Chapter 9 Notes by Star Berrios https://padlet.com/astarleeberrios14/mjgyk8si4eki The Shape of the Political Map en-us 2018-03-09 21:31:57 UTC 2018-03-13 20:50:57 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Alarmclock.png Essential Question astarleeberrios14 https://padlet.com/astarleeberrios14/mjgyk8si4eki/wish/240377489 What social, historical, and economic factors have influenced modern political maps at various scales?]]> 2018-03-09 21:33:54 UTC https://padlet.com/astarleeberrios14/mjgyk8si4eki/wish/240377489 The Structure of the Contemporary Political Map astarleeberrios14 https://padlet.com/astarleeberrios14/mjgyk8si4eki/wish/240377901 *Country is often used to describe any political entity that is independent from the control of any other entity. ]]> 2018-03-09 21:36:11 UTC https://padlet.com/astarleeberrios14/mjgyk8si4eki/wish/240377901 Independent States as Building Blocks astarleeberrios14 https://padlet.com/astarleeberrios14/mjgyk8si4eki/wish/240378577 *Political units exist at various scales(ex. In the US, a person resides in a town/city, a county, a state, and in a country as a whole).
*In the area of international areas, a state is the largest political unit, the formal term for a country. It meets the following criteria
  • Has a defined boundary
  • Contains a permanent population
  • Maintains sovereignty over its domestic and international affairs
  • Is recognized by other states
*Sovereignty: the power of a political unit to rule over its own affairs
*In order for a political unit to have legitimacy, it must have sovereignty

]]> 2018-03-09 21:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/astarleeberrios14/mjgyk8si4eki/wish/240378577 Types of Political Entities astarleeberrios14 https://padlet.com/astarleeberrios14/mjgyk8si4eki/wish/240381195 *A nation is a group of people who have certain things in common
  • Share a common common cultural heritage 
  • Have beliefs and values that help unify them
  • Claim a particular space based on tradition as their homeland
  • Desire to establish their own state or express self-determination in another way
*Depending on how tightly one applies these standards, the number of nations ranges from a few hundred to several thousand
*Nation-States: a singular nation of people who fulfill the qualifications of a state(ex. Iceland and Japan)
*A strong national identity coupled with strict immigration policies have maintained Japan as a nation-state
*Multinational States:: a country that contains more than one nation
*Most multinational states consist of one dominant nation that cotrols most of the political power
*Autonomous Regions: A defined are within a state that has a high degree of self- government and freedom from its parent state(ex. Aland is a group of islandsin the Baltic sea. It is a part of Finland but lies near Sweden. Most residents are ethnically Swedish and speak that language. A desire to join sweden after WWI was submitted to the League of Nations. The League ruled that Aland should remain part of Finland, but as a nonmilitarized, largely self-governing entity, which it still is today).
*Stateless Nations: Many nations do not have a state of their own, although they often have a political organization. These cultural groups have no independent political entity(ex.the Palestinians and the Basque)
*Multistate Nations: occurs when a nation has a state of its own but stretches across borders of other states.(most Hungarians live in Hungary, but many live in the Transylvania region of Romania).

]]> 2018-03-09 21:54:17 UTC https://padlet.com/astarleeberrios14/mjgyk8si4eki/wish/240381195 Evolution of the Contemporary Political Map astarleeberrios14 https://padlet.com/astarleeberrios14/mjgyk8si4eki/wish/241112750 *Todayś world map includes nations without states, nations in multiple states, and states containing multiple nations.
*This mixture of situations reflects the evolution of politics,economics,and warfare over the last roughly 600 years.]]> 2018-03-12 20:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/astarleeberrios14/mjgyk8si4eki/wish/241112750 The Modern Nation-State Concept astarleeberrios14 https://padlet.com/astarleeberrios14/mjgyk8si4eki/wish/241114550 *For most of European history, no relation existed between the language people spoke and the state to which they belonged.
*Most people who paid allegiance to the king of France in the 1500s did not speak french.
*The 1800s saw an explosion of nationalism in europe]]> 2018-03-12 20:40:15 UTC https://padlet.com/astarleeberrios14/mjgyk8si4eki/wish/241114550 Forces Unifying and Breaking Apart Countries astarleeberrios14 https://padlet.com/astarleeberrios14/mjgyk8si4eki/wish/241192036 *One definition of nationalism is a nation´s desire to create and maintain a state of its own.
*Shared religion, external threats, a common language, and  unifying people are all examples of centripetal forces.
*Centrifugal forces: tend to break apart states or keep one from forming.(religion and language divide the people of Belgium)

]]> 2018-03-13 03:20:33 UTC https://padlet.com/astarleeberrios14/mjgyk8si4eki/wish/241192036 Imperialism and Colonialism astarleeberrios14 https://padlet.com/astarleeberrios14/mjgyk8si4eki/wish/241193491 *Imperialism and Colonialism are related ideas, but not the same thing.
*Imperialism: a broader concept; includes a variety of ways  influencing another country or group of people, by direct conquest, by economic control, or by cultural dominance.
*Colonialism: a particular type of imperialism in which people move into and settle on the land of another country.
*The first wave of European colonialism was led by Spain and Portugal, and then by France and Britian.
*Motivated by God, glory, and gold.
**Wanted religious influence by spreading their form of Christianity, economic wealth from exploiting land, labor, and capital to enrich their home country, and political power by expanding their influence throughout the world**
*Terra Nullius: ¨Legal concept¨ that stands for ´the land belongs to no one´
*During the nineteenth century, the Spanish and the Portuguese empires declined, but other European countries launched a second wave of colonization,
* The Berlin Conference used these claims to form state bounderies in Africa


]]> 2018-03-13 03:29:35 UTC https://padlet.com/astarleeberrios14/mjgyk8si4eki/wish/241193491 Geopolitical Forces Influencing Today´s Map astarleeberrios14 https://padlet.com/astarleeberrios14/mjgyk8si4eki/wish/241626638 *While the European colonies in Africa and Asia did not last long, their legacy was strong.
* It can be seen in contemporary maps and the links among countries]]> 2018-03-13 20:47:30 UTC https://padlet.com/astarleeberrios14/mjgyk8si4eki/wish/241626638 Modern Colonial Independence Movements astarleeberrios14 https://padlet.com/astarleeberrios14/mjgyk8si4eki/wish/241627535 *]]> 2018-03-13 20:50:06 UTC https://padlet.com/astarleeberrios14/mjgyk8si4eki/wish/241627535