Supranational Organizations
How many countries are needed to make a supranational organization like the EU or UN?
at least 3
Britain and France colonized the majority of what continent?
Africa
Forward Thrust Capital
State has defined borders, nations are a group of people connected politically or culturally
Manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class is called what?
Gerrymandering
After WWII India and Pakistan were created for what two religions? Must name the country with the correct religion.
India- Hindus, Pakistan- Muslims
Hartshorne said that a state only exists if it has a balance of what two forces?
Centrifugal and Centripetal
In a national administrative capital like Washington DC, what types of buildings would you find?
government buildings
A fragmented state has lots of what?
islands
Since Japan has a homogeneous population, it is considered a what type of state?
nation state
The EU eliminates import what between member countries?
tariffs
What is an example of a semi-autonomous region?
Native American Reservations
Most capitals are located where?
Along water coasts
Sovereignty is when a country has control over what?
their own internal affairs
A colony is a state that is tied economically and politically to what?
another country
Name the economic cooperative effort of this organization that controls the price of oil.
OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)
During the Berlin Conference, European countries met to carve up what continent, giving no consideration for different cultural groups of that continent.
Africa
What is a choke point? Give an example.
a geographical feature on land such as a valley, defile or a bridge, or at sea such as a straight which an armed force is forced to pass, example is Panama Canal
Antarctica is a colonized continent, True or False
FALSE! Its a frontier zone of separation
Panama and Vietnam are examples of what types of states because they are long and skinny?
Elongated
Do unitary or federal states have highly centralized governments?
Unitary
What do Palestinians and the Kurds have in common?
Both are stateless nations in the middle east.
Balkanization occurred in southeastern Europe after the fall of what country?
Soviet Union
Lesotho is what state shape? South Africa contains Lesotho, making it what type of state?
Compact and enclave, Perforated
What happens every ten years that counts the population?
census