6002528512 | Natural border | Boundary created by a physical feature | 0 | |
6002528513 | Geometric border | Borders created using lines of longitude & latitude | 1 | |
6002528514 | Antecedent boundary | A boundary that is established before cultural landscape of an area | 2 | |
6002528515 | Subsequent boundary | Boundary that is established after cultural landscape | 3 | |
6002528516 | Superimposed boundary | Boundary forced on an existing cultural landscape, through conquest | 4 | |
6002528517 | Relic boundary | Border that is marked on the landscape despite no longer functioning as one (ex. Berlin Wall) | 5 | |
6002528518 | Nation-State | A state whose territory lines up with the geographical extent of a nation | 6 | |
6002528519 | Stateless nation | A nation that exists without a formalized state | 7 | |
6002528520 | Forward Capitol | A capitol in the interior of a country, marking recognition of different regions | 8 | |
6002528521 | Fragmented states | A state that is separated into parts | 9 | |
6002528522 | Elongated states | A long, narrow state w/ isolated outer edges | 10 | |
6002528523 | Multinational state | A state containing multiple nations | 11 | |
6002528524 | Nation | A cultural group that shares a defined territory | 12 | |
6002528525 | Exclave | A territorial part of a country that lies outside the main part of the state | 13 | |
6002528526 | State | Area w/ defined boundaries, national gov't, laws & territory | 14 | |
6002528527 | Enclave | Territorial part of a country, or country as a whole, that lies entirely within another state | 15 | |
6002528528 | Unitary state | the political power is centralized in a strong central government | 16 | |
6002528529 | Compact state | State with a roughly circular shape; most efficient kind of state | 17 | |
6002528530 | Perforated state | State that completely surrounds a territory that it does not rule | 18 | |
6002528531 | Federal state | power of the government is shared with local governments within the state | 19 | |
6002528532 | Prorupt state | State that is nearly compact, but has one or more extensions of territories | 20 | |
6002528533 | Devolution | National gov't relinquishing power to local or regional bodies | 21 | |
6002528534 | Supranationalism | Participation of countries in cooperative international organizations | 22 | |
6002535434 | landlocked | lacks a direct access to the sea because it is surrounded by other countries | 23 | |
6002538060 | frontier | a zone where no state exercises complete political control | 24 | |
6002545626 | balance of power | condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries or alliances | 25 | |
6002547102 | colony | a territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent | 26 | |
6002548371 | demarcation | marking a physical boundary on the landscape | 27 | |
6002549114 | buffer state | a neutral state between two rival powers | 28 | |
6002556713 | Al-Qaeda | Terrorist group headed by Osama Bin Laden responsible for the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in the United States | 29 |
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