State Issues Flashcards
(33 cards)
Movement of the people from one geographical location to another
Migration
How many types of migration are there?
6
Moving within a state, country, or continent
Internal MIgration
Moving to a different state, country, or continent
External Migration
Leaving one country to move to another
Emigration
Moving into a new country
Immigration
Moving back to where you came from
Return Migration
Moving with each season line response to labor or climate conditions
Seasonal Migration
Hysteresis in employement
Unemployement
Is a disagreement over the possession or control of land between two or more political entities
Territorial Disputes
It is the international court that has declared the territorial claims of China and activities in the West Philippine Sea as illegal
UNCLOS
Exclusive right to explore natural resources; refers to the territorial zone where a state does not have sovereignty but only sovereign rights
Exclusive Economic Zone
No right of involuntary entrance or innocent passage
Internal Waters
Right of involuntary entrance/right of innocent passage
External Waters
No right of innocent passage but with right of involuntary entrance
Archipelagic Waters
Control necessary to prevent and punish infringement of its custom fiscal, immigration or sanitary regulation
Contiguous Zone
Free to everybody common to all mankind
High Seas
(12 miles from outer limits of external waters)
External Waters Contiguous Zone
It is a group of 50 islands and marine features within the 200-mile EEZ of Phthat was discovered by Tomas Cloma
Kalayaan Group of Islands
It is a large undersea plateau estimated to be as large as the island of Luzon (13 million hectares) and is rising fast and may become an island in about a million years, and is declared to be part of the Philippine Territory.
Benham Rise
It is a small ring of reefs that lies about 230 kilometers (140 miles). It is rich with marine life that fishermen from the Philippines, China and Vietnam have tapped for generations
Scarborough or Panatag Shoal
The island was part of the Sultunateof Sulu when it was leased to the British Company in 1878.
Island of Sabah
Is a set of behaviors based around the dishonesty or unethical conduct of a person in authority
Corruption
Is a specific type of political corruption, where a politician uses her authority for personal gain
Graft