Topic 4.1-4.2
The Study of the Political Organization of the world, including the boundaries, and power relations between the states, the role of international organizations and the ways in which political processes and events shapes and are shaped by spaitial patterns.
IN OTHERWORDS how humans have organized earth’s surface into countries/alliances/governments
What is Political Geography?
State's power to control territory, shape international policy and other states foreign policy.
What is geopolitics?
This unit is the smallest internal political boundary
(hint, we just talked about this, AND it's in edpuzzles)
What is a school district?
Sections of the nation that have have a degree of independence and consists primarily of minority communities are called....
What are Autonomous regions?
The transfer of power from a central government to a lower level of government, such as a regional or local government.
What is Devolution
A country that contains more than one nation
What is a multinational state?
an imaginary line separating one political unit, such as a country or state, from another.
What is a Political Boundary (BORDER)
This type of border dispute
Occurs when two parties disagree over treaty interpretation.
Typically tied to antecedent boundaries
What is Definitional
The process of redistricting a voting district in a way to favor one political party over
What is Gerrymandering?
The idea of uniting people who share language or other cultural elements but are divided by national boundaries.
What is Irredentism?
The break-up of Africa, India and Southeast Asia from Imperialist grip.
What is decolonization?
This ancient wall can be seen from space and took 2500 years to build, and has been up from roughly 2000 years... it is the best known relic boundary
What is the Great Wall of China
These types of borders were drawn by outside powers - people living there had no choice.
During the 2012 election season North Carolina faced this type of Gerrymandering effect.
(I will show you a map)
What is packing a district?
If Centrifugal forces are aspects of a society that divides a group of people and pushes them away... what is the opposite called?
What are centripetal forces?
European states (and the U. S.) met together to divide Africa.
What is the Berlin Conference?
This German Geographer is who we get the word Geopolitics from. His ideology promoted: A land and sea power, Lebensraum (living space), Autarky (Economic self-sufficiency) and Organic State
This landlocked body of water was fought over 5 countries over to gain important economic resources such as caviar and oil.
What is the Caspian Sea?
(Again I will show the map)
What is Cracking a District?
The idea that the state ceases to exist in its current form and separates into two or more independent states.
What is Disintregration?
This country fell apart due to ethnic reasons (communism) and was very violent. This country is part of a geographical shatterbelt
What is Yugoslavia
A large strategically located area that is caught between or in two or more nations. They often are seen as an area of political unrest!
What is a Shatterbelt
North Korea and South Korea are known for their inability to get along, this type of border is a heavily guarded area that prevents crossing and the overall flow of people.
(IM NOT LOOKING FOR THE DMZ)
What is Militarized Border
NATO, CENTO, SEATO are all alliances created in response to the domino theory, they also happen to fall in line with this definition: An alliance which consists of multiple countries (3 or more) that work together to achieve common goals or address specific issues that impact countries....
What are Supranational Organizations?
A process through which a political regime becomes more democratic.
What is democratization?