Borders
Chile, Malawi, and Vietnam are examples of states with this shape __________.
Elongated states
Brasilia, Brazil;
Abuja, Nigeria;
Naypyidaw, Myanmar;
Warsaw, Poland;
Moscow, Russia
Forward thrust capitals
__________________ (both foreign and domestic) has resulted from tension between states and non-state actors in areas such as Afghanistan, Somalia, Pakistan, and the United States.
Terrorism
A politically organized territory that is administered by a sovereign government and is recognized by the international community.
A state
An example of devolution in Africa.
Sudan/South Sudan, Ethiopia/Eritrea, etc.
South Africa is a country that completely surrounds a smaller state.
A perforated state
The transfer of legal authority from a central government to smaller subnational (regional, state, or local) governments. Can lead to a breaking apart of a state.
Devolution
An international organization linking Canada, the U.S., and Mexico that promotes free trade.
What is the North American Free Trade Agreement or NAFTA?
A country whose population posses a substantial degree of cultural homogeneity and unity.
What is a nation state?
The boundaries between most states in Central Asia following the collapse of the USSR in 1991 (Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan) that don't necessarily match cultural boundaries vs. the old boundaries of the USSR
subsequent boundaries / relic boundaries
A boundary drawn after a population has settled in an area and does not pay attention to the social, cultural, and ethnic compositions of the populations they divide.
A superimposed boundary
The manipulation of internal political boundaries of so as to favor one political party or group. Example: North Carolina
Gerrymandering
A political and economic union of about 28 member states, many of which share a common currency and open borders.
The European Union
Ethnic cleansing, genocide, and racism can all result from the _______________________.
Nation-state Ideal
A contested space between India and Pakistan with a complex ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and religious landscape.
Kashmir
Cultural boundaries that relate to the religious or linguistic landscape are called _________ boundaries.
Consequent boundaries
A system of government in which power is distributed among certain geographical territories rather than concentrated within a central government. NOT a unitary state.
Give one example of EACH.
Federalism (Federal state)
(The U.S., or Germany
vs.
Japan)
United Nations, Organization of American States, African Union, European Union are all examples of _________________ organization that encourage cooperation between states.
Supranational
The Kurds, the Roma, the Dagastani, the Chechens, and the Palestinians are all examples of ________ without their own sovereign _____________.
Nations / States
When a landlocked state really wants to grab some coast line and protrudes through another states, becoming an ___________ state and fracturing the borders of that other state. (EX: Congo protrudes into Angola, making Congo an __________ state and fracturing Angola. It's what Bolivia would love to do to Peru to have some Pacific Coast line and not be landlocked anymore.)
intervening state
Region caught between stronger, colliding external cultural-political forces, under persistent stress, and often fragmented by aggressive rivals
Shatterbelt region
The right of a nation to govern itself autonomously and thus to determine its own destiny.
vs.
The perpetuation of a colonial empire even after it is no longer politically sovereign.
Self-determination vs. imperialism
Dagestan in Russia, Quebec in Canada, "Kurdistan" in Turkey, Kashmir in (Pakistan?/India?), and the Uighurs in Xinjiang in China, are all examples of conflict WITHIN a state due to _____________ forces of language, religion, or ethnicity.
centrifugal
For India, religion could be a __________ force. In Pakistan, on the other hand, religion is a ___________force.
In Chechnya, the Russian language is a _______ force. In Nigeria and India, on the other hand, the English language could be a ____________force.
centrifugal / centripetal
Multi-Ethnic/Multi-National