Unit 4 Vocab

state

politically organized body of people under a single government

compact state

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

nation state

a state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality

micro state

state/territory that is small in both size and population

fragmented state

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

devolution

the handing down of power to regions and localities

cultural boundary

political boundary that follows come cultural border

city state

city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside

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

identification and loyalty a person may feel for his or her nation

european union

international organization of European countries formed after WWII to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among members

nato

alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country

nafta

trade agreement between canada, us, and mexico that encourages free trade between them

opec

organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum

heartland theory

nations that hold control of eastern europe holds the key to controlling the world

organic theory

states are like living organisms that need nourishment and territory to grow and thrive

rimland theory

control of the coastal edges of Eurasia is key to global power