Name: KEY
Period:
Political Geography
Identify
Imperialism Colonialism Microstate State Sovereignty Frontier
Unitary State Federal State Gerrymandering Landlocked State Colony
_MICROSTATE__ Monaco is an example of this.
__LANDLOCKED STATE__ Example: `
_IMPERILAISM___ Control of a territory already settled by an indigenous group.
_STATE___ Geographic word for country.
__FRONTIER__ A zone separating two states in which neither has control.
__UNITARY STATE___ A state that places most power in the hands of a central government.
_FEDERAL STATE___ Example: The United States
_GERRYMANDERING___Legislative redrawing of boundaries to win future elections.
_SOVEREIGNTY__Ability of a state to govern without control from other states.
_COLONY___ Example: Massachusetts before the Revolutionary War.
__COLONIALISM__ Foreign power controlling a mainly uninhabited land.
What do the “Three Gs” of European colonialism represent?
God: THE SPREAD OF CHRSITIANITY
Gold: TO EXTRACT REASOURCES AND SERVE AS MARKETS FOR PRODUCTS
Glory: TO ESTABLICH POWER THROUGH THE NUMBER AND SIZE OF THEIR COLONIES
For each of the following countries, identify the state shape.
Lesotho Poland
ENCLAVE COMPACT
Vietnam Azerbaijan
ELONGATED FRAGMENTED
Chile Congo
ELONGATE PRORUPTED
Elongated
Advantage SOMETIMES STATES ARE ELONGATED TO CONTROL REGIONS WHICH THEY WOULD NOT OTHER WISE HAVE ACCESS TO.
Disadvantage POOR INTERNAL COMMUNICATION
Prorupted
Advantage: CONTROL OF CITIES, RESOURCES, OR TO KEEP CONFLICTING NATIONS FROM SHARING A BORDER.
Disadvantage: CAN SOMETIMES CAUSE CONFLICT WITH OTHERS WHO DESIRE RESOURCES, CITIES, ETC.
Perforated
Advantage ENORMOUS CONTROL OVER ENCLAVE STATE
Disadvantage LACKS THE RESOURCES OF THE ENCLAVE STATE
Fragmented
Advantage: ETHNIC COHESION, MORE LAND AREA CONTROLLED
Disadvantage: DISTANCE AND BARRIERS CAN CREATE ISOLATION
Compact
Advantage: DISTANCE FROM CENTER DOES NOT GREATLY VARY
Disadvantage:
List three physical boundaries in political geography.
DESERT, MOUNTAIN , WATER (OCEAN, RIVER, SEA)
List three cultural boundaries, and give an example of each:
GEOMETRIC BOUNDARIES – US BORDER WITH CANADA
RELIGIOUS – MUSLIM PAKISTAN AND HINDU INDIA
LANGUAGE – EUROPEAN STATES
How did the word “gerrymander” come to be?
ELBRIDGE GERRY WAS THE GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS FROM 1810-1812. WHEN AN OBSERVER NOTED THAT HIS ODDLY SHAPED DISTRICTS LOOKED LIKE SALAMANDERS, AN OPPONENT RESPONDED THAT IT WAS NOT A SALAMANDER BUT A GERRYMANDER.
What two superpowers shared a balance of power from 1945-1991?
THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION
After this two state balance of power, what are two keys to modern global power patterns? (p.259)
1. POWER IS CENTERED MORE AROUND ECONOMICS THAN MILITARY INFLUENCE
2. THE LEADING ECONOMIC POWER IS A UNION OF STATES RATHER THAN A SINGLE STATE
Describe the terror attacks against the US on the following dates:
Dec. 21, 1988: LOCKERBIE BOMBER KILLED 259 WHEN DESTROYING PAN AM FLIGHT 103
Feb. 26, 1993: WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBED, 6 KILLED, 1,000 INJURED
April 19, 1995: CAR BOMB KILLED 165 PEOPLE IN OKLAHOMA CITY
June 25, 1996: TRUCK BOMB KILLED 19 SOLDIERS IN SAUDI ARABIAN APARTMENTS
Aug. 7, 1998: US EMBASSIES IN KENYA AND TANZANIA BOMBED: 190 DEAD, 5,000 INJURED
Oct. 12, 2000: USS COLE BOMBED IN YEMEN, KILLING 17 SERVICEMEN
Sept. 11, 2001: AL-QUEDA COORDINATED ATTACK ON PENTAGON, WTC, AND FLIGHT 9
KILLING 3,000 INNOCENT CIVILIANS
1. What terrorist group(s) are linked to the country?
2. Name a terrorist attack carried out by that group with the support of the country.
Libya
1. LOCKERBIE BOMBER
2. LOCKERBIE BOMBING 1988, BERLIN NIGHTCLUB BOMBING IN 1986
Afghanistan
1. AL-QAEDA
2. VARIOUS MINOR ATTACKS
Iraq
1. AL-QAEDA, PALESTINIAN TERROR AGAINST ISRAEL
2. VARIOUS PALESTINIAN ATTACKS AGAINST ISRAEL
Iran
1. AL-QAEDA, HEZBOLLAH
2. FUNDING FOR HEZBOLLAH AGAINST ISRAEL