L Chapter 8 Vocabulary Flashcards
Condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries or alliances of countries
Balance of power
Invisible line that marks the extent of a states territory
Boundary
Forces that tend to divide a country – such as internal religious, linguistic, ethnic, or ideological differences
Centrifugal
Forces that tend to unify a country – such as widespread commitment to a national culture, shared ideological objectives, and a common faith
Centripetal
A sovereign state comprising A city and its immediate hinterland (an area surrounding a town or port and served by it)
City state
Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political economic and cultural principles and another territory
Colonialism
A territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent
Colony
The process through which something is given monetary value; when something not previously regarded as an object to be bought and sold become something that has a value and can be traded in a market economy
Commodification
A state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly
Compact state
Process to incorporate higher levels of education and higher salaries and more technology; generate more wealth than periphery process in the world economy
Core
The process whereby religions with in a state to demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy at the expense of the central government
Devolution
A state with a long narrow shape
Elongated state
And internal organization of a state that allocates most powers to the units of local government
Federal state
Symbolically relocated capital city usually because of either economic or strategic reasons; sometimes used to integrate outlying parts of a country into the state
Forwardcapital
A state that include several discontinuous pieces of territory
Fragmented state
Is zone separating two states in which neither state exercises political control
Frontier
Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power
Gerrymandering
Theory proposed by Halford Mackinder and early 20th century that any political power based in the heart of Eurasia could gain sufficient strength to eventually dominate the world; Mackinder further proposed that since Eastern Europe controlled access to the Eurasian interior it’s a ruler would command the vast “heartland” to the east
Heartland theory
Leadership or dominance especially by one Country or social group over others
Hegemony
Control of territory already occupied and organized by indigenous Society
Imperialism
A state that does not have a direct outlet to the sea
Landlocked state
A state that encompasses a very small land area
Microstate
Peace negotiated and 1648 to enter the 30 years war, Europe’s most destructive internal struggle over religion; contains a new language, recognizing statehood, and nationhood,clearly defined borders, and guarantees of security
Peace of West Phalia
A state that completely surrounds another one
Perforated state
Process that incorporate lower levels of education, lower salaries, and that’s it Melody; and guarantee less well than core processes in the world economy
Periphery
And otherwise compact state with a large projection extension
Prorupted state
Process by which representative districts are switched according to population shifts, so that each district encompasses approximately the same number of people
Reapportionment
Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states
Sovereignty
An area organized into a political unit and ruled by and established government with control over its internal and foreign affairs
State
A venture involving three or more nationstates involving formal political, economic, and or cultural corporation to promote shared objectives;The United Nations, the European Union, NATO examples
Supranational organization
A states sense of property and attachment towards its territory, as expressed in its determination to keep it inviolable and strongly defended
Territorial integrity
System where in each representative is elected from a territorial defined district
Territorial representation
World order in which one state is in a position of dominance with Ally’s following rather then joining the political decision making process
Unilateralism
And internal Organization of a state that place is most power in the hands of central government officials
Unitary state
