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19 Cards in this Set
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balance of power
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a condition of roughly equal strength between opposing aliances
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boundary
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an invisible line marking the extent of a state's territory
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city-state
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a sovereign state that comprises a town and the surrounding countryside
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colonialism
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the effort by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles on such territory
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colony
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a territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than being completely independent
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compact state
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distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly
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elongated state
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a state with a long and narrow shape
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federal state
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allocates strong power to units of local government within the country
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fragmented state
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includes several discontinuous pieces of territory
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frontier
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a zone where no state exercises complete political control
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gerrymandering
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the 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 society
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landlocked state
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a state completely surrounded by land
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microstate
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a state with very small land areas
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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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a state with a large projecting extension; proruptions provide a state with access to resources
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sovereignty
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independence from control of its internal affairs by other states
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unitary state
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places most power in the hands of central government officials
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state
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an area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs
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