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Chapter 8

Terms in this set (26)

1. Anocracy
A country that is neither fully democratic nor autocratic, but rather is a mix of the two types
2. Autocracy
A country that is run according to the interests of the ruler rather than to the people
3. Balance of Power
A condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries or alliances of countrie
4. Boundary
An invisible line that marks the extent of a state's territory
5. City-State
A sovereign state comprising a city and its immediately surrounding countryside
6. Colonialism
An attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory
7. Colony -
A territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent
8. Compact State -
A state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly
9. Democracy
A country in which citizens elect leaders and can run for office
10. Elongated State
A state with a long, narrow shape
11. Federal State
An internal organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local government
12. Fragmented State
A state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory
13. Frontier
A zone separating two states in which neither state exercises political control
14. Gerrymandering
The process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefitting the party in power
15. Landlocked State
A state that does not have direct access to the sea
16. Microstate
A state that encompasses a very small land area
17. Multiethnic State
A state that contains more than one ethnicity
18. 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
19. Nation-State
A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality
20. Perforated State
A state that completely surrounds another one
21. Prorupted State
An otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension
22. Self-Determinism
The concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves
23. Sovereignty -
Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states
24. State
An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs
25. Terrorism
The systematic use of violence by a group in order to intimidate a population or coerce a government into granting its demands
26. Unitary State
An internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials
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