AP Human Geography, Rubenstein Chapter 8 Vocab

A state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory

• Elongated state
• Federal state
• Compact state
• Fragmented state

A state that completely surrounds another one

• Compact state
• Fragmented state
• Prorupted state
• Perforated state

Which of these is a landlocked state?

• Mexico
• Lesotho
• India
• Germany

An ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states

• Sovereignty
• Gerrymandering
• Colony
• Frontier

Which of these is an elongated state?

• China
• Scotland
• Chile
• Egypt

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

• Balance of power
• Frontier
• Gerrymandering
• Federal state

A state that allocates most powers to units of local government, common in multiethnic states

• Federal state
• Unitary state
• Elongated state
• Perforated state

An otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension

• Prorupted state
• Elongated state
• Fragmented state
• Unitary state

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

• Frontier
• Boundary
• State
• Colony

• Compact state
• City-state
• Elongated state
• Fragmented state