Political Geography
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4.1-4.6
1.1
estimating number of sovereign states complicated- 8
state is a synonym for country- political unit with control over internal and external affairs.
those states are- north and south korea, china and taiwan, senkaku islands, sahrawi republic
nearly every state is a member of the United Nations
western sahara is claimed by morocco which controls most of the territory. The polisario front controls the far eastern portion, behind a sand berm built by the Moroccan government
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2.1-2.4
NAtion state-ethnicity with sovereign territory
ancient states- fertile crescent city-states
Medieval states- European realms
Twentieth-century Europe- boundaries matched to ethnicities.
the roman empire represented a unified political body over many disparate ethnicities.
after the fall of the roman empire, europe had many small political units.
Smaller political units became part of larger empires by 1800
Self-determination- right for an ethnicity to govern itself
after world war 1, the victors redrew boundaries on the basis of language
multiethnic state- more than one ethnicity, shared nationality
multinational state- more than one ethnicity with histories of self-determination
africa has the most ethnically diverse states
multinational states like Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia eventually divided, and a largely german population divided between east and west germany was reunited
The former soviet union was multinational state with 15 republics that are now independent states.
Much of the world was in the colonial possession of European powers at the start of World War I
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cultural boundaries follow the distribution of cultural features
geometric boundaries go with human made boundaries
physical boundaries boundaries that physically separate something
The most fragile states are clustered in africa because of multiple cultures and fights for power
Iowas district boundaries are set by nonp
North carolina hsa many congressional
United nations- important forum of global cooperation, membership has grown dramatically, forum for united states and soviet union to negotiate during cold war.
cold war military alliances- North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Warsaw PAct
Cold war economic alliances- European Union, Council for mutal Economic Assistance
NATO and EU expanded after the Cold War
Organization for security and cooperation in Europe, Organization of American States, African Union, Commonwealth
Al Qaeda- founded by Osama Bin Laden, several attacks against U.S including 911
Islamic State- Branched from Al-Qaeda, controls territory in Iraq and Syria
Boko Haram- Northern nigeria, allied with Islamic state
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