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Get homework out Prepare for reading quiz

Get homework out Prepare for reading quiz. Reading Quiz. List 1 American colony today. Give an example of an elongated state. Describe gerrymandering. Good morning! Please get your homework out. Unit 4 Test Results. 30 people took the test 22 people out of 30 got an 80 or above 73%

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Get homework out Prepare for reading quiz

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  1. Get homework out Prepare for reading quiz

  2. Reading Quiz • List 1 American colony today. • Give an example of an elongated state. • Describe gerrymandering.

  3. Good morning! Please get your homework out.

  4. Unit 4 Test Results • 30 people took the test • 22 people out of 30 got an 80 or above • 73% All Stars: • Jesus Mercy • Caroline Marissa • Ming Nick • Callie Sarah McAdon

  5. Unit 3 FRQs Language: • Must have mentioned how language acts as a centripetal/centrifugal force • Must have mentioned language boundaries

  6. Religion: • Some of you did not realize that the title of the chart said “CHURCH affiliation” • I accepted Lutheran and Catholic for group Y

  7. Popular/Folk Culture • Folk culture: found in small, homogenous societies, material culture Popular culture: found in large, heterogenoussocities, non-material culture b. Popular culture- relocation/hierarchical/contagious diffusion c. women’s rights, pollution, threat to folk culture

  8. Political Geography

  9. Where are States Located? • States • Sovereignty

  10. Problems Defining States • Korea: One state or two? • Divided into N and S after WWII • Agreed to increase economic cooperation • 2000 N Korea build nuclear weapons • Admitted into U.N. as 2 separate countries

  11. Korean War Memorial in Washington DC

  12. Problems Defining States • China and Taiwan: • According to China, Taiwan is part of China • Civil war b/t nationalists and communist • Other countries see as 2 different states • Taiwan = independent • China = not independent

  13. Sizes of States • Largest – Russia • China, U.S., Canada also large • Microstates- very small land areas • Monaco, Grenada, Malta

  14. Development of State Concept • Recent phenomena • colonies • Colonialism • 3 G’s • Imperialism • Current colonies? • Puerto Rico- biggest • Controlled by U.S. • Smallest- Pitcairin

  15. Why do Boundaries Cause Problems? • Shapes of states affects potential for communication and conflict with neighbors • Separated by boundaries

  16. Five Basic Shapes • Compact • distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly • Shaped like a circle • Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda

  17. Five Basic Shapes • Prorupted- • compact state with large projecting extension • Provide a state with access to a resource • Separate two states that otherwise would share a boundary

  18. Five Basic Shapes • Elongated states: • Long and narrow shape • Chile • May suffer from poor internal communications

  19. Five Basic Shapes • fragmented: • Several discontinuous pieces of territory • Separed by water • Separated by another state • Indonesia • Russia

  20. Five Basic Shapes • Perforate states: • Completely surrounds another state • South Africa • Lesotho

  21. Landlocked States • Lacks a direct outlet to the sea • Most common in Africa

  22. Physical Boundaries • Mountains: - effective boundaries if difficult to cross • Andes Mts. b/t Argentina and Chile

  23. Physical Boundaries • Desert • Hard to cross, sparsely inhabited • Sahara b/t Algeria, Libya, and Egypt

  24. Physical Boundaries • Water • Rivers, lakes, oceans • Readably visible • Problematic at times • Ocean boundaries can change • Boundary lies out at sea not coastline • Law of the Sea

  25. Boundaries • Geometric • Latitude and longitude

  26. Cultural Boundaries • Religious boundaries • Religious differences coincide with boundaries b/t states • Palestine/Israel

  27. Cultural Boundaries • Language boundaries • Important for drawing boundaries • Europe

  28. Good morning! Please get your homework out and prepare for reading quiz!

  29. ________________ was created after World War II in order to promote peace among nations and to prevent a 3rd world war. • _____________ is the currency used in the European Union • List 3 cultural boundaries • List 4 physical boundaries.

  30. Types of Boundaries • Differences b/t frontiers and boundaries • Frontier- tangible geographical area • Boundary- infinitely thin, invisible • Frontiers have been replaced by boundaries

  31. Boundaries Inside States • Drawn to separate different nationalities and ethnicities • Unitary • most power in the hands of central government officials • Federal • strong power to units of local govt. within the country

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