Unit+4.2-+Political

media type="custom" key="24394694"media type="custom" key="24394530" ** Country, State, and Nation ** ** By Matt Rosenberg at About.com **
 * Thank you Yakko! Political geography is the study of how the earth is divided into geographic regions. If a cartoon figure can know where all the countries of the world are, then so can you! Granted, this video is a bit dated. If it were redone today, there would be 34 new countries Yakko would have to squeeze in. Now that we know where most of the states in the world are located ****, the next thing we have to consider in the study of political geography are the questions of "What makes a country a country?" and "What are the different types of countries?". Within our lifetime, the number of countries has grown considerably. Seventy years ago, there were only about 50 sovereign states in the world. Today we have **** approximately 200(ish) **** states or countries in the world with South Sudan (2011) being the most recent addition. Of these, 193 are members of the United Nations (Switzerland, the most recent addition, finally joined in May, 2002). See the John Green video above **
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 * Defining an Independent Country **

While the terms country, state, and nation are often used interchangeably, there is a difference. A State (note the capital "S") is a self-governing political entity. The term State can be used interchangeably with country. A nation, however, is a tightly-knit group of people which share a common culture. A nation-state is a nation which has the same borders as a State. Let's start with what defines a State or an independent country. An independent State:
 * States and Independent Countries**

There are currently [|196 independent countries or States] around the world. Territories of countries or individual parts of a country are not countries in their own right. Examples of entities that are **not** countries include: Hong Kong, Bermuda, Greenland, Puerto Rico, and most notably the constituent parts of the United Kingdom. (Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland, and England are not countries.) A "state" (with a lower-case "s") is usually a division of a federal State (such as the states of the United States of America). Nations are culturally homogeneous groups of people, larger than a single tribe or community, which share a common language, institutions, religion, and historical experience. When a nation of people have a State or country of their own, it is called a nation-state. Places like France, Egypt, Germany, and Japan are excellent examples of nation-states. There are some States which have two nations, such as Canada and Belgium. Even with its multicultural society, the United States is referred to as a nation-state because of the shared American "culture." There are nations without States. For example, the Kurds are stateless people.
 * Has space or territory which has internationally recognized boundaries (boundary disputes are OK).
 * Has people who live there on an ongoing basis.
 * Has economic activity and an organized economy. A country regulates foreign and domestic trade and issues money.
 * Has the power of social engineering, such as education.
 * Has a transportation system for moving goods and people.
 * Has a government which provides public services and police power.
 * Has sovereignty. No other State should have power over the country's territory.
 * Has external recognition. A country has been "voted into the club" by other countries.
 * Nations and Nation-States**

**One thing not covered in the last reading was "Where does a nation's sovereignty end when it is bordered by a body of water?". For that answers please read this short article** **on the Exclusive Economic Zones by Matt Rosenberg of About .com.**
 * Now it's time for Dr. Sander's excellent powerpoint presentation on Political Geography which covers very succinctly everything we just learned as well as some things we will be learning in the weeks to come. **

= Rubenstein Ch. 8- Full Text = == =**Political Geography Vocabulary Terms and Defs**=
 * =[[image:wall.jpg width="569" height="379" caption="The Great Wall of China is an excellent example of a relic boundary- one that still exists but is no longer an official border.  On the right, a family poses for a picture in Tienamen Square in Beijing where the uprising of 1989 was brutally crushed by Chinese troops.   Today,  the modern Chinese government shows its power in more subtle ways with cameras watching everyone in the square while the image of Mao Zedong looks on from the walls of the Forbidden City. "]]= || =[[image:landreth-planet/tsquare.jpg width="437" height="523"]]= ||

Stratfor Physical Geography and Geostrategy videos
Borders Just for Fun: India Pakistan at the Onion
 * ==**Date**== || ==**Subject**== || ==**Homework**== ||
 * === Monday, Jan. 25 === || [[file:The of Shapes of States.docx]]
 * Bizarre Borders Part One: Countries inside Countries
 * Bizarre Borders: The US and Canada || ** VICE: India and Pakistan ** **- Start watching at the 11:15 mark**

The Most Complex Borders- Part One
10 Smallest Countries || Geopolitics Vox: Arctic Borders- Excellent Arctic Sea Ice Melting and the law of the Sea ||  || Walled World- The Guardian Bruised Borders || ** Movie of the Week: ** || [|Power of Place 3: Supranationalism & Devolution] The EU Explained in Brief Plaid Avenger EU Explanation EU Problems and timeline STRATFOR || ** Read Ch. 8.1-9, Rubenstein and take notes- **
 * The Most Complex Borders- Part Two **
 * === Tuesday, Jan. 26 === || [[file:Geopolitics.pdf]]
 * === Wednesday, Jan. 27 === || Walls: Essay Practice
 * Hotel Rwanda**
 * === Thursday, Jan. 28 === || Supranationalism & Devolution
 * Not **** es Due Wednesday, Feb. 5 **

