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Human Geography
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12th Grade
02/28/2011

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Term
State
Definition
An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established governtment that has control over its internal and foreign are.
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Sovereignty
Definition
Independence from control of its internal affairs by other states.
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Colony
Definition
Territory that legally tied to a soverrign state rather than being completely independent.
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Colonialism
Definition
European states came to control much of the world throough colonialism which is the effort by one country to establish settelements and imports.
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Imperialisn
Definition
Control of territory already occupy and organized by an indigenous society where colonialism is control previously inhabbited land.
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Imperialisn
Definition
Control of territory already occupy and organized by an indigenous society where colonialism is control previously inhabbited land.
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Boundary
Definition
An invisible line martans the extant of a states territory.
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Compact State
Definition
The distance from the center to any boundary does not vary signigicantly. Ex. Kenya and Uganda
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Prorupted State
Definition
Created for two principal reasons and are large projecting extension. Ex. Cabind
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Elongated State
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Stated with a long and narrow shape. Ex. Chile
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Fragmented State
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Several discontinous piece of territory Ex. Indonesia
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Perforated State
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A state that completly surrounds another one. Ex. South Africa
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Frontier
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Is a zone where no state exercises complete political control.
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NATO
Definition
Military alliance among 16 democratic states including U.S and Canada.
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Warsaw Pact
Definition
Military government among communist and Eartern countries
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OSCE
Definition
Organization
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