problems of defining states Flashcards

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1
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from 1940-2009 what happened to the # of countries

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increase from 50 - 192

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state

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area organized into a political unit and ruled by and established government that has controil o ver its internal and foreign affairs

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occupies a defined territory on eath and contains pernament population

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state

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sovereignty

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independence from control over its internal affairs from other states

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5
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dividing latitude of korea

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38 degrees north

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6
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are norht korea nad south korea seperated states

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they were entered in the UN as seperate states.

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china’s beliefs on taiwan

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they think taiwan is part of china and not sovereign

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why is taiwan and china split

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in 1949, nationalist leaders fled to taiwan to escape communists

they still claimed to be rulers of all china so they stayed and said that at least they’d rule taiwan

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most populaous state not in the UN

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taiwan

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10
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who claims western sahara?

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morocco mostly

spain and mauritania withdrew

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how does morocco prove it has control ove rwestern sahara

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built a wall around territory to keep out rebels

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is western sahara sovereign?

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RECOGNISED BY MOST AFRICAN ountries as independent sahawi republic

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13
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largest landmasses not part of a state

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antarctica

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states claiming antarctica

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argentina
australia
chile
france
new zealand
norway
UK
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US and russia on antarctica

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they dont recognize the claims of any country to antarctica

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16
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antarctic treaty

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1959 legal framework for managing antarctica

-states may establish research facilities but no military activities are permitted. 47 state signed it

17
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Arctic claims

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1982 UN convention on the law of the sea permit countries to make clims within the arctic circle by 2009

18
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why are there claims to the actic

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thought to be righ in energy reources