Boundaries
A stateless nation that extends over 6 states in the Middle East.
Kurds
The effort by one country to establish settlements in a territory and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles on that territory
colonialism
The fence along the border of The U.S. and Mexico is an example of what type of boundary?
Demarcated
This organization was formed to counter the threat of Soviet Eastern Europe.
NATO
Which ethnic group were targeted in the Rwandan Genocide?
Tutsi
The borders of many countries in the Middle East were drawn by European powers after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in WWI, these borders would best be described as...
Superimposed
The imposition of the Superimposed boundaries onto the African continent by European powers in the late 1884-1885
Berlin Conference
The redrawing of legislative districts in the US to benefit the party in power.
Gerrymandering
This organization is focused on expanding the economic growth in Europe.
European Union
What is the former/current government of Afghanistan in which the U.S. fought a war from 2001-2021
Taliban
A place of physical congestion between wider regions of movement and interaction.
Choke point
What was the main centrifugal force between India and Pakistan in the 1940s?
Religious difference (Hinduism and Islam)
The idea that Germany should annex any land in Europe with German speakers.
irredentism
This organization focuses on controlling the production of oil to keep prices high.
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
This was a series of anti-government protests, uprisings and armed rebellions that spread across much of North Africa and The Middle East mainly through the use of Social Media.
The Arab Spring
The boundary between East and West Berlin which no longer exists in physical or political form can still be seen in certain ways which reflects what type of boundary?
Relic Boundary.
In what region did Serbs, Croatians, Bosnians and others fight a series of wars in the 1990's?
Balkans or Yugoslavia
Enclave
What was the name of the former military supranational organization made up mainly of communist countries in Eastern Europe?
Warsaw pact
What region of Spain that borders the Mediterranean tried to hold a referendum on succession in 2017?
Catalonia
The border between the US and Canada along the 49th parallel is best described as both geometric because its a straight line and _________________ because it was drawn before settlements were established.
antecedent
What are the three cultural groups found in Iraq?
Sunni, Shia, Kurds
The Treaty of Versailles in 1919 resulted in the splitting up of these two empires
Austria-Hungary and Ottoman Empire
The Nagorno-Karabakh region is a territorial and cultural dispute between what two UN countries?
Azerbaijan and Armenia
What region of Ukraine did Russia invade and annex in 2014?
Crimea