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
Brasilia is an example of what
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
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
Capital of the
Washington DC
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 an example of this
frontier
Population data taken every ten years
Census
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
These countries were divided during the Cold War
Vietnam and Korea
What happens every ten years that counts the population?
census