chapter 9 vocab

Question 0

compact state

Answer 0

state where the distance from the center to any boundary doesnt vary a lot

Question 1

gerrymandering

Answer 1

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

Question 2

boundary

Answer 2

invisible line marking the extent of a territoy

Question 3

unitary state

Answer 3

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

Question 4

multiethnic state

Answer 4

state that contains more than one ethnicity

Question 5

nation-state

Answer 5

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

Question 6

sovereignty

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

Question 7

autocracy

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country run according to the interests of the ruler rather than the people

Question 8

colonialism

Answer 8

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

Question 9

elongated state

Answer 9

state with a long, narrow shape

Question 10

fragmented state

Answer 10

state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory

Question 11

perforated state

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state that completely surrounds another one

Question 12

self determination

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concept that ethnicities have the right to govern thenselves

Question 13

terrorism

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

Question 14

anocracy

Answer 14

not fully democratic or autocratic, but has a mix of the two

Question 15

colony

Answer 15

territory legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent

Question 16

federal state

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

Question 17

landlocked state

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state w/o a direct outlet to the sea

Question 18

multinational state

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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

state

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

Question 20

balance of power

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condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries or alliances of countries

Question 21

city-state

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sovereign state comprising a city and its immediately surrounding countryside

Question 22

democracy

Answer 22

country in which citizens elect leaders and can run for office

Question 23

frontier

Answer 23

zone separating two states in which neither state exercises political control

Question 24

microstate

Answer 24

state that encompasses a very small land area

Question 25

prorupted state

Answer 25

an otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension