Ch. 8 Terms
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| Balance of power | condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries ot alliances of countries
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| Boundary | Invisble line that marks the extent of a staate's terrietory
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| City-State | A sovereigh state comprising a city and its hinterland
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| Colonialism | Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory
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| Colony | A territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent
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| Compact State | A state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly
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| Elongated State | A state with a long, narrow state
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| Federal State | Ab unternal organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local goverment
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| Fragmented State | A state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory
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| Frontier | A zone seperating two states in which neither state excercises political control
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| Gerrymandering- | The process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the part in power
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| Imperialism | Control of territory already occupied and organized by an indigenous society
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| Landlocked State | A state that does not have a direct outlet to sea
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| Microstate | A state that encompasses a very small land area
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| Perforated State | A state that completely surrounds another one
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| Prorupted State | An otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension
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| Sovereignty | Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states
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| State | An area organized into a political unit
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| Unitary State | An internal organization of a state that places most power in the hand of central goverment officials
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