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State
an area organized into a politcal unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foregion affairs
In 1940 the world only had about
50 countries
microstates
states that have very small land area
Worlds smallest mircostate
The Vatican (0.44 square kilometers)
sovereignity
state has independance from control of its internal affairs by other states
Korean penisula is dived between
Democratic peoples republic of Korea and Republic of Korea
What is Africa’s Most sovereign state?
The Swahrawi Arab democratic Republic (Western Sahara)
city states
sovereign states that comprises a town and the surrounding country side. (One example is Singapore)
nation
Large group of people who are united by common cultural characteritics.
Nation state
a state whose territory corresponds to the occupied by a particular nation.
Self determinatiom
the concept that nations have the rights to govern themselves.
To perserve and enchance distinctive cultural characteristics..
nations seek to govern themselves
When did the concept of nation state develop?
After World War 1
in 1930 what did the Nazis claim about Europe
that all German speaking parts of Europe constituted one nationality and should be one unified state.
What is a principle example of a failed nation state?
Former Yugoslavia
Why is there no perfect nation state?
because the territory occupied by a particular ethnicity never corresponds precisely to the boundaries of countries.
What is a good example of a nation state
Japan
multinational state
state that contains more than one nation
The diversity of states offers geographers…
a good opportunity to understand the assets and challenges differences in the ethnic composition of states.
What is the largest multinational state?
Russia
What are the four largest ethnic groups in Russia?
Tatar, Russian,Chuvash Bashkir, (TRCB)
What type of state is Krygyzstan
multinational state that suffers from ethnic conflict
colony
A territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than being completely independent
The United Nations identify __ places in the world that it calls”a non-self governing territory”
17
What years was the United Nations Organized
1951
What World organization come before UN
League of Nations
Democracy
is a country in which citizens elect their leader and can run for office
autocracy
is a country that is run according to the interest of the ruler rather than the people.
Anocracy
country that is not fully a democracy of an autocracy, displays a mix of both.
Democracies and autocracies differ in what three essential ways?
selection of leaders, citizen participation, checks and balances.
Unitary State
most power is placed in the hands of central government officials (Example: France)
Federal State
Strong power is place in the hands of local government (example:USA)
The fragile State Index
measure the relative stability of every country.
What four main things go into the Fragile State Index
Fairness of legal system
extent of youth unaployment
level of violence
freedom to express diverse political views
What two economic alliances formed in Europe during the Cold War>
The EU and COMECON
How is European Parliament created
elected by the people in each of the members states
What was the most dramatic step taken towards intergrading Europes nation state into a regional organization
The creation of Eurozone
NATO and the Warsaw Pact were designed to maintain a…
biopolar balance of Power in Europe
frontier
a zone where no state exercises complete political control
cultural boundaries
follow the distribution of cultural features
geometric boundaries
based on human constructs (Straight lines, parallels of latitude)
Physical Boundaries
concise with significant features of the natural landscape
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