Chapter 8 Political Geo Flashcards
Balance of power
Big nations have equal power
Berlin conference
Regulation of European colonization in Africa
Boundary
A line dividing a state
Capital
Big city of a state
City state
City with farmland surrounding for protection
Colonialism
Creation of new state while still connected to other state
Colony
a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country.
Compact state
Circular state with capital in middle
Democratization
the action of making something accessible to everyone
Devolution
the transfer or delegation of power to a lower level, especially by central government to local or regional administration
Elongated state
Long narrow territory
Fragmented state
State split by physical features
Federal state
State under rule of many govs
Frontier
Line separating countries
High seas
the open ocean, especially that not within any country’s jurisdiction.
