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17 Cards in this Set
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state
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an area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government with control over its internal and foreign affairs
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sovereignty
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ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states
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microstate
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a state that encompasses a very small land area
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city-state
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a sovereign state comprising a city and its immediate hinterland
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colony
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a territory that is legally ties to a sovereign state rather than completely independent
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colonialism
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attemot by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory
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imperialism
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control of territory already occupied and organized by an indigenous group
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boundary
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invisible line that marks the extent of a state's territory
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compact state
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a state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly
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elongated state
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a state with a long, narrow shape
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prorupted state
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an otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension
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perforated state
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a state that completely surrounds another one
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fragmented state
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a state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory
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landlocked state
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a state that does not have a direct outlet to the sea
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frontier
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a zone separating two states in which neither state exercises political control
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balance of power
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condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries or alliances of countries
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European Union
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military alliances dominated by the superpowers to maintain a balance of power in Europe
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization OSCE Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe OAS Organization of American States AU African Union The Commonwealth Warsaw Pact (disbanded) |
