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True or False: There is no international rule mandating us to provide constitutional provisions on national territory.

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True

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Word derivation of archipelago

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Greek word Pelagos, meaning sea

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A sea or part of a sea studded with islands

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Archipelago

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Archipelago is synonymous to?

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Island groups or a large group of islands in an extensive water body

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True or False: The Philippine archipelago is geographically considered as many units.

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False, only one unit

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True or False: The Philippines’ waters around, between, and connecting the islands of the archipelago regardless of their breadth and dimensions form the internal waters of the state subject to its exclusive sovereignty.

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True

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The portion of earth occupied and inhabited by people

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Territory

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True or False: A territory must be permanent and specific in its dimension.

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True

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What organization was created to define the rights and responsibilities of countries over territories?

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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)

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3 components of territory

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  1. Aerial Domain
  2. Terrestrial Domain
  3. Fluvial and Maritime Domain
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The air space above land and water

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Aerial Domain

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The fixed portion of land over which the state’s jurisdiction extends

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Terrestrial Domain

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Refers to water bodies within, between, and around the land

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Fluvial and Maritime Domain

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True or False: Sovereignty is limited authority.

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False, Sovereign rights

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True or False: Sovereignty is supreme authority.

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True

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True or False: Sovereign rights is supreme authority.

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False, Sovereignty

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True or False: Sovereign rights is limited authority.

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True

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True or False: Areas in which the Philippines has sovereignty and sovereign rights are drawn using imaginary lines.

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True

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These define the country’s internal waters

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Baseline

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Imaginary lines serving as the basis of measuring maritime zones by which a state has sovereignty or sovereign rights

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Baseline

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Baselines that follow the curves of coasts

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Normal Baselines

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Baselines that are straight lines connecting the outermost points on the coasts

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Straight Baselines

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An example of a country with normal baselines

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Australia

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An example of a country with straight baselines

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Philippines

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Baselines that apply on archipelagic states
Straight Baselines
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The waters around, between, and connecting the islands of the archipelago within the baselines
Internal Waters
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True or False: Internal waters are subject to exclusive sovereignty.
True
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True or False: Territorial sea is subject to exclusive sovereignty.
True
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The belt of the sea located between the coast and internal waters of the coastal state
Territorial Sea
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The high seas extending up to 12 nautical miles from the low water mark
Territorial Sea
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The high seas on the part of the territorial sea extends up to how many nautical miles?
12
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The contiguous zone extends up to how many nautical miles from the territorial sea?
12
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True or False: The contiguous zone is still part of the country’s territory.
False
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True or False: The coastal state may still exercise jurisdiction to prevent infringement of customs, fiscal immigration, or disobedience of any other laws in the contiguous zone.
True
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What does EEZ stand for?
Exclusive Economic Zone
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A body of water extending up to 200 nautical miles that the state may exercise sovereign rights over to explore, exploit, conserve, and manage natural resources
Exclusive Economic Zone
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The EEZ extends up to how many miles?
200
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The state in EEZ exercises jurisdiction with regard to the following:
1. The establishment and use of artificial islands, installations, and structures 2. Marine scientific research 3. The protection and preservation of marine environment
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Also called the “marginal sea”
Territorial Sea
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Also called the “marginal belt”
Territorial Sea
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Also called the “marine belt”
Territorial Sea
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Synonyms of territorial sea
Marginal sea, marginal belt, marine belt
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The land that holds the sea lying beyond the seashore, which also includes mineral and natural resources
Seabed
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Synonym for seabed
Seafloor, sea bottom
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The submerged portions of a continent or offshore island
Continenta or Insular Shelf
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Synonym for continenta
Insular Shelf
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They slope gently seaward from the low waterline to a point where a substantial break in grade occurs
Continenta or Insular Shelf
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All areas under the territorial sea
Other Submarine Areas
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Terms for other submarine areas
Seamount, trough, trench, basin, deep, bank, shoal, reef
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What is the Right to Innocent Passage?
Foreign vessels can pass through territorial waters but with subjected restrictions.
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The part of the South China Sea that is closest and of most vital interest to the Philippines
West Philippine Sea
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When did President Benigno Aquino III issue an AO for the WPS?
September 5, 2012
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On September 5, 2012, what did President Benigno Aquino III issue?
Administrative Order No. 29, Section 1
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What does AO No. 29, Section 1 state?
Maritime areas on the western side of the Philippine archipelago are hereby named as the WPS
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What maritime areas are included in the WPS?
Luzon Sea, Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) waters, and Bajo de Masinloc (AKA Scarborough Shoal)
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A much broader expanse of water, also considered a semi-enclosed sea
South China Sea
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Who bounds the South China Sea in the North?
China and Taiwan
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Who bounds the South China Sea in the East?
Philippines
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Who bounds the South China Sea in the West and South?
Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Brunei
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Who abut the South China Sea?
The Gulf of Tonkin, The Gulf of Thailand
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A group of over fifty features and their surrounding waters that belong to the Philippines
Kalayaan Island Group (KIG)
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Where is the Kalayaan Island Group located in internationally?
Spratly Islands
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True or False: KIG is not the same as the Spratly Islands.
True
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The KIG was formally incorporated as a municipality of what province and when?
Of the Palawan Province in 1978 during the Marcos adminstration through presidential decree no. 1596
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A large coral reef lying off the coast of the province of Zambales
Bajo de Masinloc
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Bajo de Masinloc is a large coral reef lying off the coast of what province?
Zambales
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What municipality is nearest to Bajo de Masinloc?
Municipality of Palauig
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Since when has Bajo de Masinloc been considered a part of the Philippines?
Spanish colonial times
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An area of fishing, navigation, and other activities by Filipino residents
Bajo de Masinloc
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True or False: Bajo de Masinloc is uninhabited.
True

POLGOV 2ND QUARTER (4 decks)

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