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balance of power
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a condition of roughly equal strength between opposing alliances is known as balance of power
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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 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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