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political geoography

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Compact   arranged within a relatively small space enclosed with good communications.  
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elongated   a long and narrow shape. States like this may suffer from poor internal communication.  
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prorupted   a state that has a long extension or an extended arm of territory. Easy access to coast and local resources around it.  
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perforated   a state that completely surrounds another. EX: South Africa since it surrounds Lesotho. More problems can arise if there is hostility between the two nations.  
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Fragmented   a state that is separated by a physical or human barrier. EX: Indonesia or Hawaii since it has many portions of the state is separated by oceans, lakes, or mountains. It is difficult to gov. such a country comprised of islands.  
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landlocked   a state or country entirely enclosed by land, or whose only coastlines lie on closed seas.  
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democracy   a gov by the people, lots of rights and political freedom. If one person in gov. has too much power, they have checks and balances to counter-act that power.  
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Communism   everyone is treated the same. The gov. owns everything and provides for its citizens. a system of social organization in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single and self perpetuating political.  
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Monarchy   a state of nation in which the supreme power is actually one person.  
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theocracy   a gov. where the ruler is thought of by the people as a god.  
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republics   a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.  
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aristocracy   a gov. by those considered to be the best or most able people in the state.  
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oligarchy   a gov. where all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; gov. by the few.  
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political   pertaining to,or involving the states or its gov.  
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military   pertaining to the army or armed forces  
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economic   pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities.  
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