Economic Factors
This means not having enough of a resource for everyone.
What is scarcity?
This is when a strong nation controls a weaker one.
What is imperialism?
This includes beliefs, traditions, and customs of a group.
What is culture?
Working together for mutual benefit is called this.
What is cooperation?
A boundary officially recognized on a map is called this.
What is a formal boundary?
This describes how resources or people are spread out.
What is distribution?
This term means a country has full control over itself.
What is sovereignty?
These are invisible boundaries based on language or traditions/
What are informal boundaries?
Discussing to reach an agreement is called this.
What is negotiation?
A region centered around a city is called this.
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Actually, it is a functional region.
Regions with more wealth can build better schools, roads, and hospitals. This creates what cycle?
What is the rich get richer cycle/ wealth gab cycle?
What is it called when one nation dominates others politically or economically?
What is hegemony?
Religion can act in two major ways- what are they?
What is unity and conflict?
Name one cause of conflict between regions.
What is resource scarcity/ territorial disputes/ historical grievances?
Give one example of a physical boundary.
What is a river, mountain, ocean, desert, etc?
What type of agreement lowers taxes between countries to boost trade?
What are economic zones or trade agreements?
Why did imperial powers redraw borders?
To increase control and access resources.
What is it called when many different groups exist in one area?
What is diversity?
Name one reason countries cooperate.
What are shared goals/ trade/ security alliances?
Why do formal and informal boundaries sometime conflict?
They don't match cultural groups.
Why can unequal resource distribution cause conflict between regions?
What is competition over limited resources (like oil or water)?
What is one major modern effect of imperialism?
What are conflicts due to poorly drawn borders/ power imbalances?
Why do cultural boundaries sometimes cause conflict?
They don't match political borders/ groups compete for power.
Why might two very different countries still cooperate?
What is mutual benefit (trade, safety, shared needs)?
What happens when borders ignore cultural groups?
What is tension or conflict between groups?