Dividing lines ( political) Flashcards
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The Berlin Conference
Conference held in Berlin (1884-85) in which European powers divided control of Africa between themselves. Most contemporary African borders derive directly or indirectly from the conference.
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Sykes-Picot
Secret-ish 1916 agreement between the United Kingdom and France to divide a portion of the soon-to- be-defeated Ottoman Empire. While the agreement was related just to the areas shown on the right, the phrase “Sykes-Picot” is often used as shorthand for the general division of former Ottoman territories by European powers (including Russia) that resulted in many of the current borders in the Middle East, North Africa and Southeastern Europe.
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Yalta
Conference held in 1945 between the U.K., the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., as represented by three grumpy looking men, during which they agreed to divide the states of central and eastern Europe into Western and Soviet spheres of influence. The conference was held in the town of Yalta, on the Crimean Penninsula.
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Conceptual line demarcating the People’s Republic of China’s claims on the South China Sea.
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Durand Line (1893) Formed border between British Empire and Afghanistan. Created the Wakhan Corridor as a barrier between the Russian and British Empires. Also divided Pashtun and Baluch populations between Afghanistan and British India (now Pakistan).
McMahon Line (1914) Forms the de facto border between Tibet/China and eastern British India, now India. China maintains that the border is at the Inner Line (1873). Between the two claims is the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh which China refers to as South Tibet.
Radcliffe Lines (1947) Divided Punjab and Bengal into Muslim and Hindu majority areas which would separately join newly independent Pakistan or India.
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Papal Line of Demarcation
Line dividing the world into Spanish and Portuguese spheres of control as proclaimed by the Pope. For our purpuses, most important in the Americas as it parlty explains partly why Brazil speaks Portuguese and much of the rest of Latin America speaks Spanish.
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Monroe Doctrine
U.S. declaration that the Western Hemisphere is off limits to European powers. Made even more exciting by the Platt Amendment which was so interesting it was discussed in Fast Times at Ridgemont High .
