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Political Geography


After reading and studying this chapter you should be able to:
  1. Differentiate between a state, a nation, and a nation-state.
  2. Summarize the geographic characteristics of states.
  3. Identify the various shapes of political entities and articulate each shape's strengths and weaknesses.
  4. Define different types of boundaries and be able to classify actual boundaries when presented with a map.
  5. Describe the centripetal and centrifugal forces that can act on a state to promote or challenge cohesion.
  6. Explain, using examples, what is meant by supranationalism.
  7. Enumerate the important geographical problems associated with the use of and control over maritime regions and know the geographic, economic, and political issues involved with the Law of the Sea Convention.
  8. Understand the role that international alliances play in global political geography.
  9. Understand the concept of gerrymandering and identify the problems it poses in efforts to redistrict.
  10. List the ways in which local and regional political organization can be fragmented and enumerate the attempts to overcome political fragmentation of space.







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