ap human unit 4-politics
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 state | a country |
| 5 requirements of state | defined boundaries, stable population, organizational structure/government, sovereignty, international recognition |
| nation | a tribe/ethnicity (group of people who share language, history, ethnicity, religion etc) |
| true | true or false: eu countries aren't really states because they don't control borders, money, or have independence (not much sovereignty) |
| false | kosovo is a state because it is internationally recognized |
| true | true or false: taiwan can't have an embassy in the U.S. |
| nixon | what president recognized the capital of China on mainland china and not taiwan |
| be close to soviet union | a U.S. president restored relations with china by dissing taiwan during the cold war because he wanted to (blank) |
| nation-state | a country with one ethnic group |
| iceland japan | name the best two examples of nation-states (abc order) |
| multi-nation state | one country with lots of tribes/ethnicities |
| multi-state nation | one tribe in multiple states |
| kurds | name the most talked about multi-state nation |
| stateless nation | tribe without a country (synonym of multi-state nation in most cases) |
| han | what is the largest nation in the world |
| multi-state nation | what does taiwan call china |
| nation-state | what does china consider itself |
| united states | what should the united nations be called really? |
| centriFUgal forces | what are forces that tear apart a group |
| centriFUgal | what kind of forces do multinational states face |
| centriFUgal | multiple languages and religions, shape of border, scarce unevenly distributed resources and arable land, a weak economy, ideological differences, history of violence between groups, the desire for a nation state, the death of a strong leader, and the type of government are all what kind of forces |
| extraterritoriality | having sovereignty of an area in another country, like an embassy |
| devolution | centriFUgal forces lead to (blank) |
| kashmir punjab | what are the two devolutionary areas in india (abc order) |
| basques catalonia corsica | what are the three devolutionary areas in france (abc order) |
| scotland oil | what is the devolutionary area in the UK. why? |
| basques | what is the devolutionary area in spain |
| quebec | what is the devolutionary area in canada |
| flanders wallonia | what are the two devolutionary areas in belgium (north then south) |
| centripetal force | what kind of force unifies |
| centripetal | similar language/religion/traditions, charismatic leader, abundance of resources, circular shape of border, similar ideology, strong economy, and an external threat are all examples of what force |
| hamlets | what is at the bottom of the urban hierarchy |
| supranational organizations | what is at the top of the urban hierarchy |
| 3 | how many countries must be in an organization for it to be supranational |
| neocolonialism | a new form of global power relationships that involves not direct political control but economic exploitation of the periphery by multinational corporations |
| urban hierarchy | what is the evolution of a state (hamlet,village,town, city state,empire, nation state, supranational organization) |
| cultural physical | what are the two types of boundaries (abc order) |
| physical | mountains, deserts, and water are what kind of boundary |
| geometric linguistic religious | what are the 3 types of cultural boundaries |
| extradition | if someone commits a crime in one country and goes to another, that country will send them back to be tried |
| false | state jurisdiction and resources exploitation extends beyond the boundaries |
| 3 | how many ways of marking boundaries are there |
| definition | marking a boundary by writing out the border in a paragraph(describing it) |
| delineation(delimitation) | marking a boundary by drawing it on a map |
| demarcation | marking a boundary with a physical structure, like building a fence/wall or cutting down trees |
| canada us | the longest undefended border is between which two countries (abc order) |
| compact | the boundary shape that is close to a circle/square |
| elongated | a thin and long boundary shape |
| prorupted | a compact boundary that reaches out to touch an area for a reason |
| historical or resources | two reasons for a prorupted border |
| fragmented | a boundary with parts of the country that aren't contiguous(not touching body) |
| perforated | a country's border that has another country inside |
| compact | what shape is uruguay |
| compact | what shape is nigeria |
| compact | what shape are most microstates |
| compact | what shape is belgium |
| compact | what shape is zimbabwe |
| elongated | what shape is chile |
| elongated | what shape is russia |
| elongated | what shape is argentina |
| prorupted | what shape is india |
| india | what country reaches out to connect with another hindu area |
| prorupted | what shape is norway |
| russia | what country does norway prorupt to touch |
| prorupted | what shape is colombia |
| amazon | what does colombia prorupt to touch |
| prorupted | what shape is eritrea |
| prorupted | what shape is the congo |
| the ocean | what does the congo reach out to |
| fragmented | what shape is angola |
| congo | a piece of angola is surrounded by what country |
| fragmented | what shape is indonesia |
| fragmented prorupted | what shapes is azerbaijan (abc order) |
| south africa (lesotho) | what is the only real example of a perforated border) |
| frontier | a zone of separation. areas beyond a country's claim that no one claims |
| pacific | what is the largest frontier on earth |
| antarctica | what is the largest land frontier on earth |
| landlocked | a country that has no access to an ocean (or river flowing to ocean) |
| 44 | how many landlocked countries are there |
| liechtenstein uzbekistan | what are the two doubly landlocked countries |
| danube | what river is internationalized(no country can control movement on it) |
| exclave | a part of a country that is no longer contiguous with the rest of the country |
| true | true or false: a river can change course and create an exclave |
