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the study of who gets what,when, and how.

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Politics

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deals with the way humans have claimed control and authority over certain areas of the earth and how those areas are governed.

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Political Geography

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an area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs.

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State

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Atributes of states

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have boundaries
have permanent populations
are sovern

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largest state

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Russia

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six largest states

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Russia, Canada, US, CHina, Brazil, and Australia

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states with very small land areas.

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Microstate

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what are most microstates

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islands

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independence from control of its internal affairs by other states.

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Sovereignty

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was created at the end of World War II (COld War Era) to facilitate world peace by helping countries resolve problems diplomatically.

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The United Nations

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Three occasions UN Membership increased rapidly

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1955: 16 mostly european countries joined as a result of the Nazi Germany breakup
1960: 17 mostly former African colonies joined
1990-1993: 26 countries joined as a result of Soviet Union and Yugoslavia breakup

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What is the sovernity conflict in Korea

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-Split into northern and southern after war (1950-1953)
-North is pro-communist
-South is pro-US government
-North korea and south korea are two vastly different places politically, but ethically they are virtually identical

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what is the sovereignty problem in Westen Shara/ saheaqi republic

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-Morocco claims the West-Sahara territory, but most africans countries consider it as a sovereign state
-Built a wall around western sahara to keep rebels out
-Most African countries considered Western Sahara as a sovereign state

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what is the sovereignty problem in China and Taiwan

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–China had nationalists, but it didn’t work out so nationalists moved to Taiwan, and Communists took over China
-Most other countries consider china and Taiwan as separate sovereign states, China (People’s Republic of China) thinks Taiwan (Republic of China) is not sovereign but a part of China
-The US like Taiwan because they are a nationalist democracy

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Where did the first development of states occur

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in southwest asia at the Fertile Crescent which which separated the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea

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a sovereign state that comprises a town and the surrounding countryside

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City-State

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what happens when a city-state gains military dominance

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it becomes an empire

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when did political untiy in the ancient world reach its height

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the roman empire

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When an empire collapse…

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the city-states return but may be larger (nation state)

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what do city-states and empires have in common

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they are homogenous

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a large group of people who are united by common cultural characteristics

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Nation

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what are the commpn cultural characteristics of a nation

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language
ethnicity
history

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a state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular nation.

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Nation-State

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the concept that nations (or ethnicities) have the right to govern themselves

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Self-deteminatination

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where did self-determination start
Europe after WWI
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a country that contains more than one ethnicity with a goal of self-determination contains more than one nation unstable
Multinational State
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new states in the former Soviet union are a collection of...
nation-states and multinational states
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world's largest multinational state
Russia
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a state that contains more than one ethnicity. stable
multi-Ethnic State
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a territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than being completely independent.
Colonies
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Sometimes the sovereign state controls the colony’s...
military, foreign policy, and/or internal affairs.
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an effort by one county to establish settlements in a territory and to impose its political,economic, and cultural principles on that territory.
Colonialism
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Europeans made colonies because (3)...
-“god”-To promote christianity -“gold”To extract useful resources and to serve as captive markets for their products -“Glory” To establish relative power through he number of colonies claimed
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condition of roughly equal strength between opposing alliances
Balance of Power
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The UN addresses ...
global economic problems, promote human rights. provide humanitarian relief, and vote on other issues.
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a country in which citizens elect leader and can run for office
Democracy
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a country that is run according to the interest of the ruler rather than the people
Autocracy
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A country that is not fully democratic of fully autocratic, but rather displays a mix of the two types
Anocracy
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Most of countries have become democratic for these reasons (3)
-The monarchs were becoming irrelevant compared to the elected, and it broaden individual rights and liberties -People lost their rights and their ability to make decisions -Diffusion
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most power is placed in the hands of central government officials.
Unitary State
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whrre does untiary state work best
there is national unity, nationalism, a nation-state with few cultural differences
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strong power is allocated to units of local government.
Federal State
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a combination of fairness of the legal system, youth unemployment extent, level of violence. Freedom to express diverse political views
State Fragility
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How is State Fragility measured
the fragile State Index
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a nuclear, biological, chemical, or other weapon that can kill and bring significant harm to a large number of humans or cause great damage to human-made structures, natural structures, or the biosphere.
Weapon of Mass Destruction
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-A military alliance among 16 democratic states in Europe, plus the US and Canada -Mostly wants to prevent the Soviet Union from overrunning west germany and other smaller countries
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
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A military agreement among Communist Eastern European countries.
The Warsaw Pact
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three elements democracies and autocracies differ
selection of leaders citizen participation checks and balances
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how do democracies select leaders
have institutions and procedures through which citizens can express effective preferences about alternative olives and leaders
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how do autocracies select leaders
leaders who are selected according to clearly defined (usually hereditary) rules of succession from within the political elite
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how do democracies and autocracies have citizens participation differences
-Democracies have institutionalized constraints on the exercise of power by the executive -Autocracies have citizens’ participation restricted or suppressed
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how do democracies and autocracies differ in checks and balances
-Democracies guarantee civil liberties to all citizens -Autocracies have leaders who exercise power with no meaningful check from legislative, judicial, or civil society institutions
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government institutions have broken down due to natural disasters, extreme poverty, or civil war
Failed States
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no government, at all. absence of government and absolute freedom of the individual, regarded as a political ideal. communism.
Anarchy
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the threatened or actual use of illegal force and violence by a non-state actor to attain a political, economic, religious, or social goal through fear, coercion, or intimidation.
Terrosim
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terrorism act
intentional violent aimed at attaining political economic religious or social goal send a message not count if it is one state against another
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who was responsible for 9/11
Al-Qaeda
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a zone where no state exercises complete political control separated sates in the past measurable sparsely settled
Frontier
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an invisible line that marks the extent of a state’s territory
Boundary
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three types of boundaries are
cultural, geometic , physical
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follow the distribution of cultural features boundaries between two states of different languages, religions, or ethnicities.
Cultural boundaries
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another boundary that is a cultural boundray
Ethnic boundaries
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coincides with differences in ethnicity, especially language and religions
Ethnic boundaries
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based on human constructs, such as straight line and parallels of latitude
Geometric boundaries
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coincide with significant features of the natural landscape
Physical boundaries
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zones in the law of the sea
territorial waters(laws on ship regulations) contiguous (laws on pollution, taxation, customs, immigration) exclusive( fishing)
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what does a state's shape affect
identify, internal administration, unity, communication, conflicts with other states
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five basic state shapes
compact, elongated, prorupted, perforated, fragmented
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are efficient, distance from center of state to any boundary does not vary significantly
Compact states
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potential isolation; long and narrow shape, may suffer from poor internal communications
elongated States
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access or disruption; a compact state with a large projection, proruptions created for two principal reasons
Prorupted States
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two principal reasons proruptions are made
Provide a state with access to a resource such as water Separate two that other would share a boundary
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a state that completely surrounds another state, encompasses state is dependent on the surrounds state for interactions beyond its boundary
Perforated States
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problematics, a state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory
Fragmented States
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lacks a direct outlet to a sea because it is completely surrounded by other countries.
landlocked State-
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where are landlocked states prevelant
africa
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what type of state is best for a fedral state government
multi-ethnic
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redrawing legislative boundaries to benefit the party in power
Gerrymandering
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what are the two forms of gerrymandering
cracking and packing
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like minded voters are spread across several districts to prevent them from reaching a majority in any of them, the wasting their votes
Cracking
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what party mostly does cracking
republicans
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like-minded voters are stacked in one district to prevent them from affecting elections in other districts.
Packing
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what type of party does packing
democrats
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who redraws boundaries
state legislature

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