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Key Concepts~Misc.
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The type of state in which communications are easily established and people are united.
What is a compact state?
100
Explain the difference between physical and cultural boundaries.
Physical boundaries: coincide with significant features of the natural landscape. Cultural boundaries: follow the distribution of cultural characteristics.
100
Two examples of political cooperation.
What are the UN, EU
100
What is Manifest Density and how did affect the US?
The belief that the USA should expand west to increase its sphere of influence. Added the entire western United States
100
Use colonialism and imperialism to explain the status of Africa in the World.
European exploitation and careless drawing of state lines caused ethnic conflict.
200
This type of state is discontinuous over territory, give an example.
What is a fragmented state? Ex. Russia, Indonesia, India, Panama.
200
Examples of nations without states (at least 2).
What are Palestine, Hmong, and Kurdistan?
200
Explain Supranationalism.
The transcending established national boundaries or spheres of interest.
200
Compare and contrast unitary and federal states.
Unitary: Places most power in the hands of central government officials Federal: Allocates strong power to units of local government within the country
200
Explain the effect the domino theory had during the Cold War.
US involvement in several wars as an attempt to stop the spread of communism.
300
The characteristics of prorupted states.
What is a protrusion that helps to provide water, divides two states, provides resources to a country.
300
Types of boundaries that are forcibly drawn across a unified state.
What are superimposed boundaries?
300
Define and give examples of devolution.
The release of power by the central government to the different regions of the country. What is the breakup of the USSR?
300
What is the purpose of BLM land in the United States
Allocates land for public use.
300
Three examples of disputed boundaries.
Iraq Rwanda Sudan
400
The difference between an exclave and an enclave. Give an example.
What is an area separated from its state by another state (Kaliningrad), an are entirely enclosed by another state (Lesotho)
400
Give an example of an antecedent boundary.
What is: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.
400
What are NATO and NAFTA. Explain their purpose.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization: a military alliance that fought against the USSR during the cold war. North American Free Trade Agreement: removed most trade barriers between the US, Canada, and Mexico.
400
The reason why many states have adopted federal form.
To encourage the increase of authority in smaller local governments within the country.
400
Define gerrymandering.
The illegal redrawing of political boundaries for political gain by a political power.
500
Compare and contrast perforated states, elongated states, and landlocked states. Give examples.
Perforated state: a state that completely surrounds another. Ex. Italy, South Africa Elongated state: states with a long and narrow shape. Ex. Chile Landlocked states: a state with no access to an ocean. Ex. Mongolia
500
The definition of a relic boundary and an example.
A border that has ceased to function. Ex: 38th parallel
500
Explain the use of free trade zone in China during the 1990s and their effect on the economy.
Led to a rapidly augmenting economy with an increasing foothold in the world economy.
500
List all types of physical and cultural boundaries.
Mountain, desert, water, geometric, religious, language.
500
Give two examples of terrorism, explain the reasons behind it, and the difficulties fighting it.
Hostage Taking, Suicide bombing. A marginalized group facing desperation/lack of economic opportunity attempts to achieve a goal. Non-state groups in various countries. Ideology/belief in a cause.