Divdes the power between the central government and the sub-units.
What is federal system?
100
Territories of individual states are seperated by _______.
What is International boundaries?
200
NAFTA
What is North American Free Trade Agreement?
200
Forces within the state that unify people.
Forces the divide them.
What is centripetal and centrifugal?
200
The movement of power from the central government to regional governments within the state.
What is Devolution?
200
"Natural" boundaries. Agreed upon feature in the physical landscape such as a mountain range.
What is Physical boundary?
300
1. The world economy has one market and a global division of labor.
2. Although the world has multiple states, almost everything takes place within the context of the world economy.
3. The world economy has a three-tier structure.
What is Wallerstein's World System Theory
300
A _____ does not have a strong sense of nationalism.
What is a State?
300
redistricting for advantage.
What is gerrymandering?
300
The U.S. and Canada use a single line of latitude west of the Great Lakes to define their boundaries. This is an example of ______.
What is Geometric boundary?
400
Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland
Who rules the Heartland commands the World Island
Who rules the World Island commands the World.
Who came up with the Heartland Theory?
Who is Sir Halford J. Mackinder?
400
Some nations do not have a state. These are called stateless nations. An example of a stateless nation is
What is Palestinians, Kurdistan, or Tibet?
400
Before WWII, most European governments were highly centralized, with the capital city serving as the focus of power, which is also known as a _______.
What is unitary government?
400
List the three Ds of establishing boundaries.
What is Define, Delimit, and demarcate?
500
The type of boundaries that define a state. (5)
What is Elongated, Compact, Porrupted, Fragmented, and Perforated?
500
The study of how the spatial configeration of electoral distircts and voting patterns reflect and influence social and political affairs.
What is Electoral Geography?
500
Name two of the boundary disputes.
What is Definional, Locational, Operational, or Allocational boundary disputes?