| russia | kaliningrad is an exclave of what country |
| black sea kaliningrad vladivostok | what are russia's three warm water ports (abc order) |
| lots of fossil fuels | the caspian sea, north sea, persian gulf, and gulf of mexico are the 4 bodies of water with |
| exclave | is alaska and exclave or enclave of the U.S. |
| true | true or false: azerbaijan has an exclave in armenia but it's not an enclave because it touches iran |
| enclave | a part of a country or the whole country within another country |
| ethnic enclaves | areas where different ethnic groups live inside a country or region |
| unitary | type of internal organization with one set of laws that apply everywhere |
| federal | type of internal organization that has provinces and each one has some autonony |
| small homogenous | unitary systems work best in (blank blank) countries |
| large diverse | federal systems are best for (blank blank) countries |
| dependencies | territories that use the country's currency and is dependent on that country's military and economy for help |
| allocate house seats | what was the original purpose of electoal geography |
| gerrymandering | when the ruling party draws the districts in a crazy way to gauruntee that their party wins the vote |
| ruling party | who redraws the new districts in most states |
| contiguous | when redrawing, districts must be (blank) |
| true | true or false: each district must have the same population size |
| false | true or false: redistricting may be based solely on political ideology |
| multipolar | before WWII there was a (blank ) world |
| bipolar | during WWII there was a (blank ) world |
| east-west divide | the division between the communist eastern eurasia and the democratic western europe |
| brain drain | the iron curtain was built to stop (blank) |
| unipolar | the world right now is (blank) |
| new world order | to act unilaterally is frowned upon. To act as a supranational organization is approved |
| increase trade | what is the economic reason to join a supranational organization |
| nafta | what supranational org is th U.S. in to increase trade |
| true | true or false: the european union was created to increase trade originally |
| maintain peace | what is the political reason to join a supranational organization |
| nato | what military alliance is the U.S. in |
| true | true or false: if two countries from different military alliances get in a fight, you can't have a small war |
| resolve international disputes | what is the UN's primary purpose |
| the global economy | in the UN, every country has to pay their dues based on their share of (blank) |
| 6 | how many official languages does the UN have |
| china france russia uk usa | what are the five permanent members of the UN security council |
| false | true or false: the UN has a large military on hand so it doesn't need volunteers |
| UN goals | development of periphery, eliminate hunger, protect the environment, enforce standards of behavior, monitor elections, protect human rights, and provide a forum for discussion |
| law of the sea | the determination of where a countries jurisdiction extends at sea |
| UNCLOS III | the conference when the law of the sea was made |
| exclusive economic zone | the area up to 200 miles out where a country can fish. |
| high seas | international waters starting at 12 miles from a country |
| meridian-line principle | if two countries are closer than 400 miles than the border (EEZ) is half way between them |
| true | true or false: a country's territorial waters end at 12 nautical miles out but they can still exploit the waters until 200 miles out. |
| destroy israel | what is the purpose of the Arab League |
| OPEC | what organization are many of the top oil producers in |
| citizenship currency | what are two differences between the EU and NAFTA (two c's) |
| economic barriers gone | what is the similarity between the EU and NAFTA |
| movement parliament | what are the other two differences between the EU and NAFTA besides the two c's (abc order) |
| oil reserves | oil you know is there. you basically have it |
| oil exports | oil that is shipped to other places |
| false | true or false: the U.S. exports oil |
| control the supply | OPEC's goal is to (blank blank) of oil |
| false | true or false: opec is successful in acheiving its goal |
| they exceed quota | why is opec not successful |
| 5 | how many other countries export a significant amount of oil outside of opec |
| norway | what is the highest exporter of oil outside opec |
| brazil | what country is a soon to be oil exporter outside of europe |
| canada mexico russia | besides norway and brazil which countries outside of opec export oil |
| eliminate tariffs | what is nafta's goal |
| 9 | how many official languages does the EU have |
| true | true or false: the official languages of the EU are english, french, spanish, russian, arabic, and mandarin |
| too large | what is the main reason the EU doesn't want turkey |
| majority muslim | besides population, why is the EU hesitating on Turkey |
| greece | what EU member doesn't like turkey |
| heartland organic rimland | what are the three geopolitical theories |
| ratzel | who created the organic theory |
| organic | which geopolitical theory says that resources are limited. if you aren't growing, you're dying |
| true | true or false: the organic theory feeds imperialism and germany's goals of conquest and the U.S.'s manifest destiny |
| mackinder | who created the heartland theory |
| heartland | which geopolitical theory talks about a pivot area in eastern europe and central asia, and focuses on resources and roads and a strong army rule E. europe, rule hearland, rule world island, rule world |
| false | true or false: the rimland theory feeds the USSR and Mongol empires |
| rimland | which geopolitical theory says that you must control the harbors and periphery of a country. emphasis on navy |
| rimland | which theory feeds Japan, the UK, and the US's success |
| 90% | what percent of DVDs, music CDs, and software sold in china is pirated. |
| true | true or false: asia's theft of the US's intellectual property is a major economic problem |
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