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State
A politically organized body of people under a single government
Boundary
Invisible line that marks the extent of a state's territory
Physical boundary
A political boundary that follows a feature of the natural environment
Compact state
A state that posses a roughly circular shape from which the geometric center is relatively equal in all directions.
Federal state
An internal organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local government.
Self-determination
Concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves
Balkanization
To divide into small, quarrelsome states
Centripetal force
An attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state
Centrifugal force
Forces that tend to divide a country
Nation-state
A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicitity that has been transformed into a nationality
Micro-state
A state or territory that is small in both size and population
Fragmented state
A state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory
Unitary state
An internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials
Colonialism
The control or governing influence of a nation over a dependent country, territory, or people
Devolution
The handing down of power to regions and localities
Cultural boundary
A political boundary that follows some cultural border
City-state
A city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside
Prorupted state
A state with a narrow elongated land extension leading away from the main territory
Imperialism
Any instance of aggressive extension of authority
Territoriality
An aspect of human behavior that refers to the need to lay claim to the spaces we occupy and the things we own (need for self-identity and freedom of choice)
Nation
A large group of people organized under a single government
Geometric boundary
Straight lines that serve as political boundaries that aren't related to physical/cultural differences
Elongated state
A state whose territory is long and narrow in shape
Landlocked
State with no direct access to an ocean or other body of water
Sovereign state
Independent and free from all external control
Gerrymandering
To divide into voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one party in elections
Ethnonationalism
The identification and loyalty a person may feel for his or her nation
European Union
An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members
United Nations
Organization formed after WWII to help nations live together in peace
NATO
an alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country; US, England, France, Canada, Western European countries
NAFTA
A trade agreement between Canada, the United States and Mexico that encourages free trade between these North American countries
OPEC
an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum
Terrorism
The use of violence by groups against civilians to achieve a political goal
