In Bounds
This nationwide population count occurs every ten years and is used to keep congressional districts roughly equal in size and ensure fair representation.
What is the Census
This governing system divides power between a national government and regional governments, giving both levels certain responsibilities and authority.
What is Federalism?
This political process occurs when a central government transfers power or authority to regional or local governments within a state.
What is devolution?
This type of political or economic institution involves three or more states cooperating for shared administrative, economic, or security goals beyond the authority of any single member state.
What is a supranational organization?
These forces unify people within a state by promoting cooperation, loyalty, cultural cohesion, or strong national identity.
This legislative body assigns voting districts based on population, meaning states with more residents receive more seats than smaller states.
This governing system centralizes most political power within a national government, though in large or culturally diverse countries it can create centrifugal pressures.
What is a Unitary State?
This movement occurs when a cultural group seeks greater autonomy or full independence, such as Catalonia’s attempt to separate from Spain due to linguistic and historical differences.
What is separatism?
This military alliance formed after World War II commits member states to mutual defense if one is attacked and remains central to European and North Atlantic security today.
What is NATO?
These forces weaken a state by dividing the population, and can include factors such as language diversity, which makes communication and political unity more difficult.
What is a Centrifugal Force?
This controversial process intentionally redraws voting district boundaries to benefit a political party or group, often changing electoral outcomes.
What is Gerrymandering?
Federal systems are more common in larger states that have multiple cultural or linguistic groups spread across different regions, making them more likely to be described with this demographic term.
What is ethnically diverse?
This political trend increases citizen participation through free elections or public control of spaces such as social media, but can threaten state sovereignty when groups challenge centralized authority, demand autonomy, or push for political reforms.
What is democratization?
This economic and security organization promotes cooperation among Southeast Asian states and helps maintain stability in the South China Sea while resisting increasing Chinese influence.
The European Union encourage the economic integration and growth of member states through these two centripetal forces
What are open borders and a common currency?
This process redistributes the number of seats each state receives in the House of Representatives after the Census, reflecting population shifts between regions.
What is Reapportionment?
The African Union would be best described as a confederation because the individual member states retain this.
What is sovereignty?
When devolution escalates and regional groups gain enough autonomy or separation, the outcome can be this process, where a state breaks apart into independent units.
What is disintegration?
OPEC exerts global geopolitical influence because it collectively controls the production and pricing of this valuable energy resource.
What is Petroleum?
This political identity can unify people by encouraging pride in shared culture and history but can also divide states when minority groups mobilize to seek autonomy or independence.
What is nationalism?
This strategic gerrymandering tactic splits a concentration of opposing voters across multiple districts to dilute or spread their influence.
What is Cracking?
This type of governing system is common in middle eastern states and uses religious authority as its basis for legitimacy, enforcing laws and political decisions according to spiritual doctrine rather than secular principles.
What is a theocracy?
This French-speaking cultural group in Canada has repeatedly sought greater political autonomy and, at times, full independence from Canada based on distinct language and cultural identity.
Who are the Quebecois?
These states hold significant geopolitical power due to their permanent status and veto power in the United Nations Security Council
(Extra points if you can name all of them)
Who are the Power Five Countries?
China, France, Russia, USA, United Kingdom
This process occurs when a state breaks apart into smaller, hostile political units along ethnic or religious lines, as seen in the fragmentation of Yugoslavia.
What is Balkanization?