Flashback Or Current?
What do you call a person who is moving out of a country/region to live somewhere else permanently?
Emigrant
A monarch is....
A king or queen (royalty)
A government lead of a single person/ruler
Autocracy
When a country is completely surrounded by other countries/states and no main waterways
Landlocked
mountains, rivers, canyons and oceans are examples of....
natural boundaries
Which of these ARE push factors:
Better job opportunities, Disease, More affordable housing or Ethnic cleansing
Disease and ethnic cleansing
When politicians try to change voting districts to favor their political party
Gerrymandering
A government lead by a few people - usually an elite group of rich folks
Oligarchy
Smaller country/state - usually rounder in shape with a central location equal distance from all the borders
Compact
Boundaries that are determined using longitude & latitude lines, and then drawn out on a map
geometric
Which country is a perfect example of a nation-state with over 99% of the population being the same ethnic group
Japan
The EU is what type of alliance?
Political & Economic
Government in which all of the people have power in the government through voting and other forms of participation
Democracy
Country that is longer than it is wide, typically harder to govern because the area is so stretched out over different regions, creating various cultural pockets
Elongated
Political boundaries that are determined by language and religion
cultural boundaries
Apple has a branch in NYC but needs to get new screens from their Apple branch in Paris. This is outsourcing or offshoring?
Offshoring
SAME company, different location/country
When a central government is forced to give power to smaller, regional governments?
Devolution
A government that controls every aspect of government, economy, daily lives
Communist
This type of shape has a main area with a piece that stretches out like a tail
Prorupted
Urbanization is the term used to refer to.....
the rapid growth in urban/city areas
What does a population pyramid show?
The structure of a population
(genders vs ages)
What is the term for a group of countries that have joined together to form an international political power
Supranational
A government in which religious leaders govern based on religious beliefs of a superior God or higher power
Theocracy
Name three things that would be considered centrifugal forces
Disease, political instability, ethnic cleansing, famine, confict, tensions, intolerance, war
Kurds are a large ethnic nation of people that do not have a specific country to call their own. Instead, they are spread throughout multiple areas.
What are the two vocab words we can use to describe Kurds
Stateless Nation
(group of people without a home)
Multistate Nation
(group of people existing in multiple states/countries)