Berlin Conference Packet (Due 2/1)
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 * === Fri., Jan. 29 ===

|| Conflict Lab The Artificial Boundary that Divided Iraq media type="file" key="artificial_boundary_that_divides_iraq_.mp3" width="240" height="20" The Kurds 101media type="file" key="Kurds101.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||  || Chile Coup d'etat 9-11-1973 Chile Coup from the BBC (excellent)
 * === Monday, Feb. 1 === || Style of Governments

Mindblown- the other 9/11 (not my style of historybut maybe it's yours) || HW: || TEDed- Gerrymandering Crash Course- Gerrymandering NBC Gerrymandering Crazy State of Politics Gerrymandering Movie 2012 Election- Which maps show the true state of things ||  || The Kingdom OR Argo || AP Exam Site FRQ's 2000-2010 [|Unit 4: Political Organization of Space] [|Kuby Human Geography in Action 5th Ed Companion Site] || BR Music: Seeed: Dickes B ||  || BR Music Video: Peter Fox- Alles Neu Crash Course: The Cold War ||  || BR Music Video: **Marčelo - Kuća na promaji** Death of Yugoslavia- BBC Croatia: Geographic Challenge Language & Religion of Yugoslavia ||  ||
 * === Tuesday, Feb. 2 === || Gerrymandering and Election Geography
 * === Wednesday, Feb. 5 === || Test Review || **Movie of the week:**
 * === Thursday, Feb. 6 === ||  || == Quizlet #1 #2 ==
 * === Friday, Feb. 7 === || === Test Ch. 7 & 8 === ||  ||
 * || ** Cold War Continued **
 * Quiz Ch. 7 **
 * Quiz Ch. 7 **
 * || Eastern Europe Slides
 * || [[file:Yugoslavia devolution reading.pdf]]
 * || Intifada Sountrack ||   ||


 * == Political Extras == || = Political Geography Assignments = ||
 * ===Political Vocabulary===

Power of Place

 * [|Power of Place 3: Supranationalism & Devolution]
 * [|Power of Place 19: Strength to Overcome]

Activities

 * [|Redistricting Game]
 * Geocurrents

Video
> Energy Issues in Gaza - This is VERY biased. But a good explanation of the position of Israel
 * What's up Africa!- a humorous look at African politics
 * VICE- Season One from HBO
 * Stratfor- Geographic challenge videos for 42 countries
 * 10 most miserable countries 2016
 * Short lesson on the Congo
 * Somali Piracy
 * Oil, Trade, and Arctic Ice
 * North Korea: Frontline
 * Syria- Frontline
 * India Pakistan Border History
 * Water sharing in the Middle East
 * 101 East- Al-Jazeera show on Global issues
 * The EU Explained
 * What's the difference between the UK, GB and England?
 * What's the difference between Holland and the Netherlands
 * Catalan- New EU State
 * Bizarre Borders Part One: Countries inside Countries
 * Bizarre Borders: The US and Canada
 * Chinese Territorial Claims
 * BBC Documentary on Syria
 * I know I'm not alone
 * [|Parag Khanna Maps the Future of Countries (TED)]
 * [|Warning: Border Under Construction Documentary (Trailer)]
 * [|Dispute Over Spratly Islands (BBC News)] Dispute over oil and ownership of islands
 * [|Brief History of the EU (Economist YouTube)]
 * [|Why Israel Can't Go Back to 1967 Borders]

Articles
Great Article on Boders! NYTimes 1/30/12 TIME magazine special Jan 2011 Devolution at work! - CNN.com 1/6/11 Colonial superimposed boundaries - NY Times 1/8/11 Challenges the newest country South Sudan faces - Foreign Policy Magazine 1/25/11 NPR 11/12/11 NY Times Series beginning 10/24/11 Gerrymanderig Article NY Times 10/22/11 Update on Dagestan Russia Power of Place 2003 - 4/21/2011 Cyprus and Caucasus - NYTimes Opinion 12/19/2001 Political Geog Meets Population! - NYTimes 12/10/11 Politics of Development - Flowing Data 12/9/2011 Photo Blog on Western Sahara - MSN.com 2/15/2011 AlJazeera 3/5/2011 Supranationalism - The Globalist 10/4/2011 NYTimes 10/15/2011 Great article with different options - NYTimes 9/11/2011 MSNBC 8/23/2011 Comparing India to the EU - NYTimes 11/23/2011 - CNN 1/10/2012
 * The US Re-imagined
 * List of new states
 * The United States f Watersheds
 * [|Can a Town Divided Against Itself Stand?]
 * [|Top Ten Aspiring Nations (Potential Nations)]
 * [|Southern Sudan Independence Vote]
 * [|Southern Sudan Feels Freedom Close at Hand]
 * [|More Sudans, More Problems]
 * [|In Arab States, It's Good To Be The King]
 * [|In Praise of Borders]
 * [|Battles to Shape Maps, and Congress, Go to Courts]
 * [|Targeting Terror in Dagestan]
 * [|Frozen In Time]
 * [|The National Womb]
 * [|Corruption vs Human Development]
 * [|Ghosts of the Sahara Photo Essay]
 * [|A Middle East Without Borders?]
 * [|Mathematics, The EU, & Global Governance]
 * [|In Protest, The Power of Place]
 * [|Mapping Mideast Peace]
 * [|Invisible Millions Pay Price Of Statelessness]
 * [|India's Similarity to the European Union]
 * [|Federal Court Blocks Oklahoma Ban On Sharia]

