Chapter 8 Politcal Geography Flashcards
Anocracy
A country that is not fully democratic or fully autocratic - mix of the two
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 counties 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 immediate surrounding countryside
Colonialism
An attempt by one country to establish settlements and to imposed its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory
Colony
A territory that is 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 its citizens elect leaders and can run for office
Elongated state
A state with long, narrow shape
Federal state
An international organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local government
Fragmented state
A state that includes serval discontinuous pieces of territory
Frontier
A zone separating two states in which neither states excesses political control
Gerrymandering
The process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power
Landlocked state
A state that does not have access to the sea
Micro state
A apostate the 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
Prorupted state
An otherwise compact state with large projecting extension
Self-determination
The concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves
Sovereignty
Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states
State
An area organized into a political unit and rules by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs
Terrorism
The systematic use of violence by s group in order to intimidate a population or correct a government into granting its demands
Unitary state
An internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of the central government officials
