chap16me (lecture on spranational organizations

Unit 4 study questions

Ch 14

1. Define state and nation. List the main historic events that led to development of the modern European state and nation-state. Why have most other states followed this model

2. List the different territorial shapes of states and give examples of each. What problems have been attributed to a state’s shape?

3. Why are political boundaries considered to be on a vertical plane? How do boundaries evolve? List the different types of boundaries and what they represent. List and explain the genetic boundary classification pioneered by Hartshorne

4. What are the functions of boundaries, and how have they changed over time?

5. What are the major reasons for boundary disputes?

Ch 15

1. Explain why economic success and political power are closely linked. What role did colonialization play in the establishment of today’s states?

2. How do core areas influence a state’s success? What are the functions of capital cities within a core area and those outside the core area?

3. What is the difference between unitary and federal systems? List the unifying and divisive forces of each. What role does nationalism play in unifying a state, and how do governments manipulate this feeling? Why is the Nigerian government having problems keeping the country unified?

4. List the events that led the world to become multi-polar during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. How did World War II change this? List the main reasons we will  be living in a multi-polar world again.

Ch 16

1. Define supranationalism. Why is it important?

2. Why did the League of Nations fail? Did it accomplish anything?

3. What was  the primary reason for the formation of the United Nations? List and describe its subsidiaries and their purposes.

4. List the main points in the process that led to ratification of the law of the sea, and include the history. How does this law affect an ocean-fronting country’s boundaries?

5. Discuss the history leading to the formation of the EU. What problems does this organization face? In what other parts of the world are international associations being formed to reduce economic barriers?

Ch 17

1. Explain the devolution process. Does culture always play a role in this process? How have devolutionary factors affected particular European countries? Name the countries and list the factors involved.

2. List the factors involved in the break-up of Yugoslavia. Why was this such a tragic and complicated situation? Has it been resolved?

3. Spatially, where does devolution usually occur? Why? Where does the United States have devolutionary forces at work today?

4. Explain the devolution of the former Soviet Union. What devolutionary factors are now being faced in the newly independent republics?

5. How is the position of the state changing in today’s world? Are we heading for a New World Order? What are the options this new world order might take?

Political Goegraphy

Use the link below for http://www.270towin.com and the following links: http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/results/president (click on COUNTIES)

http://elections.nbcnews.com/ns/politics/2012/all/president/#.Uwt1_l45s7B CLICK ON individual states for results.

Answer the following questions:

1) Which states would the democrats most likely win in the 2016 presidential election?  1b) WHY? (include past voting history of the states, demographics of the state (main age groups, percentage living in cities vs. rural areas), religious affiliations, basically as much information as you can!

2) Which states would the Republicans most likely win in the 2016 Presidential election?  2b) WHY? (see above)

Picture to help with Heartland and Rimland Theories

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Send it to michelle.albahae@browardschools.com

Save it as your name and period 4 (period and your name works too).

 

Don’t forget to read the article below for homework (and go to http://www.270towin.com)

Article on political geography in the US

http://www.geocurrents.info/geopolitics/elections/u-s-electoral-geography-an-urbanrural-divide  Electoral Geography Article

Scroll down to previous posts to find the project directions if you need them.

Project Directions Part 2

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Africa Map Quiz

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Djibuti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, N. Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.