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Boundary

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An invisible line that marks the extent of a state’s territory

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City-state

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A sovereign state compromising a city and its immediately surrounding countryside

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Colonialism

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

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Colony

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

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Compact state

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A state in which the distance from the center to any boundary doesn’t vary significantly

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Democracy

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A country in which citizens elect leaders that run for office

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Devolution

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The transfer or delegation of power to a lower level

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Elongated State

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A state with a long, narrow shape

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Fragmented State

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A state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory

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Federal state

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An internal organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local government

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Frontier

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A zone separating 2 states in which neither state exercises political control

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Gerrymandering

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The process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power

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Irredentism

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The nationalist belief that a territory belonging to another country should be annexed for ethnic or historical reasons

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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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Nation-State

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

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Microstate

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A state that encompasses a very small land area

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Multiethnic State

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A state that is comprised of more than one ethinicty

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Multinational State

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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

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Autocracy

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

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Prorupted State

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An otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension

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Self-Determination

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The concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves

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Sovereignty

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

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State

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

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Stateless nation

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A group of people with a shared culture/nationality without its own territory

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Supranationalism

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Having power or influence that transcends national boundaries or governments

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Terrorism

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The systematic use of violence by a group in order to intimidate a population or coerce a government into granting its demands

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Unitary State

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