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