Chapter 8 Review

Question 0

Nationalism

Answer 0

When people are loyal to their state, and the state encourages the nation

Question 1

Sovereignty

Answer 1

When you have the last say legally in a state.

Question 2

Imperialism

Answer 2

Empire building

Question 3

Territoriality

Answer 3

Defending a definite space

Question 4

State

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U.S., a Politically organized area, has to be recongnized

Question 5

Nation

Answer 5

French, a people who share the same culture/hertiage, and have the same political agenda, think “imagenary community” as well.

Question 6

Stateless nation

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Kurds, a people without a land of their own

Question 7

Nation-state

Answer 7

Japan, a state that is almost completlely homogenous

Question 8

Compact state

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Hungary, a state with its capital in roughly in the middle of the state. Usually easier to govern.

Question 9

Prorupted state

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Thailand- a state that is mistly compact, but has on long protution to reach a natural resourse. Usually harder to govern because communication and transportation are harder

Question 10

Elongated state

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Chile- A long, semi-rectangular state. Usually harder to govern, because transportation/communication are harder

Question 11

Perforated

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Lestho- a state that is completely surronded by another. Trade is completely determined by relationship with neighbor.

Question 12

Fragmented state

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Indonisia- a state that is in pieces. Hard to govern.

Question 13

Buffer state

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Acts as a buffer zone between two powerful states

Question 14

Wallerstein

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World systems theory- core, semi-perifery, perifery, captislist world economy.

Question 15

Mackinder

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Heartland theory- those who control the mainland of eurasia will control the world. Land based power. English/american school of thought.

Question 16

Ratzel

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German school of thought. State is like a biological organism, needs new territiory constantly to survive.

Question 17

Supernationalism

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3 or more states make an organisim, usually for trade or peace

Question 18

Enclave

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An enclosed territory that is distinct from the surrronding territory.

Question 19

Landlock

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Landlocks states have two or more states between them and an ocean. They have to play nice with theri nieghbors to survive.

Question 20

Balkanization

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States breaking into other states from one large state. Took place in the former yugoslavia.

Question 21

Shatter belts

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An area of instability between two countries with opposing political/cultural views

Question 22

Physical boundaries

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A feature of the physical environment separating two states (i.e. a river, a mountain)

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Geometric boundary

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Straight, have a reson behind why theyre there.

Question 24

Cultural boundaries

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Boundaries between states according to ethnic differences, like language or religion.

Question 25

Positanal (definitional) disputes

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States argue over where boundary is.

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Territorial disputes

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Conflict over ownership of territory.

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Resourse (allocational) disputes

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Involve natural resourses that lie on the boarder

Question 28

Functional (opperational) disputes

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When neighboring states dont agree on policies of border areas.

Question 29

Core

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U.S.A. An area that is very developed with infrastructure.

Question 30

Semi-perifery

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China- a state that is somewhat important in the global economy, but may or may not have good infrastructure

Question 31

Perifery

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Somalia- a state that have little to no infrastructure and is not importsnt to the global economy

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Multi-core states

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U.S, states with more that on big area of economy

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Unitary

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States that are focused on the captial, economially, politically, and cuturally. Usually also repress the minorities. (Older european countries)

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Federal

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The power is spilt between the capital and defined regions of the territory. (U.S.)

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Federal

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Little to no central government, power is in regions of the state (confederate states of america)

Question 36

Globalisation

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E- things that happen in one state effect the rest S- things that are closer to harth places usually have the thing first P- see E N- states start to look similar

Question 37

Kurdistan

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Area where the kurds, a stateless nation, are