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19 Cards in this Set
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balance of power
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condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries or alliances of countries
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boundary
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invisible line that marks the extent of a state's territory
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city-state
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a sovereign state compromising a city and its immediate hinterland
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colonialism
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attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in a another territory
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colony
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a territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent
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compact state
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a state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary signifiantly
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elongated state
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a state with a long, narrow, shape
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federal state
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an internal organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local government
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fragmented state
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a state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory
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frontier
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zone separating two states in which neither state exercises political control
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gerrymandering
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process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power
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imperialism
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control of territory already occupied and organized by an indigenous group
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landlocked state
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a state that does not have a direct outlet to the sea
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microstate
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a state that encompasses a very small landarea
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perforated state
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a state that completely surrounds another one
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prorupted state
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an otherwise compact state with a large projecting etension
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sovereignty
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ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states
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state
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an area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government with control lover its internal and foreign affairs
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unitary state
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an internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials
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