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6052207048AnocracyA country that is not fully democratic or fully autocratic, but rather shares a mix of the two0
6052207049AutocracyA country that is run by the interest of the ruler rather than the people1
6052207050balance of powercondition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries or alliances of countries2
6052207051boundaryinvisible line that marks the extent of a state's territory3
6052207052city-statea sovereign state comprising a city and its immediate hinterland4
6052207053colonialismattempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory5
6052207054colonya territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent6
6052207055compact statea state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly7
6052207056democracyA country in which citizens elect leaders and can run for office8
6052207057elongated stateA state with a long, narrow shape9
6052207058federal statean internal organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local government10
6052207059fragmented statea state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory11
6052207060frontiera zone separating two states in which neither state exercises political control12
6052207061gerrymanderingprocess of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power13
6052207062landlocked statea state that does not have a direct outlet to the sea14
6052207063microstatea state that encompasses a very small land area15
6052207064Multiethnic stateA state that contains more then one ethnicity16
6052207065multinational statestate that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities17
6052207066Nation-stateA state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been changed into a nationality18
6052207067perforated statea state that completely surrounds another one19
6052207068prorupted statean otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension20
6052207069Self-determinationThe concept that ethnicity have the right to govern themselves21
6052207070sovereigntyability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states22
6052207071statean area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government with control over its internal and foreign affairs23
6052207072TerrorismThe systematic use of violence by a group in order to intimidate a population or coerce a government into granting its demands24
6052207073unitary statean internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials25
6052217198Physical Boundarycoincide with significant features of the natural landscape; deserts, mountains, water (sea, rivers. lakes)26
6052225796Cultural Boundariesfollow the distribution of cultural characteristics; Geometric, ethnic27
6052253681Domino TheoryUsed to describe one event will set off other events Communism: 1960-1980 Arab Spring28
6052253682EEZa sea zone prescribed by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea over which a state has special rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, including energy production from water and wind.29
6052254421Enclaveregion develops their own ethnic identity (balkanization) Lesotho30
6052258301ExclaveA bounded territory that is part of a particular state but is separated from the territory of a different state. Alaska31
6052259583Fortified BoundaryWhen a state constructs a physical boundary to either keep people out or in. Examples= North and south Korea, Morocco and Spanish Sahara, Great wall of China(also Relict), Berlin Wall(also relict), US Mexico Border32
6052259584Heartland Theory1904: sir halford mackinder Eastern Europe and central asia pivotal to world domination Did not account for water routes Technology, mongols took over on horse back, Horses are important33
6052261599ImperialismOne country exerts cultural or economic dominance over another34
6052261600Relic BoundaryA boundary that doesn't exist anymore but still has an impact on cultural landscape, Examples= West Germany Industrial & more wealthy and East Germany Agricultural, North and South Korea as well35
6052263144Rimland theory1944: Nicholas Spielman (father of containment) Rimland would contain the Heartland via alliances Heartland controlled the land, Rimland controlled the sea36
6052264130Superimposed BoundaryBoundary created by another outside group37

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