Border Wars
The Suez Canal and Panama Canal are prime examples of?
Chokepoints
The Great Wall of China is an example of a?
Subsequent boundary?
The treaty that defines horizontal territorial space from a country's coast.
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
UNCLOS
A people without a state. What is this concept and give the example we use.
Stateless Nation
Kurds
Formed in the 1940s with 14 European members, the U.S., and Canada. Was designed to balance the power in Europe.
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?
Germany, Nigeria, and The United States are examples of this form of government.
Federal
When political parties draw boundaries for political districts that benefit the party in power in a way that protects that power or increases it.
Gerrymandering
What are the 3 states we discussed that were split during, or at the time of the Cold War started?
Vietnam, Korea, and Germany
A boundary that was created by an outside conquering or colonizing force.
What is a superimposed boundary?
What is the area that extends up to 12 miles of sovereignty?
Territorial Sea
A state whose territory is primarily occupied by one ethnicity that also serves as a nationality?
What is a nation-state?
An organization created to promote economic growth and cooperation among member states. This is the prime example of economic cooperation
What is the EU (European Union)?
Smaller states such as Japan and Spain have this type of government.
Unitary
Based on results of the census, the government determines each states number of representatives in the House of Representatives. What is this?
Reapportionment
Redistricting happens as a result of the census every 10 years, electoral votes are distributed which occurs at what scale?
National
Coastal states have limited sovereignty up to 24 miles to enforce customs laws, immigration, and sanitation in what area?
Contiguous zone
Northern Ireland is seperated geographically from the United Kingdom. Is Northern Ireland politically part of the United Kingdom?
Yes
This organization promotes free trade between member countries in the Western Hemisphere
United States- Mexico-Canada Agreement
Formerly NAFTA
Ethnic differences between the Walloon and Flemish are reflected in this small federal state. What country?
Belgium
To disperse groups into several districts in an effort to prevent a majority.
Cracking
The war that led to the breakup of Yugoslavia is an example of?
Balkanization
During the Berlin conference, colonial powers drew arbitrary straight lines to establish boundaries in Africa. What type of boundary is this?
Geometric boundaries
China built islands in an effort to expand its 200-mile zone in the South China Sea. What is this area called?
EEZ
Exclusive Economic Zone
States with more than one ethnic group. It may be problematic, especially if the areas are culturally or religiously diverse.
What are multination states?
Ten countries from SE Asia, looking to advance economic growth, peace, and social progress. Headquartered in Jakarta.
ASEAN
Devolution tends to be more likely and more easily implemented in this form of government.
Federal
When the party in power dilutes a minority populated district with majority populations.
Stacking
A policy of extending a country's power and influence (including borders) through diplomacy or military force.
What is imperialism?
The former international border between East Germany and West Germany is what kind of boundary?
Relic
Median line principle
nation state
A group of primarily Middle Eastern Countries that control prices over a main export.
What is OPEC?
A shift from a federal to unitary style of government will threaten what at the subnational level?
sovereignty
Gerrymandering can result in the reduction of minority representation. In 2013, the Supreme Court ruled that a law to remedy this possible racial disparity had worked. What is the law?
Voting Rights Act of 1965