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World Geography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a State | In political geo = country |
| A state meets which 3 criteria | 1) populated terrtory 2) established gov 3) sovereignty |
| sovereignty | exercise of state power over people and territory, recognized by other states and codified by international law |
| What is a nation | group of people w strong sense of unity (through common ethnicity, culture, history) "Group of people" |
| What is a stateless nation | a nation without its own state |
| Example of stateless nation | Palestinians, Roma, Basques, Kurds, Chechens, Navajo, Catalans |
| What is a super natural organization | collection of individual states w a common goal. They GIVE UP some sovereignty. |
| Example of supernatural organization | The EU (27 members) |
| What was Brexit | The UK leaving the EU |
| What is some economic integration between EU countries | trade barriers removed common currency (Euro) many manufacturing facilities moving to south/central countries |
| What does economic integration allow the EU to do | Complete with core countries (US, Japan) |
| What is the population pyramid | provides info on the age sex structure of population |
| What is the classic shape of a perphiary country | a pyramid |
| What is the shape of a core country | column shape |
| What is the important cohorts (age groups) | percent pop under 15 percent pop over 65 |
| What is a dependency ratio | sum of under 15 and over 65 pop divided by everyone else |
| What is total fertility rate | Average number of children a woman will have in her life |
| What is Europes TFR | 1.6 (replacement is 2,1) |
| What is migration | crossing a political border during a long term relocation |
| What is inmigration | People entering over a time period |
| What is outmigration | people leaving |
| What is internal migration | remain in country |
| What is immigration | crosses international boundary |
| What is a refugee | leave home out of well being / fear to go to another country |
| What is IDP (Internationally Displaced Person) | people who have to leave their homes for their lives but stay in country |
| What are the 2 major sources of migration | other EU countries former colonies Romania/Croatia has highest % living outside |
| What are the 2 major reason of migration | need for labor in receiving countries sense of obligation to former colonies |
| What is Great Britain | England, Scotland, Whales |
| What is the UK | GB + North Ireland ireland is separate |
| Where is the site of 2 unknown ancient civilizations | Circa 2000 BCE |
| What happened in the interwar period | increasing European influence from GB, France, Italy; boundaries were redrawn |
| What happened post WW2 | political independence for most countries |
| What year did Iraq have independence | 1932 |
| What year did Israel have independence | 1948 |
| Are most Islam Sunni or Shia | Sunni (exception being Iraq + Iran where Shia is more) |
| Who speak Semitic | Arabic / Hebrew |
| Who speak Indo-European | Persian / Kurdin |
| What is the predominant ethnicity / language across the region | Arab/Arabic |
| Where do the Kurds live | Northern Iraq, West Iran, East Turkey, North Syria |
| When was the 6 day war | 1967 |
| What did Israel gain control of after 6 day war | West Bank, Gaza Strip, Gulan Height |
| What do most core countries support | a "two state solution" |
| When did Hamas attack Israel | Oct 7 2023 |
| When did the cease fire begin | Oct 10 2025 |
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