Chapter 8
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 State | An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs. |
| Sovereignty | Independence from control of its internal affairs by other states. |
| Microstates | States with very small land areas. |
| City-State | A sovereign state that comprises a town and the surrounding countryside. |
| Colony | A territory that is legally tied to a sovereign rather than being completely independent. |
| Colonialism | The effort by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural priniciples on such territory. |
| Imperialism | The control of territory already occupied and organized by an indigenous society. |
| Boundary | An invisible line marking the extent of a state's territory. |
| Compact State | A state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly. |
| Prorupted State | An otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension. |
| Elongated State | A state with a long, narrow shape. |
| Fragmented State | A state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory. |
| Perforated State | A state that completely surrounds another state. |
| Landlocked State | A state that does not have a direct outlet to the sea. |
| Frontier | A zone seperating two states in which neither state exercises political control. |
| Unitary State | An internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials. |
| Federal State | An internal organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local government. |
| Gerrymandering | Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power. |
| Balance of Power | Condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries or alliances of countries. |
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