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| condition of roughly equal strenght between opposing countries or alliances of countries. |
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| invisible line that makes the extent of a state's territory |
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| a sovereign state comprising a city and its immediate hinterland |
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| attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory. |
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| a territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely indipendent. |
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| a state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly. |
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| a state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory |
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| a state with a long, narrow shape |
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| an internal organizationof a state that allocated most powers to units of local governament. |
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| a zone separating two states in which neither state exercises political control. |
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| process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party of power. |
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| control of territory already occupied and organized by an indigenous society. |
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| a state that doesn't have a direct outlet to the sea. |
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| a state that encompasses a very small land area. |
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| a state that completely surrounds another one. |
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| an otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension. |
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| ability of state to govern its territory free from control of tis internal afafirs by other states. |
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| area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government with control over its internal an dforeign affairs. |
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| an internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials. |
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