The type of state that is small and roundish in shape.
What is a compact state?
100
When there is no government.
What is anarchy?
100
Defined as a sense of belonging, loyalty & pride to a nation.
What is nationalism?
100
The name of the conflict between U.S. and the U.S.S.R. that ended in 1991.
What is the Cold War?
100
Boundaries that follow permanent landscape features that are difficult to cross such as mountains, deserts, lakes & rivers.
What are natural boundaries?
200
A state that suffers from poor internal communication and defending borders and with the shape of Italy or Chile
What is an elongated state?
200
List the two types of monarchies.
What are absolute/unlimited and constitutional/limited monarchy?
200
Defined as a political system involving people that carry out the ruling authority over a political unit.
What is government?
200
The currency adopted by the majority of E.U. members.
What is the Euro?
200
Boundaries based on culture traits. Ex. Portugal & Spain: different language.
What are cultural boundaries?
300
A state with a broken up landscape leading to difficulties with transportation and communication.
What is a fragmented state?
300
The specific type of government that we have in the United States.
What is a representative democracy/republic?
300
Defined as a group of people who share similar traditions, history,& language, who occupy a definite territory, and who are united under one government.
What is nation-state?
300
The political ideology that the Soviet Union followed.
What is communism?
300
The number of countries in the E.U.
What is 27?
400
A state that completely surrounds another state, like South Africa around Lesotho.
What is a perforated state?
400
A loose alliance of smaller governments under 1 larger government.
What is a confederacy?
400
Defined as the study of foreign policies & relationships between countries. Due to globalization, very few nations remain isolated.
What is international relations?
400
Undeveloped and unaligned countries were labeled as this type of country, based on economic divisions, during the Cold War.
What is a 3rd World Country?
400
Boundaries made up of straight lines and rectangles. Ex. Majority of U.S.-Canadian border.
What are geometric boundaries?
500
A state that has a long extention, like Mozambique or Thailand.
What is a prorupt state?
500
A government whose leader is the leader of the majority political party and stays in power as long as his/her party does.
What is a parlimentary government?
500
Defined as economic restrictions on imports and exports.
What is a tariff?
500
Name of the alliance that the United States helped create during the Cold War for democratic countries and is still around today.
What is NATO?
500
List the 5 causes of conflict.
What are nationalism, culture, political differences, economic restrictions, and terrorism?