Exam 9: Political Geographies

Critiques of Mackinder's heartland theory believed that he ignored the importance of the following in his geopolitical assessments:

What is sectionalism? Discuss using an example.

One of the first international organizations ever formed had international peace and security as its goal; known as the ________,it attempted to assist in the independence of colonies.

Lenin believed that political equity through ________ was the way to turn the Russian Empire's more than 100 non-Russian nationalities into a single,Soviet people.

-The country of Algeria is identified by the number

Systems of representation are very much tied to the history of a country,with some very sensitive to the way that history and geography come together.

Once colonization has begun,the periphery becomes a market for goods from the core.

The Portuguese and Spanish dominated the colonization of South America,maintaining a major and strong-armed presence for centuries.

To be considered a nation,a group of people must

In the political geographic division of the world into North and South (the North/South Divide),Australia and New Zealand are part of the

Nationalists that want an independent state of Quebec are properly described as

What is regionalism? Discuss using an example.

-The capital of Latvia is

Match the acronym to its organization or the example. -League of Nations served as its model

The Basque collective identity and commitment to place is a good example of

The British presence in India

________ is the thesis put forth by the late Edward Said to help explain colonialism and how Europe and North America justify treating Arabs and other peoples of Asia as inferior and in need of disciplining.

In 1971,________ split off from Pakistan to become an independent state.

The (re)acquisition of sovereignty and territorial integrity following colonization is known as

These organizations in England and France were explicitly formed to aid in the expansionary efforts of their home countries.