Category 1
What is Iraq considered in unit 4?
A. State
B. Nation
C. Region
America is often considered the prime example of this; where a country possesses high amounts of diversity?
Multinational State
These regions are often focuses of the UN; Southwest Asia (Or specifically the Levant) is an example of this; a place the experiences prolonged conflict consistently.
Shatterbelt
Redistricting
Differences in belief, religion, or culture are examples of what force?
Centrifugal
What are the Kurdish people considered in unit 4?
A Nation
A large independence movement has started in the Basque region; a region where the cultural group can be considered what?
Stateless Nation
Defining states, regulating movement, controlling resources, and establishing a political identity are all main functions of what type of boundary?
Political Boundary
The act of putting a large group of people into one voting bloc is called what?
Packing
The United Nations, European Union, OPEC, and NATO are all examples of what?
Supranationalism
Japan is the closest example of this; a country who's people share common culture and history.
Nation-State
This word is often used as a synonym for political independence?
Sovereignty
Giving rights to less powerful entities in one's country is an example of what?
Devolution
The art of redistricting voting areas for the sake of diluting a group's vote is what?
Gerrymandering
China's indirect control over many economies in Africa is called what?
Neocolonialism
What would a cultural group spread across the world be called?
Multi-State Nation
This is the attempt by an entity to assert control over a certain area or resource
Territoriality
A government only centered around one major point in the country is a what?
Unitary State
Spreading a group across multiple different districts in order to dilute their vote is what?
Cracking
The coastal fringes of Eurasia being the key to power is which theory?
Rimland Theory
What is the ideology of claiming "Lost lands" called?
Irredentism
These areas are often used as leverage to gain political control. These areas are crucial for global trade. The Strait of Hormuz and the Suez Canal are prime examples of what?
Chokepoint
A government that grants rights to different regions of it's land is called a what?
Federal State
Similarities in culture and language is an example of what force?
Centripetal
The conference dividing Africa into dozens of pieces overseen by European colonial powers is named for which German capital city?
The Berlin Conference.