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Section 1
(50 cards)
NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement, an economic supranational organization.
IMF
International Monetary Fund, an economic supranational organization.
"Jewel of the Crown"
India, the most important colony of the British Empire; Its resources, labor, and market potential made it a source of great wealth for Britain; Became a British colonial holding after the Seven Years War.
UN
United Nations, a supranational organization.
Commonwealth of Nations
Supranational organization that replaced the British Empire.
nationalism
Identifying with, becoming attached to, and pledging loyalty to one's nation.
microstate
a state or territory that is small in both population and area
League of Nations
Supranational organization established after World War I; Failed precursor to the United Nations.
"The sun never sets in the British Empire"
It was said of the largest empire in history.
Fertile Crescent
Called "the cradle of civilization"; The geographic location that supported the first city-states, the first agriculture, and some of the major world religions.
Mesopotamia
A historical region situated within the Tigris-Euphrates river system, in modern days roughly corresponding to most of Iraq plus Kuwait, the eastern parts of Syria, Southeastern Turkey, and regions along the Turkish-Syrian and Iran-Iraq borders; Geographic location of the first states (city-states).
electoral district
a formal region in which citizens vote for an elected representative.
Kuwait
A small, oil-rich gulf state; In 1990 invaded by Iraq because of a dispute over shared oil reserves.
superimposed border
A border defined by an outside force that may not reflect the cultural landscape
Sykes-Picot Agreement
The 1916 secret agreement between Britain and France that divided up the Arab lands of Lebanon, Syria, southern Turkey, Palestine, Jordan, and Iraq.
state
A country that has a sovereign government, defined borders, and is recognized by other states.
ASEAN
Association of Southeast Asian Nations, a supranational organization.
Virginia
First colony in the British Empire.
political map
States are the primary building blocks
sovereignty
State control; Independence; Authority in internal domestic affairs.
multinational state
A country diversified with more than one ethnicity represented by the state.
autonomous region
A formal region within a state that enjoys limited sovereignty; Similar to devolution.
Arab Nationalism
The belief that all Arabs should join together and form one large Arab state.
supranational organization
An organization that operates across multiple states for political, economic, or military cooperation; States transfer some sovereignty to the union by joining.
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a supranational organization based on mutual security.
multistate nation
An ethnic group distributed across multiple state borders.
Arabs
Large, multi-state nation in the Middle East and Northern Africa.
redistricting
Changing of the borders of an electoral district to meet population changes, i.e. migration.
cultural border
boundaries between nations or ethnic groups
nation-state
A state dominated by one ethnic group.
imperialism
A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically.
unitary state
Power concentrated in the hands of central government officials.
relic border
No longer a boundary because of political changes; Still leaves an imprint on the physical or cultural landscape.
Europe
Birthplace of the modern nation-state; i.e. England and France.
gerrymandering
Redistricting for the benefit of one political party or group.
federal state
Shared power between a central government and local governments.
OPEC
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, a supranational organization.
centripetal force
Phenomena that bring a nation together to support the state.
colonialism
Policy by which a nation administers a foreign territory and develops its resources for the benefit of the colonial power.
devolution
The transfer of power from the central government to regional governments within the state.
geometric border
boundaries of straight lines that do not conform to natural or ethnic boundaries; Usually along lines of latitude or longitude.
centrifugal force
Phenomena that divide the state.
EU
European Union, an economic/political supranational organization.
colony
A territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent.
physical border
natural boundaries: rivers, lakes, oceans, mountains, or deserts
stateless nation
An ethnicity that is dispersed as a minority across more than one state.
Brexit
"British" + "exit"; 2016 referendum in the United Kingdom in which British voters voted to leave the EU.
Ottoman Empire
Centered in Constantinople, the Turkish imperial state that conquered large amounts of land in the Middle East, North Africa, and the Balkans, and fell after World War I.
nation
An ethnic group; A culturally defined group of people that share the same beliefs, language, history, religion, and region.
mercantilism
Economic theory and practice common in Europe from the 16th to the 18th century that promoted governmental regulation of a nation's economy for the purpose of augmenting state power at the expense of rival national powers; Drove colonial competition.
Section 2
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