Boundaries
Areas of how votes are counted
Electoral Districts
State whose citizens are relatively homogeneous in factors such as language or common descent.
Nation-state
EU Stands for . . .
European Union
Name 3 of the 5 requirements for statehood.
Recognition from other states
Permanent Population
Sovereignty
Effective government and working economy
Territorial Boundaries
Define Devolution
Process in which a state break up, or regions within a gain political power from the central government
Allocational
The right of a state to govern and defend itself
Sovereignty
Organization of three of more states working together in pursuit of common goals
Supranational Organization
When three or more countries work together to achieve common goals while ceding some sovereignty.
Supranational Organization
Semi-Autonomous region in Canada
Nunavut
An example is the United States-Canada boundary
Geometrical Boundary
A country with various ethnicities and cultures living inside its borders
Multinational State
Country that recently left the EU
Britain/UK
- 12 nautical miles from the coastline
- Complete sovereignty over the water and airspace
- Permission of “innocent passage” of foreign ships
Territorial Seas
These are the forces that cause division in states and can lead to devolution.
Centrifugal Forces
Laws separating different races into different geographic areas in South Africa
Apartheid
State with strong centralised government and a power concentration in a national capital
Unitary State
Allows people to travel freely through the borders of the EU
Schengen Zone
European powers gathered to divide up the continent of Africa and establish borders.
Devolutionary Factor that relates to why Catalonia in Spain wants autonomy.
Economic and Social Problems
Type of boundary that was used to split up most of Africa and is a result of colonialism
Superimposed boundaries
State with a decentralised government and shared powers between national and local gov.
Federal state
Allows for free trade and market between countries of the EU
European Economic Area
Name two political events that shaped todays maps. (Changes in borders)
1884 - Berlin Conference - Borders of Africa superimposed
1920 - Treaty of Versailles, end of World War One. New countries in Europe, empires disassembled
1948 - Establishment of Israel, major conflicts in Middle East stem from this
1945-1991 - Decolonization and Independence Movements, new states throughout Asia, Africa, South America.
1991 - Dissolution of the Soviet Union, 15 new countries, irrendentism stemming from Russians
A majority ethnic group wants to claim territory from a neighboring state due to a shared culture with the people residing across the border.
Irredentism