Human Geography (Political Geography) Practice

The condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries or alliances of countries is what?

• Balance of Power
• Balance of Solution
• Balance of Demand
• Balance of Time

The invisible line that marks the extent of a state's territory is what?

• Boundary
• City-State
• State
• County

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

• Colony
• State
• County
• Home

A state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly, with good communication

• Compact State
• Elongated State
• County State
• Colony State

A state with a long, narrow shape, poor communication, some areas are very far away from the capital

• Compact State
• Elongated State
• County State
• Colony State

A state that includes several disconnected pieces of territory, they could be separated by water or and intervening state, typically have low communication

• Compact State
• Fragmented State
• County State
• Colony State

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

• Frontier
• Business
• County
• Colony

Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party of power

• Gerrymandering
• Countymandering
• Colony
• Business

A state that does not have direct outlet to the sea

• Landlocked State
• Homelocked State
• Statelocked Land
• Home State

Where are landlocked states most common?

• Africa
• United States
• Canada
• Europe