Human Geography Units 6-7 Vocabulary Review

Front

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

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boundary

Front

A sovereign state comprising of a city and its immediate hinterland.

Back

City-State

Front

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

Back

Compact

Front

A state with a long narrow shape

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Elongated

Front

A state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory

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Fragmented

Front

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

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Frontier

Front

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

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landlocked

Front

A state that encompasses a very small land area

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microstate

Front

An otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension

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Prorupted

Front

A state that completely surrounds another one

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Perforated