AP Human Geography Vocab. 8

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

• Autocracy

• Anocracy

• Democracy

• Agnosticism

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

• Monarchy

• Autocracy

• Anocracy

• Democracy

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

• Balance of Power

• Separate but Equal

• Democracy

• Equal Strength

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

• Border

• Gerrymandering

• Boundary

• Redlining

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

• Colony

• Metropolis

• Microstate

• City-State

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

• Terrorism

• Colonialism

• Imperialism

• Syncretism

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

• Nation-State

• Colony

• City-State

• Microstate

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

• Compact State

• Federal State

• Unitary State

• Perforated State

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

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Autocracy

• Anocracy

A state with a long, narrow shape.

• City-State

• Elongated State

• Perforated State

• Prorupted State