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Boundaries

Boundaries. State- country that has recognized borders Nation- group of people with common identity Nation-State - Stateless Nation- group of people who don’t have a country/self- rule = Kurds, Palestinians, Tibetans Multinational State –country where there are multiple people - USA.

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Boundaries

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  1. Boundaries

  2. State- country that has recognized borders • Nation- group of people with common identity • Nation-State - • Stateless Nation- group of people who don’t have a country/self- rule = Kurds, Palestinians, Tibetans • Multinational State –country where there are multiple people - USA

  3. Nation-State/Stateless Nation Research • Read about a group of people • Describe the people • History • What do they want • Kind of dispute

  4. Small Group Discussion • What is a boundary? Purpose? • How are they set? • How might boundaries be a place of conflict?

  5. What kind of boundaries do you see?

  6. Physical Boundaries - Mountains Desert Water Cultural Boundaries Boundaries

  7. The partition of India left both India and Pakistan devastated. The process of partition had claimed many lives in the riots. Why was India partitioned this way by the British?

  8. After WWI-the Allies tried to redraw Europe based on ethnic lines- in 1990 it fell apart.

  9. The 38th Parallel

  10. Physical Boundaries - Mountains Desert Water Cultural Boundaries Religion Geometric Language Boundaries Superimposed Boundaries- Israel, Yugoslavia Subsequent Boundaries- Balkanization Antecedent Boundaries- Louisiana Purchase

  11. Back to the questions…. • What is a boundary? Purpose? • How are they set? • How might boundaries be a place of conflict?

  12. Function/Purpose • Keeping People IN • Keeping People OUT • Mark limits of jurisdiction – symbol of SOVEREIGNTY • Promotes nationalism

  13. Activity • Find examples of the boundaries on the handout

  14. Positional Disputes US/Mexico Border When states argue about where the border actually is 2) Territorial Disputes WWII, German invasion of Czechoslovakia and Poland Conflict because one state wants to annex a territory whose pop. is ethnically related to them Boundary Disputes/Conflicts

  15. 3) Functional Disputes US/Mexico (once again)-immigration, drug control When states cannot agree on policies that apply in border area 4) Resource Disputes Oil –Persian Gulf/ Kuwait and Iraq rights to oil Fishing Areas – Canada and US- Atlantic Ocean

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