Chapter 8 Mc Flashcards
Nation is a
Group of people who feel culturally connected and share and identity
Nation state is
A political unit that co insides with an area occupied by certain culture group
Russia consist of how much of the world
11%
Taiwan is not part of which super nationalism group
UN
Size of Germany sank after what war and to who
After ww2 and parts of east Germany went to Poland
Compact states have the best
Communication an morphology
EU and NAFTA and OPEC are examples of
Economic unions
Which states make the us fragmented
Alaska and Hawaii
There was and increase of what after Cold War
Economic groups
Cypress has what two nation groups?
Turkey and Greeks who have split the country into two
The most common government type
Unitary government
Then us has what govt
Federal govt
Physical barriers include
Mountains
Desserts
Body of water
Culture barriers include
Linguistics
Ethnics
Geometry
Italy has what morphology
Fragmentation
Prorupted
Perforated
In post ww1 boundaries in Europe where
Linguistic boundary
Chile
Norway
Italy
Have what morphology
They are elongated
Sovereignty
State controls its own affairs
Puerto Rico is the most populated
Colony
Frontier is
Undefined boundaries: areas where no state exercises complete control
Antarctica
Kurds are a
Nation without a state
A state is a
Political unit that has territory, population, sovereign govt and legal recognition by other countries
More states are moving to
Federalism
European countries that are neutral and not in NATO are
Sweden Finland Austria Switzerland Ireland
European states not in EU
Norway
Switzerland
Ireland
Drawing of new districts is called —– and when it is used to advantage it’s called ——
Redistricting and gerrymandering
Centripetal force is
A factor that unites a country and increases the viability of the state
Centrifugal force is
A factor the seperates a country and decrease the viability of the state
What are some landlocked states
Ethiopia South Sudan San Marino Chad Niger Rwanda
Indonesia is very
Fragmented
Us has formal relations with China
True or false
True
Us and taiwan relations are
Informal
Yugoslavia split into 7 states based on ethnics what are the states
Yugoslavia Slovenia Croatia Bosnia Kosovo Montenegro Macodonia
When did Canada create Nunavut to appease the Inuits
1997
The is and Canada border geometry is
49 degrees north and it has language and water boundaries
Arab league and the un are
Political super nationalism
Society invaded what countries
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Afghanistan
Compact states inlcude
Rwanda San Marino Switzerland Zimbabwe Botswana Uruguay
Multi ethnic states include
Us and Canada
Best nation state probably
Denmark
France had more colonies than Britain
Tru
Or false
True
Colonialism is when
A state has political control of another territory
States the witnesses devolution
Poland France Canada Yugoslavia
What are some examples of exclaves in Russia and the us
Kallingrad and Alaska
Afghanistan is a what state
Prorupted
Development of state concept came from
Ancient state City state Sumer Greeks Roman Empire
Largest states
Russia Canada Us China Brazil Australia
Smalles state is
Monaco
Reason for colonilism
Promote Christianity get resources and power
State boundary
Compact
Efficiency of communication but no guarantee
State boundary
Prorupted
Country characterized by projecting extension
State boundary
Elongated
Potential isolation, difficult in communication an addministeation
State boundary
Fragmented
Potential of isolation (pieces of country not connected to whole)
State boundary
Perforated
State that entirely surrounds another state
State boundary
Landlocked
States that are not connected to the sea, face problems with export and import and no maritime trade
Law of sea 1983
State territory extend outward 12 nuatical miles from coast line
State economic zone extends 200 nuatical miles from coastline
To be considered a state you need
Land/territory
A population
Govt that exercise sovereignty
Legal recognition by other states
