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Political Geo. Ch. 8
Flashcards for vocabulary found in chapter 8, Political Geography.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A state that does not have a direct outlet to the sea | Landlocked state |
| Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefitting the party in power | Gerrymandering |
| Control of territory already occupied and organized by an indigenous group | Imperialism |
| A state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory | Fragmented state |
| Condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries or alliances of countries | Balance of power |
| A state that encompasses a very small land area | Microstate |
| Invisible line that marks the extent of a state's territory | Boundary |
| A zone separating two states in which neither state exercises political control | Frontier |
| An internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials | Unitary state |
| A state with a long, narrow shape | Elongated state |
| Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another country | Colonialism |
| A sovereign state comprising a city and its immediate hinterland | City-state |
| An internal organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local government | Federal state |
| A state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly | Compact state |
| An otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension | Prorupted state |
| A territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent | Colony |
| A state that completely surrounds another one | Perforated state |
| Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states | Sovereignty |
| An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government with control over its internal and foreign affairs | State |