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Chapter 15 voc11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alliances | agreements between countries to support one another against enemies. |
| Balance of Power- | Condition existing when countries or alliances have such equal levels of strength that war is prevented. |
| Confederation | a group of states joined together for a common purpose. |
| Cantons- | largely self-governing states within a country such as Switzerland. |
| Neutral- | characterized by not taking sides in conflicts. |
| multilingual | able to speak two or more languages. |
| exclave | an area separated from the rest of a country by the territory of other countries. |
| ghetto- | section of a city where a minority group is forced to live. |
| complementary region- | A region formed by the combination of two areas with different activities or strengths each of which benefits the other. |