Chapter 8 Flashcards
What country that is not fully democratic or autocratic but rather displays a mix of the two types
Anocracy
A country that is run according to the interests of the ruler rather than the people
Autocracy
A sovereign state comprising of a city and its immediately surrounding countryside
City state
Intent by one country to establish settlements and impose its political economic and cultural principles in another territory
Colonialism
A territory that is legally tied to a savage nation rather than completely independent
Colony
Estate in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly
Compact state
A country in which citizens elect leaders and can run for office
Democracy
A state with a long narrow shape
Elongated state
And internal organization of the state that allows most powers do units of local government
Federal state
Estate that includes several discontinuations pieces of territory
Fragmented state
Azylen separating two states in which neither stay exercises political control
Frontier
State does not have a direct outlet to the sea
Landlocked state
A state that encompasses a very small area land
Microstate
A state that contains two or more cultural groups with traditions of self determination that agree to coexist peacefully I recognize each other as distinct nationalities
Multinational state
A large group of people who are united by common cultural characteristics such as language and ethnicity
Nation