Political Open Notes Quiz

List the 4 characteristics of a state

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

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

The BEST example of nation-state is ____

Name the TWO examples of stateless nations

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

_______ boundaries are drawn on a map

______ boundaries are established by a legal document

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

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

_______ boundaries are straight lines drawn by people

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

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

The Berlin Wall is an example of a _____ boundary.

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

_______ boundary disputes are disagreements on how to interpret legal documents

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

______ boundary disputes involve a discrepancy about how the boundary functions

_____ 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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Name a state shapes associated with spatial devolutionary forces

What state shape is most associated with nation-state?

_____ is perforated by Lesotho

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

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

________ (ASEAN) is an economic supranational organization

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

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

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

The ______ in Spain are an example of economic devolution

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

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

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

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