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Statehood
Boundaries
Supranational organizations
General
Can you smell what the rock is cooking
100
What are three things a territory needs to be a state
1. Population 2. Territory: 3. Government: 4. Sovereignty: 5. International Recognition:
100
What boundary dispute focuses on the legal language of a boundary agreement
Definitional Boundary Dispute
100
What is the IMF and what do they do?
International Monetary Funds and gives loans to countries but with restrictions.
100
What is Gerrymandering
The redrawing of legislative boundaries entirely for electoral purposes, thereby benefiting the party in power
100
In this movie, The Rock, portrays an all-star quarterback
Game Plan
200
What is a multi-state nations and give one example
A state that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities (e.g. United Kingdom - Iraq - USA - India - S. Africa
200
Give two examples of physical political boundaries
Great lakes Rio Grande Pyrenees River Mississippi River
200
Name two supranational organizations that are economic in nature
IMF, World Bank, NAFTA, Association of Caribbean States
200
What is the Heartland Theory
A theory that suggests that whoever owns Eastern Europe and Western Asia has the political power and capital to rule the world
200
This movie franchise is moving "too fast" for the The Rock
Fast and Furious franchise
300
What is a stateless nation and give one example
A nation lacking a territory to call its own (e.g. Hmong, Kurd, Hawaiians
300
What type of boundary dispute is present between Israel and Palestine
Locational boundary dispute
300
What is the EU. Do they have any qualities that would qualify them as a state
European Union - Population, government, territory
300
What happened on in the world political system after WWII that weakened the heartland theory
The rise of the US as the hegemonic nation
300
The rock played football at "the U". What did he attend college?
Miami
400
What is the treaty of Westphalia
Peace negotiated in 1648 to end the Thirty Years' War, Europe's most destructive internal struggle over religion. The treaties contained new language recognizing statehood and nationhood, clearly defined borders, and guarantees of security
400
Give two examples of resources that could cause allocational boundary disputes
Oil, Water, Food supply
400
What is Mercantilism?
The process in which a colonizing mother country receives raw materials from its colonies
400
What are the two "core" areas of the world
USA (North America) and Europe
400
Is this movie, the rock is really into dental hygeine
Toothfairy
500
How many UN states recognize Palestine as a state (needs to be within five)
135
500
What is the German school of Geopolitics (Friedrich Ratzl)
That states are living being and need nourishment through acquisition
500
What were the two political and military supranational organizations that were developed after WWII and as part of the Cold War
NATO and Warsawpact
500
What is Devolution?
the process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy at the expense of the central government
500
In this movie, based on a Jules Verne novel, the Rock plays a step dad trying to earns his son's respect
Mysterious Island