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State
Area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal foreign affairs
Sovereignty
Independence from control of its internal affairs by other state
Microstates
states with small land areas
city state-
sovereign state that comprises a town and the surrounding countryside
colony
territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than being completely independent
colony
territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than being completely independent
colonialism
effort by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political economic and cultural principles on such territory
Imperialism
control of territory already occupied and organized bt an indigenous society
compact state
distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly
prorupted state
compact state with a large projecting extension
elongated states
states with a long and narrow shape
perforated state
state that completely surrounds anothr one
landlocked state
lacks direct outlet to the sea bc it is completely surrounded be several other countries
frontier
zone where no state exercises complete political control
unitary state
most power in the hands of the central gov officials
federal state
allocates strong power to units of local gov within country
gerrymandering
process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power
balance of power
a condition of roughly equal strength between opposing alliances
boundary
seperation of states and its neighbors
fragmented state
several discontinuous peices of territory
Author
Skabani
ID
58146
Card Set
Human Geo 8
Description
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Updated
2011-01-05T02:32:33Z
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