Chapter 8 Key Issue 1 Flashcards
Country is a synonym to ______
State
State
An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs
Sovereignty
Independence from control of internal affairs by other states.
Korea is divided into ______ ______ and ______ ________.
North Korea
South Korea
Both North Korea and South Korea wanted to ______ into one ________ state.
Reunite
Sovereign
South Korea didn’t want to reunite with North Korea after they started _________________
Building nuclear weapons
Most people consider china and Taiwan ________ states.
Separate
China’s government says _________ Taiwan.
They control
Taiwans government says they are ________ from china.
Separate
The Western Sahara is considered a _______ by most African countries.
State
_________ claims the territory of the Western Sahara and has built ______ around it.
Morocco
Walls
Several states claim portions of the ______ _______
Polar regions
The arctic is thought to be rich in __________
Energy sources
Largest state?
Russia
Micro state
States with very small land area
Smallest microstate?
Monaco
Many microstates are _______.
Islands
City-state
A sovereign state that comprises a town and the surrounding countryside.
Colony
A territory legally tied to a sovereign state rather than being completely independent.
Colonialism
The effort by the country to establish settlements in a territory and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles on that territory.
European states controlled much of the world through colonialism to:
1
2
3
Promote Christianity
Extract useful resources and serve as captive markets for their products
Establish relative power though the number of their colonies.
Imperialism
Control of territory already occupied and organized by and indigenous society.
Europeans used imperialism in ____ and ______
Asia
Africa
Where are the few remaining colonies located?
Islands in the Pacific Ocean or Caribbean Sea.
