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Ap hug chapter 8

Terms in this set (26)

Anocracy
A country that is not fully democratic or fully autocratic but rather displays a mix of the two
Autocracy
A country that is in run according to the interests of the ruler rather than the people
Balance of power
A condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries or alliances of countries
Boundary
And invisible line that marks the extent of the states territory
City-state
A sovereign state compromising the city and it's immediately surrounding countryside
Colonialism
And attempt by one country to stylish settlements and to impose its political economic and cultural principles in another territory
Colony
A territory that is legally tied to sovereign state rather than completely independent
Compact state
State in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly
Democracy
A country in which citizens elect leaders and can run for office
Elongated state
State with a long narrow shape
Federal state
And internal organization of a state allocates most power to unit of local government
Fragmented state
State that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory and example would be Greece
Fronteir
Is unseparating two states in which neither state exercises political control
Gerrymandering
The process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power
Landlocked state
State that does not have a direct outlet to the sea
Microstate
State that encompasses a very small land area
Multiethnic state
A state that contains more than one ethnicity
Multinational state
A stage that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination that agreed to come exist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities
Nation state
A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity last been transformed into a nationality
Perforated state
State that completely surrounds another one
Prorupted state
And otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension
Self determination
The concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves
Sovereignty
Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by others
State
And area organized into a political unit in route by mistake I was government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs
Terrorism
Systematic use of violence in by a group in order to intimidate a population or coerce a government to grant its demands
Unitary state
And internal organization of a state that place is most power in the hands of central government officials
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