Chapter 8 vocab

A country that is not fully democratic or fully autocratic but rather displays a mix of the two types.

anocracy

A country that is run according to the interests of the ruler rather than the people.

autocracy

an invisible line that marks the extent of a states territory

boundary

a condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries or alliances of countries

balance of power

a sovereign state comprising a city and its immediately surrounding countryside

city-state

an attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory

colonialism

a territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent

colony

a state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly

compact state

a country in which citizens elect leaders and can run for office

democracy

a state with a long, narrow shape

elongated state

an internal organization of a state that allocates strong power to units of loacal government

federal state

a state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory

fragmented state

a zone separating two states in which neither state exercises political control

frontier

the process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benifiting the party in power

gerrymandering

a state that does not have a direct outlet to the sea

landlocked state

a state that encompasses a very small land area

microstate

a state that contains more than one ethnicity

multiethnic state

a state that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities

multinational state

a state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity

nation-state

a state that completely surrounds another one

perforated state

an otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension

prorupted state

the concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves

sel-determination

ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of it internal affairs by other states

sovereignty

an area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs

state

the systematic use of violence by a group calculated to create and atmosphere of fear and alarm among a population or to coerce a government into actions it would not otherwise undertake or refrain from actions it wants to take

terrorism

an internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials

unitary state