Devolution of States
Political Hodgepodge
Types of Boundaries
Types of States
Supranational Organizations
100

Indonesia, Kurds, and India are all examples of which factor that leads to the devolution of states.

What is physical geography

100

Done every 10 years to compile data and reconfigure voting districts. 

What is the census?

100
Former state boundaries that still have political or cultural meaning.
What is a relic boundary?
100
A single culture under a single government.
What is a nation-state?
100

The currency used in many EU countries.

What is the Euro?

200

People of a particular ethnicity in a multinational state identify more strongly with their ethnic group than as citizens of the state.

What is ethnic separatism 

200

Characteristics that unify a country and provide stability.

What are centripetal forces?

200
Lines resulting from conflict or cultural changes, such as war or migration.
What is a subsequent boundary?
200
A population with a single culture.
What is a nation?
200

What NATO stands for.

What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?

300

State governments attack an ethnic group in an attempt to try to eliminate them through expulsion, imprisonment, or mass murder.

What is ethnic cleansing

300

Set of UN laws establishing states’ rights and responsibilities concerning the ownership and use of the Earth’s waters and their resources

What is the Law of the Sea?

300
Boundary lines that exist from prehistoric times.
What is an antecedent boundary?
300

A population, under a single government that controls internal and external affairs.

What is a state?

300

Purpose of Supranational Organizations 

What is to cooperate on international issues

400

Forces or attitudes that tend to divide a state.

What is centrifugal forces

400

Power that is divided amongst local and regional governments under this system. 

What is a federal state?

400
Lines laid down for political reasons overtop cultural boundaries.
What is a superimposed boundary?
400
The Kurds and Basques are an example of this.
What is a stateless nation?
400

What does OPEC stand for

What is Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries?

500

A majority ethnic group wants to claim territory from a neighboring state due to a shared culture with the people residing across the border.

What is irredentism


500

Splitting of a state along ethnic divisions.

What is balkanization?

500

The "DMZ" along the 38th parallel is what type of boundary?

What is a geometric (fortified/militarized) boundary?

500

A State that contains more than one nation within its borders

Multinational State

500

Due to centrifugal forces, power is shifted from the central government or administration to regional authorities which are usually reflective of nations.

What is Devolution