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25 Cards in this Set
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Multinational State |
a state that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities |
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Multi Ethnic State |
a state that contains more than one ethnicity |
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Unitary State |
an internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials |
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City-State |
a sovereign state compromising a city and its immediately surrounding countryside |
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Colonialism |
an attempt by one county to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory |
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Terrorism |
the systematic use of violence by a group in order to intimidate a population of coerce government into granting its demand |
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Microstate |
a state that encompasses a very small land area |
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Federal State |
an internal organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local government |
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State |
an area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that had control over its internal and foreign affairs |
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Democracy |
a country in which citizens elect leaders and can run for office |
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Gerry Mandering |
the process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefitting the party in power |
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Balance Of Power |
a condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries or alliances of countries |
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Colony |
a territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent |
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Autocracy |
a country that is run according to the interests of the ruler rather than the people |
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Anocracy |
a country that is not fully democratic or fully autocratic, but rather displays a mix of the two types |
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Prorupted State |
an otherwise compact state with a projecting extension |
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Landlocked State |
a state that does not have a direct outlet to the sea |
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Perforated State |
a state that completely surrounds another one |
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Elongated State |
a state with a long, narrow shape |
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Fragmented State |
a state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory |
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Compact State |
a state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly |
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Boundary |
an invisible line that marks the extent of a states territory |
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Nation State |
a state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality |
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Soverighnty |
ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states |
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Self Determination |
the concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves |
