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AP HUG Chapter 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Balance of Power | Equal strength between 2 countries |
| Berlin Conference | 1884-1885 Regulated European colonization Trade in Africa Coincides with Germany's sudden emergence as imperial power |
| Boundary | Invisible Line marking extent of state's territory |
| City-State | Sovereign state comprising a city and immediate hinterland |
| Civil Divisions | Laws or rules that separate citizens |
| Colonialism | Country trying to pass on their economic, cultural, and political principles in another State |
| Colony | A territory that's legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent |
| Compact State | State into which the distance from center to any boundary is equal |
| Devolution | Transfer of powers from a state to separate locations |
| Elongated State | A state with a long, narrow shape |
| EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zones) | 370 km shore Has rights to exploit, explore, and manage natural resources in the seas |
| Federal State | Internal organization of a state that distributes most powers to local government. |
| Fragmented State | State that includes several discontinuous pieces of authority |
| Frontier | A zone separating 2 states which neither state exercises political control |