nations: border and power
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NATIONS: BORDER and POWER. Essential Questions : What factors determine where boundaries between countries are established? How do different countries relate to one another?. Political Regions. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Essential Questions:
1. What factors determine where boundaries between countries are established?
2. How do different countries relate to one another?
NATIONS: BORDER and POWER
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Just as each place belongs to more than one physical or cultural region, it can also belong to several political divisions:City/Town;
County; State; Country
Political Regions
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Supremacy of National Government: A national government is sovereign, or supreme within its own borders.US Constitution is above Texas state
law.Sources of National Power: Many
factors influence a government’s ability to control territory and influence international events.Size, population, wealth, educational
level, military strength, and physical features.
Political Regions Cont’d
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Mexico: A country’s borders can be determined by conflicts with its neighbors.
Borders Cont’d
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Poland: Faced with no defensible east-west borders, was subject to frequent invasion.
Borders Cont’d
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France: A country’s borders can be affected by international political relations.
Israel and Palestine: UN supported Jewish state in 1947, but neighboring Arab countries declared war on Israel.
Borders Cont’d
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Identify one physical feature of Saudi Arabia that helps explain the location of its borders.
Review
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An important effect of mountain ranges, large rivers, and ocean coastlines on a country has often been the-A. growth in available fertile landB. encouragement of cultural
convergenceC. formation of the country’s bordersD. promotion of a democratic form of
governmentANSWER: C
Review Cont’d
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The conflict between Israel and its Arab neighbors since 1948 shows thatA. strong leadership often leads to a
return of traditional ways.B. conflicts between neighbors can
result in shifting bordersC. Communism has played a major role
in Israel’s developmentD. Europe still controls its former
colonial territoriesANSWER: B
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