Chapter 8- Political Geography Flashcards
Boundary
An invisible line marking the extent of the states territory
Balance of power
A condition of roughly equal strength between opposing alliances
City State
A sovereign state that comprises a town and the surrounding countryside
Colonialism
The effects by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles on such territory
Colony
A territory that is legally tied to sovereign state rather than being independent
Compact state
State where the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary much
Elongated state
A state with a long narrow shape
Federal state
I stayed the allocates strong power to units of local government within a country
Fragmented state
State with several discontinuous pieces of territory
Frontier
A zone where no state exercises complete political control
Gerrymandering
The process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power
Perforated state
A state that completely surrounds another
Sovereignty
Independence from control of its internal affairs by other states
State
An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs
Imperialism
Control of territory already occupied and organized by an indigenous society
