Governments and control
Vocab
Cold War
Boundary examples
Random
100
A country in which citizens elect leaders and can run for office.
Democracy
100
A piece of a country split off from its territory by another country, such as Alaska from the US.
exclave
100
These were the two superpowers and major players in the Cold War
The US and the USSR
100
The UNCLOS dictates that a country's sovereignty ends at this distance from its coasts.
12 miles (nautical)
100
The Strait of Hormuz, the Suez Canal, and the Bab el Mandeb Strait in the picture are all examples of this geographic feature, the name of which indicates having a stranglehold on world trade.
Chokepoint
200
An attempt to establish control of territory by sending settlers.
colonization / colonialism
200
A state that contains more than one group of people with a history of governing themselves
Multinational state
200
This was what ended the Cold War
The fall of the USSR
200
Most of the boundaries of Africa due to the Berlin Conference
superimposed
200
OPEC controls what aspect of world trade?
Petroleum
300
A culture group spread across multiple countries
Multi-state nation
300
A type of government in which central and local governments share power.
federal
300
The fear that if one nation became communist then the next one would too.
Domino theory
300
The area ending at 200 nautical miles from a country's coast in which only that country can access the resources of the sea.
UNCLOS Exclusive Economic Zone
300
The Spanish and French governments largely allow the Basque people to do their own thing, meaning the governments give the Basque people at least some of this.
autonomy
400
A country that is run according to the interests of the ruler rather than the people.
Autocracy
400
Modern attempts to control foreign territories through economic force or other, usually non-military means.
Neocolonialism
400
Vietnam and Korea were both identified as this type of weakness in the American strategy during the Cold War.
shatterbelt
400
The boundary between the North and South in the US today
relic (relict)
400
"Packing" and "cracking" are the two main ways that redistricting can be purposely in this corruption of US democracy.
gerrymandering
500
Why would a government use devolution?
often in an attempt to keep the territory together, keep its people happy, appease a different culture group in its territory, etc.
500
The concept of self determination can lead to irredentism and end when a country does this.
Balkanization
500
The strategy of the US and its allies to make sure communism did not spread was based on this theory about dominance of resources
Rimland
500
The Pyrenes Mountains between France and Spain, or the 49th parallel between Washington and British Columbia
antecedent
500
Identify and be ready to explain if needed one specific centripetal force in a country.
unitary government, nationalism, national symbols/events/sports, etc.