Unit 8: Objectives

Question 1

Explain the structure of the contemporary political map.

Question 2

Explain the concept of a modern nation-state in Europe.

Question 3

Describe colonialism and imperialism led to the spread nationalism and influenced contemporary political boundaries.

Question 4

Evaluate the geopolitical forces that influence the contemporary political map.

Question 5

Explain how political power is expressed geographically as control over people, land, and resources.

Question 6

Evaluate the nature and function of international and internal boundaries.

Question 7

Analyze the spatial relationships between political systems and patterns of culture and economy.

Question 8

Compare and contrast forms of governance.

Question 9

Explain how the political, economic, cultural, and technological elements of globalization challenge state sovereignty.

Question 10

Apply concepts of centrifugal and centripetal forces at the national scale.