CHAPTER 15 VOCAB

BORDERS

• A line separating two political or geographical areas, esp. countries.

SOVEREIGN GOVERNMENT

• The quality of having an independent authority over a geographic area or territory.

International Relations

• An area of study/knowledge concerned with relations between different countries.

Balance of Power

• A situation in which nations of the world have roughly equal power.
• The power held by a small group when larger groups are of equal strength.

UNITED NATIONS

• An international organization composed of most of the countries of the world.
• It was founded in 1945 to promote peace, security, & economic development.

European Union

• An economic & political union of 28 member states that are located primarily in Europe.
• Created in 1993 with the aim of achieving closer economic & political union between member states
• of the European Community.