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AP HUG Chapter 8
Question | Answer |
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Balance of Power | Equal strength between 2 countries |
Berlin Conference | 1884-1885 Regulated European colonization Trade in Africa Coincides with Germany's sudden emergence as imperial power |
Boundary | Invisible Line marking extent of state's territory |
City-State | Sovereign state comprising a city and immediate hinterland |
Civil Divisions | Laws or rules that separate citizens |
Colonialism | Country trying to pass on their economic, cultural, and political principles in another State |
Colony | A territory that's legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent |
Compact State | State into which the distance from center to any boundary is equal |
Devolution | Transfer of powers from a state to separate locations |
Elongated State | A state with a long, narrow shape |
EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zones) | 370 km shore Has rights to exploit, explore, and manage natural resources in the seas |
Federal State | Internal organization of a state that distributes most powers to local government. |
Fragmented State | State that includes several discontinuous pieces of authority |
Frontier | A zone separating 2 states which neither state exercises political control |