Vocab 2

Question 1

Supranationalism

Answer 1

Association of three or more states created formulas benefit and the achievement of shared objectives

Question 2

United nations convention on the law of the sea

UNCLOS

Answer 2

Convention delimits territorial boundaries and rights by defining four zones of diminishing control, 1982

Question 3

Exclusive economic zones

EEZ

Answer 3

A zone of up to 200miles 370 km in which the state has recognized rights to explore, exploit, conserve, and manage the natural resources, both living and no living, of the seabed and waters

Question 4

European union

Answer 4

An economic association established in 1957 of a number of western European countries that promotes free trade among member states,often called common market

Question 5

Members of EU

Answer 5

United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Portugal, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, Greece, Cyprus

Question 6

Electoral geography

Answer 6

The analysis of how boundaries are drawn around voting districts

Question 7

Gerrymandering

Answer 7

Is the practice of drawing the boundaries of legislative districts so as to unfairly favor one political party or another, to fragment voting blocs, or to achieve other non democratic objectives