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geopolitics Flashcards

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What is UNCLOS?

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United Nations Conventions Law of the Sea

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What are territorial waters?

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12 nautical miles out
laws regulating the passage of other ships (cargo ships good, non cargo ships bad)

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What is a contiguous zone?

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12-14 nautical miles
costoms, immigration, sanitation, and taxation

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What is an exclusive economic zone?

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200 nautical miles
rights to resources, exploring, and extracting minerals

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What are high seas?

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beyong EEZ, UN managed

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What are donut holes?

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areas between EEZs

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What is an exclave?

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surrounded territory (vatican city)

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What is an enclave?

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a country between two parts of another (alaska)

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What is a confederation?

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a weak/loose organization of states agree to follow one large power (soviet union)

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What are the three types of gerrymandering?

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wasted vote (cracking), excess vote (packing), stacked votes

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What is the difference between hijacking and kidnapping?

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hijacking: redrawing districts so two candidates from the same party run against each other
kidnapping: moving an area where elected representative to an area where they dont have support

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What is devolution?

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movement of power from central governments within a state or seperation of a state

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What is a frontier?

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a zone where no territory exercises complete political control

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What are main issues with the boundaries in Cyprus

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consequential boundary by UN, green line separates the Greeks and Turkish

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What are the four steps of making a boundary and explain

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  1. define (decide)
  2. delimit (map)
  3. demarcate (mark)
  4. administrate (overlook)
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What is a definitional/positional boundary dispute?

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descriptions/ definition of a boundary

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What is a territorial/locational boundary dispute?

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physical border dispute

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What is the organic theory?

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states are like living organisms (feed off other states to survive)

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What is the heartland theory?

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greatest power controls the most land

20
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What is the rimland theory?

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control the land around the heartland to gain power

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