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Rubenstein Chapter 8 Vocabulary

Terms in this set (33)

Anocracy
A country that is not fully democratic or fully autocratic, but rather displays a mix of the two types
Autocracy
A country that is 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
An invisible line that marks the extent of a state's territory
City-State
A sovereign state comprising a city and its immediately surrounding countryside
Colonialism
An attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory
Colony
A territory that id legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent
Compact State
A 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
A state with a long, narrow shape
Federal State
An internal organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local government
Fragmented State
A state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory
Frontier
A zone separating two in which neither state exercise political control
Gerrymandering
The process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefitting the party in power
Landlocked State
A state that does not have a direct outlet to the sea
Mircostate
A state that encompasses a very small land area
Multiethnic State
A state that contains more than one ethnicity
Multinational State
A state that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities
Nation-State
A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality
Perforated State
A state that completely surrounds another one
Prorupted State
An otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension
Self-Determination
The concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves
Sovereignty
The ability of a state to govern its territory free from the control of its internal affairs by other states
State
An area organized into political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs
Terrorism
The systematic use of violence by a group in order to intimidate a population or coerce a government into granting its demands
Unitary State
An internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials
Law of the Sea (1958)
Foreign ships cannot travel within 12 miles of the coast of any other company
Antecedent Boundary
Exist before the human settlement of an area
Subsequent Boundary
Develop along with the development of the cultural landscape
Superimposed Boundary
Political boundary the ignores the existing cultural organization
Relic Boundary
Boundary that does not exist any longer, but its impact is still felt
Excalve
An outlier of a state
Enclave
It lies within a country and it's independent or ruled by another country
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