Unit IV: Political Organization of Space
A. Territorial dimensions of politics
1. The concepts of political power and territoriality
2. The nature, meaning, and function of boundaries
3. Influences of boundaries on identity, interaction, and exchange
4. Federal and unitary states, confederations, centralized government, and forms of governance
5. Spatial relationships between political systems and patterns of ethnicity, economy, and gender
B. Evolution of the contemporary political pattern
1. The nation-state concept
2. Colonialism and imperialism
3. Democratization
4. Fall of communism and legacy of the Cold War
5. Patterns of local, regional, and metropolitan governance
C. Changes and challenges to political-territorial arrangements
1. Changing nature of sovereignty
2. Fragmentation, unification, and cooperation
3. Supranationalism and international alliances
4. Devolution of countries: centripetal and centrifugal forces
5. Armed conflicts, war, and terrorism
A. Territorial dimensions of politics
1. The concepts of political power and territoriality
2. The nature, meaning, and function of boundaries
3. Influences of boundaries on identity, interaction, and exchange
4. Federal and unitary states, confederations, centralized government, and forms of governance
5. Spatial relationships between political systems and patterns of ethnicity, economy, and gender
B. Evolution of the contemporary political pattern
1. The nation-state concept
2. Colonialism and imperialism
3. Democratization
4. Fall of communism and legacy of the Cold War
5. Patterns of local, regional, and metropolitan governance
C. Changes and challenges to political-territorial arrangements
1. Changing nature of sovereignty
2. Fragmentation, unification, and cooperation
3. Supranationalism and international alliances
4. Devolution of countries: centripetal and centrifugal forces
5. Armed conflicts, war, and terrorism
Unit Downloads:
*KBAT Chpt. 7 *KBAT Chpt. 8 Rubenstein Outline Chapter 7 Rubenstein Outline Chapter 8 Balkanization Links
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Unit Readings:
*Rubenstein, Chapter 7, Ethnicity *Germanic Towns in Southern Brazil: Ethnicity and Change- Focus *Rubenstein, Chapter 8, Political Geography Main Topics: 1. Territorial dimensions of politics 2. Evolution of the contemporary political pattern 3. Challenges to inherited political-territorial arrangements |
Unit Related Links:
*The Redistricting Game |
Week 7
Unit III Culture Test Mulitple Choice (Test Covers Chpt. 4 Culture, Chpt. 5 Language, Chpt. 6 Religion) Week 8 7.4 WHAT IS ETHNIC CLEANSING? Ethnic Conflicts: Segregation, Ethnic-Cleansing, & Genocide Ethnicity Metaphor activity Homework: Read Chapter 7.4 Balkanization in Yugoslavia Unit IV Test Multiple-choice (Test covers: Chp. 7 Ethnicity & Chp. 8 Political Geography) |
Unit III FRQ Essays Homework: Read Chpt. 7.1 8.1 WHERE ARE STATES LOCATED? Reading Quiz Chpt. 7 VOCAB: City-States, Colonialism, Microstates Political Geography Notes Nations & States Geographical Relationships between Nations and States Cooperation and Conflict of States Homework: Read Chapter 8.1 Unit IV FRQ Essays Homework: Read Chapter 10 Key Issue 1 |
7.1 WHERE ARE ETHNICITIES DISTRIBUTED?/ 7.2 WHY HAVE ETHNICITIES BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO NATIONALITIES? VOCAB: Race, Ethnicity, Nationality Distribution of U.S. & World Ethnicities Centripetal & Centrifugal forces Multi-national States Homework: Read Chapter 7.2 8.2 WHY DO BOUNDARIES BETWEEN STATES CAUSE PROBLEMS?/ 8.3 WHY DO STATES COOPERATE WITH EACH OTHER? Shapes of States Border Notes Types of Border Disputes Homework: Read Chapter 8.2 |
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7.3 WHY DO ETHNICITIES CLASH? VOCAB: Multinational States, Devolution, Frontiers, Electoral Geography, Gerrymandering Centripetal & Centrifugal forces REN Posters Homework: Read Chapter 7.3 8.4 WHY HAS TERRORISM INCREASED? VOCAB: AL-QAEDA, ISIL How Geography Affects the Ability to Govern Human Activities Affected by Borders Terrorism Homework: Read Chapter 8 Key Issue 3 & 4 |