Human Geography Units 6-7 Vocabulary Review

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

• zone

• border

• boundary

• frontier

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

• Nation

• Megalopolis

• City-State

• Nation State

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

• Prorupted

• Compact

• Elongated

• Perforated

A state with a long narrow shape

• Fragmented

• Prorupted

• Perforated

• Elongated

A state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory

• Elongated

• Fragmented

• Perforated

• Prorupted

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

• Border

• Frontier

• Boundary

• Zone

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

• fragmented

• prorupted

• landlocked

• perforated

A state that encompasses a very small land area

• microstate

• mini-state

• compact state

• Micropolitan Statistical Area

An otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension

• Perforated

• Prorupted

• Landlocked

• Enclave

A state that completely surrounds another one

• Perforated

• Prorupted

• Landlocked

• Enclave