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Political Open Notes Quiz

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List the 4 characteristics of a state

Question 2

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China claims that ________ is a rebellious province of the mainland but is not independent

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A _____ is a group of people who are united by a shared culture, heritage, language and usually want to have an independent territory.

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The BEST example of nation-state is ____

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Name the TWO examples of stateless nations

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Koreans are an example of a _______ because Koreans live in North and South Korea

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__________ is a type of imperialism where people move into and settle on the land of another country.

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By the end of the 1800s, all of Europe turned to African and European leaders met at the _______________ (without any African leaders there) to divide up the continent

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After Europeans divided up Africa, only _______ and ______ remained independent

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During the Cold War, ______ wars were fought in Korea, Vietnam, and Afghanistan as the superpowers fought each other though the peoples of these countries

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In the 1990s, the Soviet Union collapsed, which led to the independence of ______ new countries in a single year.

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________ describes how geography affects politics and the relations between states.

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_______ boundaries are drawn on a map

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______ boundaries are established by a legal document

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_______ boundaries are identified by physical objects, like walls, signs, fences

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_______ boundaries are based on physical features, like rivers or mountains

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_______ boundaries are straight lines drawn by people

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______ boundaries are based on human traits or behaviors, and don’t have to be official borders

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_______ boundaries were drawn before the cultural landscape emerged and a large population was

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The Berlin Wall is an example of a _____ boundary.

Question 21

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________ boundaries are forced onto people by outside powers (Berlin Conference)

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_______ boundary disputes are disagreements on how to interpret legal documents

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Locational boundary disputes can lead to _____, which is a type of expansionism when one country annexes another because it has cultural ties to the population

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______ boundary disputes involve a discrepancy about how the boundary functions

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_____ boundary disputes involve natural resources.  Because boundaries create an invisible wall from land to sky, this also draws a line between any resources discovered underneath the land.

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According to the Law of the Sea, the _________ is up to 200 nautical miles to explore in and extract from

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Voting boundaries are set up based on population data from the _______

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The process of redistricting can lead to dramatic manipulations, the most well-known example of this is ________, which is when politicians use redistricting to cement their power.

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______ is when legislatures disperse a group into several districts in order to prevent a majority.

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______ combines similar voters into one district to prevent them from affecting another district

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______ is when redistricting moves a supported elected official to an area where they are no longer supported

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A ______ system is where power is shared between the central government and state or local governments

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A _____ system is where power is held primarily by the central government without much power given to local governments, like in France and China

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Name a state shapes associated with spatial devolutionary forces

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What state shape is most associated with nation-state?

Question 36

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_____ is perforated by Lesotho

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________ is associate with increased connection and interaction which has allowed ideas to spread fast and has decreased the importance of political borders

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_______ refers to 3 or more countries that have joined together for mutual benefit (to achieve economic, political, social goals)

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________ (ASEAN) is an economic supranational organization

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_________ companies span across countries, thus weakening state sovereignty. Examples include Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple

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________ is the transfer of power from the central government to local/regional governments

Question 42

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The _______ in Spain have a unique language/culture and desire to be independent from Spain

Question 43

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The ______ in Spain are an example of economic devolution

Question 44

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Belgium is split between the Flemish in the north and the _______ in the south

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__________ occurs when a state fragments into smaller, often hostile states based on language/ethnic lines.

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A _________ force unifies people within a sate (common language/external threat)

Question 47

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A _________ force divides people within a state (internal conflict/differing religion/language)

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