4b Politcal geohgrpahy

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