What is one example of "one state or two" challenges in defining states as sovereign?
North/South Korea or China/Taiwan
100
What is the state shape that allows access to needed resources or disrupts access by separating states that would otherwise share a boundary?
prorupted
100
What is the global organization created at the end of World War II to promote peaceful relations among states and prevent another world war?
United Nations
100
What is the purpose of modern terrorism?
intimidation and coercion (force)
100
What is the system of redrawing electoral boundaries in order to gain political party advantage?
gerrymandering
200
What is the region that does not belong to any state and is managed by a treaty signed in 1959?
Antarctica
200
What have landlocked states in Africa and Europe added in order to connect interior regions to the sea/ocean?
railroads
200
What is the era of superpowers called and who were the powers?
Cold War, U.S. and Soviet Union
200
Of all the major terrorist attacks against the United States in the late 20th century, which one caused Americans to feel most threatened?
9-11
200
What is the term that means having independent control over your state and related territories?
sovereignty
300
What is the smallest division of land area called, with Monaco being the smallest at only .6 square miles?
microstate
300
What are the two ways that a state can be fragmented (including offshore islands), which cause communication and security to be more difficult to achieve?
water, geometric boundaries (separated by other states)
300
What are these examples of? OAS, AU, EU, NAFTA, WTO, OPEC
supranational organizations
300
What is the name of the terrorist group founded by Osama Bin Laden that has been most responsible for anti-American attacks?
Al-Qaeda (radical Muslim terrorists led by Osama Bin Laden)
300
What is the movement of power from central government to regional government within a state, such as political autonomy granted to ethnic regions?
devolution
400
What is one of the major causes of geometric state boundaries in Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia?
colonialism
400
What are three types of natural or geographic boundaries?
mountains, deserts, water
400
"The most important elements of state power are increasingly ______ rather than ________."
economic,military
400
According to chapter 8 in Rubenstein, why has terrorism, especially against United States citizens, increased in recent years?
they hold all Americans responsible for U.S. government policies and cultural practices
400
What are the unifying attitudes/forces a population must share that support the nation, such as nationalism and patriotism?
centripetal forces
500
What are at least three of the five basic state shapes?