boundary - Answers A vertical plane, usually represented as a line on a map that fixes the territory of a
state
centrifugal force - Answers An event or a circumstance that weakens a states social and political fabric
centripetal force - Answers An event or a circumstance that helps bind together the social and political
fabric of a state
Cold War - Answers The hostility and rivalry that existed between the United States and the Soviet
Union from the mid 1940s to the late 1980s
colonial city - Answers A city that was deliberately established or developed as an administrative or
commercial center by colonial or imperial powers
colonialism - Answers A form of imperialism in which a state takes possession of a foreign territory,
occupies it, and governs it
devolution - Answers A kind of decentralization whereby a state transfers some power to a self defined
community such as one of its national groups
electoral system - Answers The set of procedures used to convert the votes cast in an election into the
seats won by a party or candidate
enclave - Answers Territory completely surrounded by another state but not controlled by it
European Union - Answers A supranational organization that has enlarged considerably since its
establishment in western Europe and is characterized by a significant degree of both economic and
political integration among its members
exclave - Answers Territory that is separated from the state to which it belongs by the intervening
territory of another state
geopolitics - Answers The study of the relations among geography states and world power
gerrymandering - Answers The process of manipulating voting district boundaries to give an advantage
to a particular political party or group
heartland - Answers Generally, any area of vital interest to a state according to Halford Mackinder's
heartland theory, a region possessing the best combination of strategic geographic factors for world
domination, specifically the interior of the Eurasian landmass
imperialism - Answers Extension of the power of a nation through direct or indirect control of the
economic and political life of other territories
internationalism - Answers The development of close political and economic relations among states