Forms of Governance
Identify one historic example of a Confederation.
USA
Kashmir is a disputed border between what two countries?
Pakistan and India
Identify the only two perforated states.
South Africa and Italy
Identify 2 concepts that challenge sovereignty
Devolution, Supranationalism, etc
Define Neocolonialism and provide an example of a country practicing it
The practice of an MDC to control or influence an LDC indirectly by political or economic means in order to reap some sort of benefit (China)
What form of governance does Japan practice?
Unitary
Internal borders in US states are redrawn every _____years with the use of population data from the ________
10, census
How many state shape classifications could be used for Japan?
2-3
Explain Taiwan's level of autonomy
different culture, government, etc., but still claimed by China and not officially recognized by many states
Define self-determination and provide an example of a group that has it
Desire to rule over oneself (Native Americans, Kurds, Palestinians, etc)
Define devolution
when power is transferred from the central government to subnational levels of government
What does Israel claim as the purpose of the wall built between Israel and Palestine?
To protect Israeli citizens from terrorism
Identify 2 stateless nations
Palestinians, Kurds, Rohingya, Roma, Native Americans
Identify 2 supranational organizations
UN, NATO, EU, ASEAN, NAFTA, Arctic Council, African Union
Define shatterbelt and identify an example
Group of states that exist within a sphere of competition between larger, external states (Eastern Europe)
Explain why political power of the people is dampened in a unitary government compared to a federal government.
Fewer elected officials to represent the views of the people
Identify the three different zones of the Law of the Sea and their distances from the coast.
Territorial Sea (0-12m), Exclusive Economic Zone (12-200m), High Seas (beyond 200m)
Identify 3 nation-states.
South Korea, North Korea, Lesotho, Portugal, Japan, Iceland, etc
Explain the difference between sovereignty and autonomy
autonomy works in degrees, sovereignty is often given at the state level
Define choke point and identify an example
a point of congestion or blockage on land or in water (Gibraltar, Panama Canal, Turkish, Suez Canal, Hormuz, Bab-el-Mandeb, Malacca)
Define irredentism.
Advocating for control of a territory to returned to the state in which it belong to previously, regaining control of a territory once lost
What principle is most often used to determine where a border should be drawn when countries have overlapping maritime zones?
Median-Line principle
What is the name for a state found within a perforate state?
Enclave
Identify 2 causes of democratization.
Inequality, education, contagious diffusion
Define demarcation and provide an example of it
Physically marking a border
Final Jeopardy
Boundaries
Identify two examples for each type of boundary (no repeats): Physical, Geometric, Antecedent, Consequent, Superimposed, Subsequent, Relic