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Border Wars
Types of Boundaries
The Changing World Map
Types of States
Supranational Organizations
100
Arise when neighboring states cannot agree on policies that apply in a border area
What are functional/operational disputes?
100
Marks limits of governmental control. The most famous is the Great Wall of China.
What are walls?
100

What term describes the willingness of a person or group to defend the space that they claim?



What is Territoriality?

100

What kind of state has a central government that holds all the power?

What is a Unitary State?

100
Formed in the 1940s with 14 European members, the U.S., and Canada. Was designed to balance the power in Europe. Also effects trade.
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?
200
Boundary dispute over the ownership of a region, usually around mutual borders
What is a territorial dispute?
200
Countries divided into sections. Ex. 50 states in the US, the provinces in Canada
What are internal boundaries?
200

Which of these states never had a significant colonial presence in Africa?

France, Portugal, China, Spain, Russia



What is China?

200
A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality
What is a nation-state?
200

An Asian organization created to emphasize the promotion of economic growth, social progress, and peace throughout the region

What is ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations)?

300
Involves natural resources, such as mineral deposits, fertile farmland, or rich fishing groups that lie in border areas. Occurs over mostly oil and water
What is a resource/allocational dispute?
300
The boundaries between some states are set by ethnic differences, especially those based on language and/or religion.
What are consequent/cultural boundaries
300

What event led to the drawing of political boundaries in Africa that largely still exist today?

What is The Berlin Conference?

300
A people without a state
What is a stateless nation?
300

Organization within Europe that has promoted political and economic alliance to promote regional peace and growth

What is EU (European Union)?

400
States argue about where the border actually is
What are positional/definitional disputes?
400
Straight, imaginary lines that generally have good reasons behind their creation. Ex. Vietnam- to separate the North & South
What are geometric boundaries?
400

What new state was formed during the Partition of India in 1947?



What is Pakistan?

400

What style of government is best suited to states with homogenous populations?

What is Unitary?

400
Only 49 nation-states signed the original charter of this organization, but because of many new nations have been created since then it has grown to 193 members by 2012. Lasted for more than 65 years.
What is the United Nations?
500
A policy of extending a country's power and influence (including borders) through diplomacy or military force. Ex. World War I
What is imperialism?
500
Are easy to see, both in reality and on maps, so they often make good boundaries. Ex. Mountains, deserts, bodies of water
What is a physical boundary?
500

When the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, how many independent states emerged?



What is 15?

500

Have civil liberties, such as freedom of belief, speech, and assembly; Rule of law that provides for equal treatment of citizens and due process; Neutrality of the judiciary and other checks on the abuse of power; Open civil society that allows citizens to lead private lives and mass media to operate independently from the government; Civilian control of the military that restricts the likelihood of the military seizing control of the government. These are the characteristics of a?

What is are the characteristics of a democratic state?

500
Founded to promote interests and sovereignty of countries in the Middle East
What is the Arab League?