Contemporary Political Map
Types of Political Entities
Decolonization
Geopolitics
Borders
100
What kind of map is this?
Political map
100
what is an example of a stateless nation?
the Kurds
100
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
loyalty and devotion to a nationality/ nation
nationalism
100
what is the difference in confederal, federal, and unitary governments?
confederal: states have all the power
federal: power shared between states and central government
unitary: central government has all the power
100
An international agreement that established a legal framework for all marine activities
United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea
200
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
At what 3 levels do political units exist at?
Supranational
National
Subnational
200
What is a bi-national state?
a single country that is home to two distinct nations/ national groups
200
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
Imperialism
200
a region caught between stronger colliding external cultural-political forces, under persistent stress, and often fragmented by aggressive rivals
shatterbelts
200
a physical or political line that separates geographic areas
border/ boundary
300
What are 2 historical events that we talked about in class that influenced the contemporary map?
1. Berlin Conference
2. Treaty of Versailles
3. Fall of the Soviet Union
300
what is a multi-state nation?
one national group is spread over several adjacent states, and is the majority in one of those states
300
the process by which one nation exercises complete control over another country which they have settled and taken over
colonization
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
a narrow passageway that restricts traffic
chokepoint
300
what happens in the definition step of creating a border
borders are described, negotiated, and written on a legal document
400
Define the following:
1. Country
2. State
3. Nation
1. most general term to describe any political entity
2. formal term for a country... the country must be sovereign!
3. a group of people who have a common background
400
What is a stateless nation?
one national group is spread over several states and is NOT the majority in any of these states
400
what is decolonization?
the action of changing from colonial to independent states
400
what is geopolitics?
studies the effects of geography on politics and relations among states on a global scale
400
What happens in the demarcation step of creating borders?
official markers are placed on the land
500
What happened at the Berlin Conference?
1884: convened to discuss African colonization. they ended up dividing Africa into colonies without consulting African leaders
500
True or false? Not every nation has a state.
True
500
What is an example of decolonization in American history?
the American Revolution
500
redistricting to create an advantage for one political party
gerrymandering
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What are the steps in creating a border?
1. definition
2. delimitation
3. demarcation
4. administration