based on heredity. |
| Sunni | one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam |
| Kurdish | Ethnic group in Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Iran. Unfavored of in Iraq. |
| Supranational | Larger institutions and grouping such as the European Union to which state authority or national Identity is subordinated |
| Subnational | Derivatives of the federal system. Designated portions of a country |
| FARC | a powerful and wealthy terrorist organization formed in 1957 as the guerilla arm of the Colombian communist party. pro-drug trafficking |
| Khmer Rouge | A group of Communist rebels who seized power in Cambodia in 1975. |
| Timor | an island in Indonesia in the Malay Archipelago. Historically Catholic, want autonomy from Indonesia. |
| Aceh | western tip of samatra - where islam was first introduced to Indonesia, large population - large tsunami that took out all of them almost and then Indoneisa helped them out, integrated. Want autonomy from Indonesia. |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement; allows open trade with US, Mexico, and Canada |
| Federal State | An internal organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local government. |
| Xenophobia | an irrational fear of foreigners or strangers |
| McCarren-Walter Act | established a quota system discriminating against potential immigrants from Communist dominated areas |
| Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 | abolished the national-origins quotas and providing for the admission each year of 170,000 immigrants from the Eastern Hemisphere and 120,000 from the Western Hemisphere |
| Monroe Doctrine | A statement of foreign policy which proclaimed that Europe should not interfere in affairs within the United States or in the development of other countries in the Western Hemisphere. Gave U.S.A reasoning for Pacific affairs. |
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