Unit 3 (8,9) Flashcards
Sovereignty
Independence from control of its internal affairs by other states
6 largest states
Russia canada usa china brazil austrailia
How many microstates are recognized
24
Ex of microstate
Andorra
When was UN est. by who
End of WW2 by victorious allies
Why did un grow in 1955
Bc of liberation of nazi germany during ww2
Why did un grow in 1960
Former british and french african countries joined
Why did un grow in 1990s
Breakup of soviet union/yugoslavia and admission of microstates
5 permanent member of security council of un
China france russia UK USA
State
Area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established govt that has control over its internal and foreign affairs
UN problems
Lacks troops
Maintaining neutrality
China vs Taiwan
Taiwan-nationalists
China-communists
Ancient state history
Fertile crescent in middle east-mesopotamia where first states developed
What kind of states were the first states to develop
City states: town and countryside around it
Where is fertile crescent
Persian gulf and mediteranian sea
Ex of medieval state
Roman empire
Self-determination
Concept that ethnicites have the right to govern themselves
Multinational state:
Country that contains more than one ethnicity with traditions of selfdetermination
Why denmark good ex of nation state
Bc majority of pop is danish and other ethnicitys are grouped on other islands
Other ethnicites of denmark
Faeroe islands: 21 islands speak fasroese
Greenland: mainly inuit they control most of own domestic affairs
Worlds largest islands
Greenland
How did communism suppress the issues of ethnicity and nationalism
Discouraged ethnicites from expressing cultural uniqueness and organized religion
What problems have rose from the fall of communism govts
Boundary problems between ethnicites that have their own nation states
States in Baltic Region
Estonia latvia lithuania