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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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sovereign state comprising a city and its immediate ihinterland
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COLONIALISM
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attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its philosophical and cultural principles into mother territory.
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COLONY
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territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independenta
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COMPACT STATE
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a state in which the distance from the corner of every boundary is about the same
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ELONGATED STATE
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state with a long, narrow shape
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FEDERAL STATE
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internal organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local governments
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FRAGMENTED STATE
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state that includes several discontinuous pieces of land
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FRONTIER
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zone separating two states in which neither one exercises political control
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GERRYMANDERING
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process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the love of one party
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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 that does not have a direct outlet to the see
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MICROSTATE
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state that encompasses a very small area
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PERFORATED STATE
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state that completely surrounds another one
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PRORUPTED STATE
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an otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension
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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 gov. with control over its internal nad 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 gov. officials
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