AP Human Geography - The Cultural Landscape: Chapter 8 - Vocabulary

A country that is not fully democratic or fully autocratic but rather displays a mix of the two types.

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

A condition of roughly equal strengths between opposing countries or alliances of countries.

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

A sovereign state comprising a city and its immediately surrounding countryside.

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

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

A state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly.

A country in which citizens elect leaders and can run for office.

A state with a long, narrow shape.

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

A state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory.

A zone separating two states in which neither state exercises political control.

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

A state that does not have a direct outlet to the sea.

A large group of people who are united by common cultural characteristics, such as language and ethnicity, or by shared history.

A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular nation.

A state that completely surrounds another one.

An otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension.

Concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves

Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states.

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

The threatened or actual use of illegal force and violence by a non state actor to attain a political, economic, religious, or social goal through fear, coercion, or intimidation.

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

A nuclear, biological, chemical, or other weapon that can kill and bring significant harm to a large number of humans or cause great damage to human-made structures, natural structures, or the biosphere.