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100
Which continent's state system most influenced development of the modern state system we know today?
What is Europe?
100
Which theory states that Eurasia's periphery was the key to power?
What is Spykman's rimland theory?
100
Which type of boundary consists of mountains, water, etc,?
What is a physical/natural boundary?
100
What are forces that unify people called?
What are centripetal forces?
100
What is the term for a state having complete control over its affairs?
What is sovereignty?
200
What is Palestine an example of?
What is a stateless nation?
200
Which theory did the US use to justify intervention in several areas around the world during the Cold War?
What is the domino theory?
200
Which type of boundary was drawn after an area is populated?
What is a subsequent boundary?
200
The split in Europe between communism and democratic governments was informally called what?
What is the Iron Curtain?
200
What are associations created by three or more states for mutual benefit/achievement called?
What is Supranationalism?
300
Which type of state places most power in the hands of a central government?
What is a unitary state?
300
The three-tiered structure is a tenant of which geopolitical theory?
What is the World-Systems theory?
300
Africa is a prime example of being divided by which type of boundary?
What is a superimposed boundary?
300
A group of states unified for a common purpose is called what?
What is a confederation?
300
What is a zone containing several cultural groups?
What is a shatterbelt?
400
An independent but small and weak country in between two larger and more powerful countries is called what?
What is a buffer state?
400
Which theory states that a nation functions and behaves as an organism?
What is Ratzel's Organic Theory?
400
Which type of boundary was drawn before an area was well populated?
What is an antecedent boundary?
400
What is the process of placing a price on a good and then buying, selling, and trading the good called?
What is commodification?
400
Which organization was formed to coordinate petroleum policies?
What is OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries)?
500
What has a suggested maximum population of 1 million people with a territory of less than 700 square kilometers?
What is a microstate?
500
The Heartland Theory of Mackinder was countered in geopolitics by which other theory?
What is Spykman's Rimland Theory?
500
The Berlin Wall is an example of what type of boundary?
What is a relic boundary?
500
Which organization was founded in 1975 to create a more cooperative economic union among 15 west African states?
What is the ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States)?
500
The reallocation of electoral seats to defined territories is known as what?
What is reapportionment?