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Organization of States
Geopolitics
Nations and States
Sealand
Vocab. and Quick Facts
100
Forces that unite a nation
What are centripetal forces
100
Three ro more countries that form an alliance for political, economic, or military reasons
What are supranational organizations
100
the study of the poilitical organization of the planet
What is political geography
100
An abandoned WWII anti-aircraft platform seven miles off the English coast
What is Sealand?
100
Legally, a term encompassing all citizens of a state
What is a nation?
200
Redistricting for advantage
What is gerrymandering
200
Supranational Organization in which Saudi Arabia, Libya, and Venezuala are members.
What is OPEC
200
Control
What is sovereignty
200
The man that founded Sealand
Who is Paddy Roy Bates?
200
A state with more than one nation within its borders
What is a multinational state?
300
Movement of power from the central government to regional governments
What is Devolution
300
Theory stating that the country that rules Eurasia rules the world.
What is heartland theory
300
people in a particular area that share a common background, ethnicity, or culture
What is a nation
300
The type of government Sealand has
What is Sovereignty
300
Forces that devide a country
What is a centrifugal force
400
An otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension
What are prorupted states
400
He theorized that the state is like a living organism and needss to expand in order to survive.
Who is Ratzel?
400
Divided Africa among European Nations
What was the Berlin Conference
400
The name of the tower on Sealand
What is Rough's Tower?
400
A country lying between two rival or potentially hostile greater powers
What is a buffer state?
500
States that have several discontinuous pieces of territory
What are fragmented states
500
Supranational organization formed after WWII
What is United Nations
500
A disagreement on how the border will operate
What is an operational dispute
500
The corporation that gave Bates money to stock-lease the tower
What is HavenCo?
500
A system where a country is subject to the authority of a central government in a matter that affects the country as a whole
What are federal systems