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what is terror
TERROR STATES
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a condition of roughly equal strength between opposing alliances | balance of power |
| an invisible line marking the extent of a state's territory | boundary |
| a sovereign state that comprises a town and the surrounding countryside | city-state |
| the effort by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles on such territory | colonialism |
| a territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than being completely independent | colony |
| state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly | compact state |
| state with a long and narrow shape | elongated state |
| state that allocates strong power to units of local government within the country | federal state |
| state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory | fragmented state |
| a zone where no state exercises complete political control | frontier |
| the process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power | gerrymandering |
| control of territory already occupied and organized by and indigenous society | imperialism |
| state that lacks a direct outlet to the sea because it is completely surrounded by several other countries | landlocked state |
| state with very small land area | microstate |
| a state that completely surrounds another one | perforated state |
| an otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension | prorupted state |
| a country's independence from control of its internal affairs by other states | sovereignty |
| an area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs | state |
| state that places most power in the hands of central government officials | unitary state |
| Monaco encompasses only 1.5 square kilometers. What type of state is it? | microstate |
| What were the first states to evolve in Mesopotamia? | city-states |
| European states established colonies in the world for what three reasons? | God, gold, and glory |
| What is a state seperated from its neighbors by? | boundary |
| Ideally, this type of state would be shaped like a circle, with the capital at the center and the shortest possible boundaries to defend. | compact state |
| What are created to provide a state with access to a resource or to seperate two state that otherwise would share a boundary? | proruptions |
| An example of this type of state is Chile, because it has a long and narrow shape. | elongated state |
| What type of state is seperated by water or intervening states? | fragmented state |
| Lesotho is an example of what type of state? | landlocked state |
| South Africa is an example of what type of state? | perforated state |
| Historically, what seperated states instead of boundaries? | frontiers |
| What are mountain, desert, and water boundaries? | physical boundaries |
| What are geometric, religious, and language boundaries? | cultural boundaries |
| In recent years, there has been a strong global trend toward what type of government? | federal government |
| What process was named for Elbridge Gerry, governor of Massachusetts from 1810-1812? | gerrymandering |
| Why do states cooperate with each other? | political, military, and economic benefits |
| What organization was created at the end of World War II by the victorious Allies and is now the most important international organization? | United Nations |
| The military alliance among 16 democratic states the most European states joined after World War II is called what? | NATO |
| What is Western Europe's most important economis organization? | European Union |
| In 1871, after combinging its patchwork of small states, what did Germany emerge as? | nation-state |
| What differs from assassinations and other acts of political violence because the attacks are aimed at ordinary people rather than at military targets or political leaders? | terrorism |
| On September 11, 2001, the Twin Towers were destroyed in what U.S. city? | New York City |
| What network was founded by Osama bin Laden and was responsible or implicated in most of the anti-U.S. terrorism during the 1990s and the September 11, 2001 attack? | Al-Qaeda |
| Several states in what area have provided support for terrorism in recent years? | Middle East |
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