Key Issue 8.1 Fagan 2017

2.3.17

Veteran’s Day

(Thailand)

Have your 8.1/8.2 guides on your desk for me to check

You DO NOT need your own sheet of paper for the quiz (6th) PUT YOUR

NAME ON THE QUIZ!!

BONUS! 1

_{period (5 points)}

• _{What is the name of the ethnic Muslims in the}

Rakhine state that are being persecuted by the majority Buddhist government?

• _{**Close enough is good enough for spelling!!}

Bonus *2

_Period

• _{What is the name of the state where Rohingya}

Muslims live in Myanmar?

Bonus- 3

_{Period (5 points)}

• _{What is the name of the country to the west}

of Myanmar where most of the Rohingya

Muslim refugees are attempting to escape to?

Bonus *4

_Period

Bonus* 6

_Period

• _{Name a country- OTHER THAN Bangladesh-}

2.6.17

Sami National Day (Norway) Waitangi Day (NZ)

• _{Bell Ringer:}

• _{1.) True/False: A state MUST have sovereignty to be a state}

• _{2.) What is the largest state? Smallest state? (that is a UN member)} • _{3.) How many ethnicities does the Korean peninsula have? How}

many states?

• _{4.) Is Taiwan recognized as sovereign by the UN?}

2.6.17

• _{Work on 8.3 Guides (due Friday 2.10) and}

Chapter 8 notecards (also due Friday 2.10)

• _{Open notes quiz this week on Thursday 2.9}

(8.2 and 8.3)

2.2.17

Groundhog Day, World Wetland’s Day

• _{Bell Ringer:}

1.) True/False: Balkanization is ALWAYS devolution 2.) True/False: Devolution is ALWAYS Balkanization 3.) What was supposed to be the MAIN centripetal force for Yugoslavia?

4.) What region of Africa is also known as the “Horn of Africa”? (n/e/s/w)

Chapter 8 Political Geography

Where are States Located?

What is a state?

• _{State- an area organized into a political unit,}

ruled by an established government that controls its internal (domestic) and foreign affairs.

– _{A defined territory.}

– _{Has a permanent population.}

What is sovereignty?

• _{Sovereignty- a state has this when no other}

state controls its internal affairs.

– _{In the last 50 years (post WWII), the number of}

Is SC a state by the definition of a state?

• _{No! The states in the}

US are regional

divisions of the one USA!

What about Antarctica?

• _{It is the only}

landmass on Earth that is not a part of a state.

• _{Some countries claim}

Is Korea One Country or Two?

• _{Once a colony of Japan.} • _{One ethnicity but now}

two states.

• _{Divided along 38}th

Parallel by USSR and US after WWII.

• _{Division permanent in}

1940s despite being the same ethnic group.

• _{NK invaded SK in 1950.}

• _{Both sides want to}

unite Korea but on their own terms.

• _{NK – Communist} • _{SK – Republic}

• _{Progress halted when}

N. Korea built nuclear weapons.

• _{Admitted to UN as two}

North Korea vs. South Korea at night. What does this tell us about the two states?

Is Taiwan sovereign?

• _{China’s government says Taiwan is a part of}

China.

• _{After a civil war in 1949 the Nationalists}

• _{1999 - Taiwan}

announced that they were a sovereign state but not recognized by UN or US.

What about Western Sahara?

• _{Morocco claims the area of the Western}

Sahara but most African countries consider it a sovereign state.

Largest and Smallest States?

•

_{Largest State - Russia}

• _{11% of world’s land}

•

_{Smallest - Monaco}

(smallest in UN- Vatican

even smaller –not UN)

• _{Microstates – more than two}

dozen.

• _{Many microstates are islands-}

Bell ringer 2.10

1. By our definition established yesterday- Is South Carolina a state? Is Antarctica a state? 2. What is the relationship

between economic

partnerships and war?

3. What region of the world

best exemplifies the concept of a borderless world?

What are the Largest Countries in the World

(land mass)?

• _{1. Russia} • _{2. Canada} • _{3. US}

2.7.17

Independence Day (Grenada) ** Good example of Decolonization! **

• _{Bell Ringers:}

1.) Why are there no perfect nation-states?

2.) Give two examples of American cities

threatened by rising sea levels

Unit 4: Key Issue 8.2

How did the State Concept Develop?

• _{Pre 1800 the world was divided into city-states (ex:}

Where did the idea of city-states develop?

• _{The Fertile Crescent –}

also known as Ancient Mesopotamia.

• _{One of the first areas of}

civilization.

What about empires?

• _{Empires also began in the}

Fertile Crescent - Egypt and Persia are examples.

• _{Occurred when one}

city-state would gain

dominance over another.

• _{Roman Empire- the}

Where did modern states first develop?

• _{Early European}

States

– _{After fall of Rome,}

Germany and Italy remained divided into estates.

– _{BUT, France and}

England became

nation-states.

http://www.vlib.us/medieval/graphics/1493.gif

What is Colonialism?

• _{A Colony- is a}

Colonies (cont’d)

• _{1400s - Euro states began to}

control most of the world through colonialism –

• the efforts of one country to

establish political, economic, and cultural aspects in a territory.

• _{**Colonies are typically}

3 Main reasons for Colonies

• _{1. To promote Christianity.}

• _{2. For resources and new markets!}

• _{3. More land = more power!}

Imperialism

• _{The colonization of Africa and Asia by European}

countries.

• _{What is the difference between Imperialism and}

Colonialism?

– _{Imperialism - control of an indigenous society (typically}

to exploit them for their resources not to live there)

– _{Colonialism- control of a previously}

Colonial Possessions, 1914

The Sun Never Sets on the British Empire

• _{The UK had the}

The smallest remaining colony..

• _{Pitcairn Island}

(approx 50 people).

Schedule 2.5.15

• _SSR

• _{Finish 8.1 and begin 8.2}

• _{Work on reading guides (if time)}

• _{HW: Reading guides 8.1 and 8.2 are still due}