NATIONS: BORDER and POWER
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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
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
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
Mexico: A country’s borders can be determined by conflicts with its neighbors.
Borders Cont’d
Poland: Faced with no defensible east-west borders, was subject to frequent invasion.
Borders Cont’d
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
Identify one physical feature of Saudi Arabia that helps explain the location of its borders.
Review
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
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
Review Cont’d
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