Chapter 8 Flashcards
Condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries or alliances of countries
Balance of power
Invisible line that marks the extent of a state’s territory
Boundary
A sovereign state comprising a city and its immediate hinterland (the often uncharted areas beyond a coastal district or a river’s banks)
City-State
Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political,economic, and cultural principles in another territory
Colonialism
A territory that’s legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent
Colony
A state in which the distance from the center to ant boundary doesn’t vary significatly
Compact State
A state with a long, narrow shape
Elongated State
An internal organization of a state that allocated most powers to units of local government
Federal State
A state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory
Fragmented State
A zone separating two states in which neither state exercises political control
Frontier
Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for therpurpose of benefiting the party in power
Gerrymadering
Control of territory already occupied and organized by and indigenous group
Imperialism
A state that encompasses a very small land area
Microstate
A state that completely surrounds another one
Perforated State
An otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension
Prorupted State
