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18 Cards in this Set
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Condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries or alliances of countries
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Balance of power
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Invisible line that marks the extent of a state's territory.
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Boundary
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A sovereign state comprising a city and its immediate hinterland.
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City-state
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Attempt by one country to establish settlemens and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory.
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Colonialism
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A territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent.
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Colony
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A state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly
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Compact state
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A state with a long narrow shape
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Elongated state
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An internal organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local government
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Federal state
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A state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory
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Fragmented state
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A zone separating two states in whihc neither state exercises political control
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Frontier
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Control of territory already occupied and organized by an indigenous society
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Imperialism
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A state that does not have a direct outlet to the sea
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Landlocked state
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A state that encompasses a very small land area
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Microstate
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A state that completely surrounds another one.
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Perforated state
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An otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension.
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Prorupted state
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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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Sovereignty
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An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government with control over its internal and foreign affairs.
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States
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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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Unitary state
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