Chapter 8 Flashcards

1
Q

What country that is not fully democratic or autocratic but rather displays a mix of the two types

A

Anocracy

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2
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A country that is run according to the interests of the ruler rather than the people

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Autocracy

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3
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A sovereign state comprising of a city and its immediately surrounding countryside

A

City state

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4
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Intent by one country to establish settlements and impose its political economic and cultural principles in another territory

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Colonialism

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5
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A territory that is legally tied to a savage nation rather than completely independent

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Colony

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6
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Estate in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly

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Compact state

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7
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A country in which citizens elect leaders and can run for office

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Democracy

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8
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A state with a long narrow shape

A

Elongated state

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9
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And internal organization of the state that allows most powers do units of local government

A

Federal state

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10
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Estate that includes several discontinuations pieces of territory

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Fragmented state

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11
Q

Azylen separating two states in which neither stay exercises political control

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Frontier

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12
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State does not have a direct outlet to the sea

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Landlocked state

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13
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A state that encompasses a very small area land

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Microstate

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14
Q

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

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Multinational state

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15
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A large group of people who are united by common cultural characteristics such as language and ethnicity

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Nation

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16
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A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular nation

A

Nationstate

17
Q

A state that completely surrounds another state

A

Preforrated state

18
Q

And otherwise compact state with a large projection

A

Prorupted state

19
Q

The concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves

A

Self-determination

20
Q

Ability of a stay together and its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states

A

Sovereignty

21
Q

Any internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of the central government officials

A

Unitary state