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Chapter 8 Rubenstein
AP Human Geography - Vocab - 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| State | Area organized into a political unit and ruled by an est. government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs. |
| Sovereignty | Independance form control of its internal affairs by other states. |
| Microstates | States with very small land areas. |
| City-State | Sovereign state that comprises a town and the surrounding countryside. |
| Colony | Territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than being completely independent. |
| Colonialism | effort by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles on such territory. |
| Imperialism | Control of a territory already occupied and organized by and indigenous society. |
| Boundary | Invisible line marking the extent of a state's territory. |
| Compact State | Distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly. |
| Prorupted state | Otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension. |
| Elongated states | States with a long and narrow shape. |
| Fragmented state | Includes several discontinuous pieces of territory. |
| Perforated state | State that completely surrounds another. |
| Landlocked state | Lacks direct outlet to the sea. |
| Frontier | Zone where no state exercises complete political control. |
| Unitary State | Places most power in the hands of central government officials. |
| Federal State | Allocates strong power to units of local government within a country. |
| Gerrymandering | Redrawing boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power. |