<p>Name: KEY</p><p>Period: Political Geography</p><p>Identify: Imperialism Colonialism Microstate State Sovereignty Frontier</p><p>Unitary State Federal State Gerrymandering Landlocked State Colony</p><p>_MICROSTATE__ Monaco is an example of this.</p><p>__LANDLOCKED STATE__ Example: `</p><p>_IMPERILAISM___ Control of a territory already settled by an indigenous group.</p><p>_STATE___ Geographic word for country.</p><p>__FRONTIER__ A zone separating two states in which neither has control.</p><p>__UNITARY STATE___ A state that places most power in the hands of a central government.</p><p>_FEDERAL STATE___ Example: The United States</p><p>_GERRYMANDERING___Legislative redrawing of boundaries to win future elections. </p><p>_SOVEREIGNTY__Ability of a state to govern without control from other states.</p><p>_COLONY___ Example: Massachusetts before the Revolutionary War.</p><p>__COLONIALISM__ Foreign power controlling a mainly uninhabited land.</p><p>What do the “Three Gs” of European colonialism represent?</p><p>God: THE SPREAD OF CHRSITIANITY</p><p>Gold: TO EXTRACT REASOURCES AND SERVE AS MARKETS FOR PRODUCTS</p><p>Glory: TO ESTABLICH POWER THROUGH THE NUMBER AND SIZE OF THEIR COLONIES</p><p>For each of the following countries, identify the state shape. Lesotho Poland</p><p>COMPACT COMPACT</p><p>Vietnam Azerbaijan</p><p>ELONGATED FRAGMENTED</p><p>Chile Congo</p><p>ELONGATE PRORUPTED</p><p>Elongated</p><p>Advantage SOMETIMES STATES ARE ELONGATED TO CONTROL REGIONS WHICH THEY WOULD NOT OTHER WISE HAVE ACCESS TO.</p><p>Disadvantage POOR INTERNAL COMMUNICATION</p><p>Prorupted</p><p>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.</p><p>Perforated</p><p>Advantage ENORMOUS COUNTROL OVER ENCLAVE STATE</p><p>Disadvantage LACKS THE RESOURCES OVE THE ENCLAVE STATE</p><p>Fragmented</p><p>Advantage ETHNIC COHESION, MORE LAND AREA CONTROLLED</p><p>Disadvantage DISTANCE AND BARRIERS CAN CREATE ISOLATION</p><p>Compact</p><p>Advantage DISTANCE FROM CENTER DOES NOT GREATLY VARY</p><p>Disadvantage NONE</p><p>List three physical boundaries in political geography.</p><p>DESERT, MOUNTAIN , WATER (OCEAN, RIVER, SEA)</p><p>List three cultural boundaries, and give an example of each:</p><p>GEOMETRIC BOUNDARIES – US BORDER WITH CANADA</p><p>RELIGIOUS – MUSLIM PAKISTAN AND HINDU INDIA</p><p>LANGUAGE – EUROPEAN STATES</p><p>How did the word “gerrymander” come to be?</p><p>ELBRIDGE GERRY WAS THE GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS FROM 1810-1812. WHEN AN OBSERVER NOTED THAT HIS ODDLY SHAPED DISTRICTS LOOKED LIKE SALAMANDERS, AN OPPONENT RESPOMNNDED THAT IT WAS NOT A SLAMANDEWR BUT A GERRYMANDER.</p><p>What two superpowers shared a balance of power from 1945-1991?</p><p>THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION</p><p>After this two state balance of power, what are two keys to modern global power patterns? (p.259)</p><p>1. POWER IS CENTERED MORE AROUND ECONOMICS THAN MILITARY IINFLUENCE</p><p>2. THE LEADING ECONOMIC POWER IS A UNION OF STATES RATHER THAN A SINGLE STATE</p><p>Describe the terror attacks against the US on the following dates:</p><p>Dec. 21, 1988: LOCKERBIE BOBMER KILLED 259 WHEN DESTROYING PAN AM FLIGHT 259</p><p>Feb. 26, 1993: WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBED, 6 KILLED, 1,000 INJURED April 19, 1995: CAR BOMB KILLED 165 PEOPLE IN OKLAHOMA CITY</p><p>June 25, 1996: TRUCK BOMB KILLED 19 SOLDIERS IN SAUDI ARABIAN APARTMENTS</p><p>Aug. 7, 1998: US EMBASSIES IN KENYA AND TANZANIA BOMBED: 190 DEAD, 5,000 INJURED</p><p>Oct. 12, 2000: USS COLE BOMBED IN YEMEN, KILLING 17 SERVICEMEN</p><p>Sept. 11, 2001: AL-QUEDA COORDINATED ATTACK ON PENTAGON, WTC, AND FLIGHT 93, 3,000 KILLED</p><p>1. What terrorist group(s) are linked to the country?</p><p>2. Name a terrorist attack carried out by that group with the support of the country</p><p>Nov.15, 2009: Fort Hood a mass shooting took place at Fort Hood, near Killeen, Texas. Nidal Hasan, a U.S. Army major and psychiatrist, fatally shot 13 people and injured more than 30 others. (work place violence)</p>