Web Links
2008 Presidential election Map & Cartogram Scroll over politics tab, also has statistics Info on conflicts and disasters
 * [|BBC News Country Profiles]
 * [|Remapping the Election]
 * [|Pollster.com]
 * [|Top 10 Democracy Statistics]
 * [|IGO's]
 * [|US Institute For Peace Report on Sudan]
 * Gerrymandering Under Fire
 * Unrepresented Nations and Peoples
 * Top Ten Aspiring Nations
 * Israel Palestine Infographic
 * Southern Sudan Feels Freedom Close at Hand
 * [|Maping Worlds (Cartograms)]
 * [|Reliefweb]
 * [|Conflicts & Politics in N Ireland]
 * [|EU Center: Indiana University]
 * [|Sealand]

Songs
(About Bosnia Genocide) || ===Empower Article (Due 2/10)===
 * [|Song: You Stay Here by Richard Shindell]
 * Women’s Group Speaks Out For Darfur **

Power of Place 19
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 * == Development Extras == || == Development Assignments == ||
 * ===Power of Place===
 * [|Power of Place 8: Holding the Hinterlands]
 * [|Power of Place 11: A Challenge for Two Old Cities]
 * [|Power of Place 16: Urban & Rural Contrasts]
 * [|Power of Place 13: The Mainland]

Articles
NY Times Magazine NY Times (GDI & GEM) NPR (GDI & GEM) Philly.com 8/29/10 Bedrooms from around the world (inequality) - The Telegraph Brazil is not a BRIC country anymore - FoxNews 3/19/2011 Entrepreneurs want to change the world - NYTimes 10/22/11 NYTimes 2/15/2011 Why are whites dropped for unemployment? - NYTimes 9/17/2011 -NYTimes 12/21/2011
 * [|Portraits From A Job Starved City (Rockford IL)]
 * Where is a tragedy, a tragedy?The Guardian
 * [|Afghan Women Slowly Gaining Protection]
 * [|In Tunisia, Women Play Equal Role in Revolution]
 * [|Afghanistan's Future]
 * [|Where Children Sleep]
 * [|Brazil Is In A Class By Itself]
 * [|Unreasonable, Maybe, but It’s on a Social Mission]
 * [|Let’s Admit It: Globalization Has Losers]
 * [|The Impoverished States of America]
 * [|Photo Essay: Homelessness Around the World]
 * [|Scaling Caste Walls With Capitalism’s Ladders]

Video

 * [|The Danger of a Single Story (TED)]
 * [|S Johnson Tours The Ghost Map (TED)]
 * [|Asia's Rise - Hans Rosling (TED)]
 * [|The Truth About HIV - Has Rosling]
 * [|Aid vs Trade (TED)]
 * [|Doing Business In Africa (TED)]
 * [|Bono's Call To Action in Africa (TED)]
 * [|Bill Gates: Malaria & Education (TED)]
 * [|Rethinking Poverty Section on TED Talks]
 * Myths About the Developing World
 * [|It Only Takes A Girl (Gender) (YouTube)]
 * Human Development Index Explained

Web Links
Human Dev indicators & regional graphs Compare country stats > Human Development Issues in the US NY Times US Deficit Project
 * [|Human Development Reports(United Nations)]
 * [|Changes to Definition of HDI (2010)]
 * [|FedEx Experience (Many Topics)]
 * [|2000: A Better World For All]
 * [|NationMaster]
 * [|UN Development Programme]
 * [|Measure of America]
 * [|History is Demographics]
 * [|What Does One Trillion Dollars Look Like?]
 * [|What Does 11 Trillion Look Like (2009 US Debt)]
 * [|US Budget Puzzle: You Fix The Budget]
 * [|Aid Statistics]
 * Development in America
 * Perspectives on Development Aid
 * Better Life Index
 * Gap Minder
 * Human Development Index
 * Aid Flows
 * [|Maping Worlds (Cartograms)]
 * [|CNN Freedom Project]
 * [|Learning Out of Poverty Infographic]

Human Development Index Links

 * [|Mapping the World]
 * [|USA Life Expectancy Data]
 * || ===Kuby Chapter 7, Activity 1-4===

Rostow Model WS (2/16)
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