Advanced Placement Human Geography Chapter 8.1 Assignment Political Geography State Territory Territoriality Sovereignty Territorial Integrity Nation Nation-state Multistate Nation Multinational State Stateless Nation Colonialism World Systems Theory Core Periphery Semi-Periphery
1. Explain how the concept of territoriality is essential to the formation of a state. Compare territoriality in 17 th century Europe with that of the Native Americans. 2. Discuss the organization of states prior to the Peace of Westphalia. How did this treaty change the way states were organized? 3. How did the pursuit of the nation-state ideal in the 1800s lead to political unity? How did it lead to political unrest? 4. How did European colonialism change the political and economic landscape of the world? 5. What are the major tenets of the World Systems Theory? How does this model explain the differences in the levels of wealth among countries? 6. How did colonialism affect the political geography of the non-european areas of the world?
Chapter 8.2 Assignment Centrifugal force Centripetal force Unitary government Federal government Devolution Territorial Representation Reapportionment Splitting Majority-minority district Gerrymandering 1. Explain how political power differs in unitary and federal governments. 2. Identify and explain the different types of devolutionary movements. Give TWO specific examples of each type.
3. Complete the chart. Which country shape is easiest to govern? Which is hardest? Country Shape Description Example Compact Prorupted Elongated Perforated Fragmented 4. Discuss how political parties use gerrymandering to influence elections.
Chapter 8.3 Assignment Geometric boundaries Physical boundaries Antecedant boundaries Subsequent boundaries Relict boundaries 1. Complete the chart. Type of Dispute Description Example Definitional Locational Operational Allocational
Chapter 8.4 Assignment Heartland Theory Critical geopolitics Unilateralism 1. What is geopolitics? Explain the differences between the two schools of geopolitical thought. 2. Discuss the concept of critical geopolitics. How has an us vs. them mentality changed the way people look at geopolitiecs. 3. Why do some people promote unilateralism? How have smaller states challenged the concept of unilateralism?
Chapter 8.5 Assignment Supranational Org. Deterritorialization Reterritorialization 1. Explain why countries want to assert their independence, yet they still also wish to be a part of supranationalist groups. 2. Describe the different types of work done by the United Nations and its subsidiaries. Explain why it is so hard for the United Nations to act on important issues in the world. 3. Explain how the European Union evolved from a small economic supranationalist organization to its present state. Describe the problems associated with integrated so many countries into one organization.
4. Discuss the impact that the European Union has on the political and social development of its member states. 5. Discuss how traditional forms of the territorial state are being replaced due to changing economic, social and political networks. 6. Explain how the rise of extremism has affected the territorial state. Discuss the responses of the territorial state