AP Human Geography Chapter 8

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State
An area organized into a political unit ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs
Sovereignty
Independence from control of its internal affairs by other states
Microstates
States with very small land areas
City-state
A sovereign state that comprises a town and the surrounding countryside
Colony
A territory that is legally tied to a soveriegn state rather than being completely independent
Colonialism
The effort by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles on such territory
Imperialism
Control of territory already occupied and organized by an indigenous society, whereas colonialism is control of previously uninhabited or sparsely inhabited land
Compact state
A state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly
Prorupted state
An otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension
Elongated state
States with a long and narrow shape
Fragmented state
A state that inlcudes several discontinuous pieces of territory
Perforated state
A state that completely surrounds another one
Landlocked state
A state that does not have a direct outlet to the sea
Frontier
A zone where no state exercises complete political control
Unitary state
An internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials