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AP HUG CH 8 NOTES

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Chapter 8 Key Question 1 Key Question 1 How is space politically organized into states and nations? Political geography is the study of how people have organized Earth?s land surface into countries and alliances, reasons underlying the observed arrangements, and the conflicts that result from the organization. A state is politically organized territory. Sovereignty is political & military power. Territorial integrity is the right to defend borders. Territoriality is the attempt by an individual of group to affect, influence or control people, phenomena, and relationships, by delimiting and asserting control over a geographic area but not necessarily with conflict. Vocabulary

Rubenstein Ch 8 Reading Guide

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Political Geography: Key Issue 1 WHERE ARE STATES LOCATED? Rubenstein, pp. 240-247 1. Define state: 2. Define sovereignty: ? PROBLEMS OF DEFINING STATES 3. There is some disagreement about how many states there actually are in the world because of regions which may, or may not, actually be states. Complete the table to demonstrate three cases? KOREA (North and South) People?s Democratic Republic of China (CHINA) and/or Republic of China (TAIWAN) WESTERN SAHARA or SAHRAWI REBPUBLIC One state if you agree that: One state if you agree that: One state if you agree that: Two states if you agree that: Two states if you agree that: No state if you agree that: 4. List the 7 largest states which encompass more than 2 million square miles:

The Earth and its Peoples Ch 23 Study Questions

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Chapter 23 Study Guide- Nation Building and Economic Transformation in the Americas, 1800-1890 Directions: Using complete sentences, answer the following questions. What ignited Latin America?s struggle for independence? What social group led the revolution in Venezuela? How was Simon Bolivar able to gain political support? What was Bolivar?s view of slavery? What was Gran Colombia? Who were Jose de San Martin?s most effective troops in his campaign against the Spanish military? What was Spain?s richest and most populous colony? How Spanish colonial officials rule Mexico since the Spanish king had been imprisoned by the French? What kind of government did Mexico finally form after gaining independence?

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April 25th, 2014 09:41 AM ET Dominican Republic 'committed to inclusive immigration policy' By?An?bal de Castro, Special to CNN Editor?s note: An?bal de Castro is ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the United States. This article is a response to an?opinion piece from Amnesty International?published earlier this week. The views expressed are his own. The Dominican Republic is taking proactive steps to tackle the complex issue of immigration by implementing a policy for registering both national and immigrant citizens, while protecting everyone?s fundamental rights. And the challenges the Dominican Republic is facing to adopt these policies are not much different than those confronting the United States and other nations.

AP World History Chapter 4 Outlines

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The Persian Empire After the fall of the Egyptian and Hittite Empires in the Middle East (1200 BCE) many smaller states prevailed the area. Then over time new powers came to attention with first the Assyrians, then the Persians. And then a great conqueror was well known named Cyrus the Great. Cyrus was known for establishing the Persian Empire located in the northwestern region of India. Cyrus allowed some of the empire to keep older traditions such as cuneiform. For quite some time the Persian empire was considered to be much more advanced and skilled compared to the Greeks. The empire also created many political and cultural traditions still used today in present day Iran. Political Styles and Innovations

The Koreas

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The Koraeas: A Divided Peninsula~Ch. 32.3 Intro Extends off E. coast of Asia Divided into N. and S. Korea N.= Democratic People?s Republic of Korea (communist) S.=Republic of Korea (non-communist) Despite differences, they share common history/culture A Common Culture First peole who livied in Korea came from N. & NW. Invading armies have swept through peninsula on numerous occasions Adapted Chinese Culture Koreans adapted Chinese culture Borrowed from writing/language system Korean language is branch of Altaic group and includes Finnish,, Turkish, and Hungarian Multiple religions Daoism & Confucianism came from China Buddhism is most common N. Korea: communist gvnmt discourages religion Korean War 1945, end of WWI: korea got caught up in Cold War fight over communism

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