Types of Political Entities
What is an example of a stateless nation
kurds, basque, and palestinians
Moment when European powers gathered together to divide up the continent of Africa
Berlin Conference
A strategic strait or canal which is narrow, hard to pass through and has competition for use.
Choke Points
State’s internal political boundaries that determine voting districts for the US House of Representatives and the state legislature. Redrawn to accurately reflect the new census data.
redistricting
Define Devolution
Devolution is the process in which regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy at the expense of the central government.
A state has....(name 3)
Defined territory with borders
Permanent population
Government
Sovereignty: The right of a government to control and defend its territory and determine what happens within its borders.
Recognition from other states.
The fall of this communist superpower changed eastern europes borders
Fall of The Soviet Union
49th parallel that separates the United States and Canada
antecedent
Clustering like-minded voters in a single district, thereby allowing the other party to win the remaining districts
packing
Give an example of devolution due to physical geography
Indonesian islands, large mountain ranges, Kurds at intersection of multiple mountain ranges, Kashmir India
Provide and example of a multi-state nation
former soviet territories
Established in 1948 and left a group as a stateless nation
Israel
The boundary between Nunavut and the rest of Canada - drawn in 1999, established a province that coincided with indigenous groups
consequent
A style of government in which power is shared between central, regional, and local governments.
federal
State governments attack an ethnic group in an attempt to try to eliminate them through expulsion, imprisonment, or mass murder.
ethnic cleansing
Native American Indian Reservations and Tribal Lands
semi-autonomous regions
Between 1945 and 1990, this continent saw independence movements that changed the borders
Boundary between East Germany and West Germany during the Cold War
relict
A style of government in which the power is located centrally and the purpose of regional or local units is to carry out policy.
unitary
Most commonly utilized by non-government groups with no army, (ethnic separatists) in order to achieve recognition or power.
terrorism
an example of a multinational state
USA, Nigeria, Afghanistan
signified the end of WW1 and redrew European and SW Asian Borders
Treaty of Versailles
The Sykes-Picot agreement, Europeans split up the Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire after World War I.
geometric or superimposed
Dispersing like-minded voters among multiple districts in order to minimize their impact and prevent them from gaining a majority.
cracking
A majority ethnic group wants to claim territory from a neighboring state due to a shared culture with the people residing across the border.
irrdentism