Chapter 8 Vocab

Question 1

Boundary

Answer 1

An invisible line that marks the extent of a state’s territory

Question 2

City-state

Answer 2

A sovereign state compromising a city and its immediately surrounding countryside

Question 3

Colonialism

Answer 3

An attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory

Question 4

Colony

Answer 4

A territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independant

Question 5

Compact state

Answer 5

A state in which the distance from the center to any boundary doesn’t vary significantly

Question 6

Democracy

Answer 6

A country in which citizens elect leaders that run for office

Question 7

Devolution

Answer 7

The transfer or delegation of power to a lower level

Question 8

Elongated State

Answer 8

A state with a long, narrow shape

Question 9

Fragmented State

Answer 9

A state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory

Question 10

Federal state

Answer 10

An internal organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local government

Question 11

Frontier

Answer 11

A zone separating 2 states in which neither state exercises political control

Question 12

Gerrymandering

Answer 12

The process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power

Question 13

Irredentism

Answer 13

The nationalist belief that a territory belonging to another country should be annexed for ethnic or historical reasons

Question 14

Landlocked State

Answer 14

A state that does not have a direct outlet to the sea

Question 15

Nation-State

Answer 15

A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular culture or ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality

Question 16

Microstate

Answer 16

A state that encompasses a very small land area

Question 17

Multiethnic State

Answer 17

A state that is comprised of more than one ethinicty

Question 18

Multinational State

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Autocracy

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Prorupted State

Answer 20

An otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension

Question 21

Self-Determination

Answer 21

The concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves

Question 22

Sovereignty

Answer 22

The ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states

Question 23

State

Answer 23

An area organized into a political unit ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs.

Question 24

Stateless nation

Answer 24

A group of people with a shared culture/nationality without its own territory

Question 25

Supranationalism

Answer 25

Having power or influence that transcends national boundaries or governments

Question 26

Terrorism

Answer 26

The systematic use of violence by a group in order to intimidate a population or coerce a government into granting its demands

Question 27

Unitary State

Answer 27

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