Types of Governments
a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.
Oligarchy
What are the two main types of borders used to set political boundaries
Physical and Human borders
___________ __________ are independent and can make their own laws and enforce them.
Sovereign Nations
Countries are connected to each other through
Trade and Diplomacy
a political or geographic boundary that separates one country from another
Border
A form of democracy in which people vote for representatives
Representative Democracy
What makes good natural boundaries ?
What is one ways nations interact with each other ?
Through trade
1945
A government with complete authority over a geographic region
Sovereign Nation
In this type of government individual people do not own land, factories, or machinery. Instead, the government or the whole community owns these things.
Communism
What are two main types of boundaries used to set human borders?
Cultural and geometric.
What two countries share the world's largest international border?
United States and Canada
How many nations make up the UN?
51
The work nations do to keep friendly relations with one another
Diplomacy
A government in which policies and laws are decided by a majority of all those eligible rather than by a body of elected representatives.
Direct Democracy
Cultural boundaries are based on cultural traits, such as?
Language and religion
The________ of _______ is responsible for international relations in the United States.
Department of State
What is put in place when those who have broken international laws? This restricts or ban trade, travel, or economic activity
Sanctions
A nation's plan for how to act toward other countries
Foreign Policy
A form of government where a single person, usually a king or queen, has complete power to rule a state without restriction from laws or a constitution.
Absolute Monarchy
What are Geometric boundaries are borders that are based on?
Lines of latitude or longitude.
President Obama traveled to __________ in 2016 to improve diplomatic relations.
Cuba
What are Geneva Conventions ?
International agreements that tell countries at war how to treat people.
An organization of countries that promotes peace and security around the world
NATO