Video Questions for Ch. 8 Key Issue 1 Political Geography
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What is meant by political geography?
Prior to the 1800s how was the Earth’s surface politically organized?
What area is where city-states began?
What 4 areas were the first river valley civilizations?
The Fertile Crescent was the beginning of the ____ Revolution.
What is a city-state?
What was the result of city-states joining together?
What are examples of empires?
What is a state?
What is territoriality?
What is sovereignty?
What is territorial integrity?
What is a nation?
What is meant by an imagined nation?
What is meant by community within a nation?
What is a nation-state?
What are 5 examples of nation-states?
What are multi-national states?
What are 5 examples?
What does Africa have a large number of heterogeneous countries?
What are the 6 bonds or glues that hold a nation-state together?
Why is Africa the continent that has the most nations within a state?
How was Yugoslavia a multi-nation state?
What is meant by multi-state nation? Give an example.
What is a stateless nation? Give several examples.
Why is Antarctica the only large landmass that is not part of a state?
Explain the process in splitting the Korean Peninsula.
Explain the process in splitting Taiwan and mainland China.
Explain the process of Western Sahara and Morocco splitting.
What are the six largest countries in size (in order)?
What is a microstate?
What are some examples of microstates?
What is colonialism?
How was British and French colonialism different?
Most African & Asian colonies gained independence after what?
Using the map, name specific countries ruled by the following:
Britain/UK (10)
France (10)
Germany (4)
Belgium (1)
37. What were the two waves of decolonization?
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8 Key Issue Two
What are the five basic shapes of states?
Draw a simplified picture of each type?
Why are many of African country shapes “weird”?
What is a meant by a compact state?
What 4 examples?
What are the advantages of a compact state?
What are prorupted states?
What are three examples?
What are advantages of prorupted states?
What are elongated states?
What are 4 examples of elongated states?
What is a disadvantage of elongated states?
What are fragmented states?
What are the two types of fragmented states?
Why are fragmented states problematic?
What are 3 examples of fragmented states?
What are perforated states?
What are two examples of perforated states?
What are landlocked states?
What is one state that is completely surrounded by only one state?
What is a disadvantage of a landlocked state?
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What is a boundary?
What are the three steps in defining boundaries?
What is a frontier?
What are three examples of frontiers?
Boundaries also go where?
Name and describe the 4 main types of boundaries.
What are examples of antecedent boundaries?
What are examples of subsequent boundaries?
What are examples of superimposed boundaries?
What causes irredentism? What is an example?
What is an example of a relic boundary?
What are geometric boundaries? An example?
What is a physical-political boundary? An example?
How is the US-Canadian border both physical and cultural?
How is the US-Mexico border both physical and cultural?
What three elements make up physical boundaries?
Why are mountain boundaries effective?
Why are desert boundaries effective?
Why are water boundaries effective?
Why do water boundaries create problems between powers?
Using the diagram explain the four areas of water boundaries.
How is the Aozou Strip a source of conflict?
Explain how Cyprus been divided?
How has language impacted the development of European boundaries?
The US-Mexico border is an example of what two types?
The Berlin Wall was an example of what type of boundary?
The DMZ between N and S Korea is what type of boundary?
The border between Israel and the West Bank is what type of boundary?
The Green Line on Cyprus is what type of boundary?
The border between Ireland and Northern Ireland is what type of boundary?
The area of 4 Corners, US is what type of boundary?
What is meant by a unitary form of government?
What is meant by a federal form of government?
What is meant by devolution and what are 3 reasons for it?
What type of devolution forces existed in Eastern Europe as the USSR collapsed?
Using the map what are 10 areas of devolutionary pressure in Europe?
Scotland represents what type of devolutionary force?
Catalonia, Spain represents what type of devolutionary force?
Why are electoral boundaries a problem in the US?
How is the European system different?
What is gerrymandering?
What are the three types of gerrymandering and explain each.
What is meant by stacked vote gerrymandering?
8 Key Issue 3
What is meant by geopolitics?
Explain Mackinder’s Heartland Theory.
Explain Wallerstein’s World-Systems Theory.
What are the characteristics of each tier in the World-Systems Theory?
Using the map where are core, semi-periphery, and periphery countries located?
Thinking: What DTM stage is found in each of the three tiers?
In terms of geopolitics, what is meant by bipolar? Multi-polar? And unilateralism?
What are examples of political and military cooperation?
What is an economic of economic cooperation?
What is a supranational organization?
How has the UN grew over the years?
What can the UN do?
Explain how supranationalism may affect a state?
Explain the formation of NATO and Warsaw Pact after WWII?
What is the function of OSCE?
What is the OAS and its purpose?
What is the OAU and its purpose?
What is the Commonwealth of Nations and its purpose?
What is the strongest country in the EU? the poorest?
What is the common currency among EU countries?
Chapter 8 Key Issue 4
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What are 4 states that have supported terrorism?
2. What are several examples of terrorism within the US in the 1990s?
3. What are three ways state’s support terrorism?
4. Explain the history of each of the following in regards to the growth of terrorism & responses: (MIN OF 100 WORDS EACH!!!!)
Libya
Afghanistan
Iraq
Iran
5. How have these other places been terrorist states? Yemen, Sudan, Iran, Syria, N Korea