ZUnit Four - Political Geography

1. Workbook: Read Unit Four – Define Vocabulary and ANNOTATE multiple choice questions

2. Read Workbook and Barron’s - Political Geography Take Notes – (minimum of 10 pages)

3. The South China Sea Conflict annotated Article and answer Questions. Class Notes

4. Define the terms nation and state and create geolocated notes that define and give examples of each of the following nation-state arrangements: Nation-state, Multistate nation, Stateless, Multinational state, Autonomous and semiautonomous regions.

● Small Group Activity - the complex issue of countries● Frayer Models “Sovereignty” ‘forward capital” “primate city” “nationalism”● FRQ question on multicore state - see back● Geo in the News - East China Sea, Who Are the Kurds? and Protests in Hong Kong-

Answer Questions

5. Effects of Colonialism and Imperialism – 1) Geo in the News 50 Years Past Colonialism - Reading Activity of Choice (Red Sheet). 2)Answer Discussion Questions - see back of this page. 3) 4 Level Map Analysis - World System Theory textbook page 263.

6. Boundary types: Explain and give examples of physical, cultural, and geometric boundaries. Create an illustrative and explanatory chart of the following boundary types: superimposed, subsequent, antecedent, consequent, and relic.

7. Shapes and Boundaries:

● Complete graphic organizer for the five shapes of states -types, advantages, disadvantages, examples

● Venn Diagram of enclaves and exclaves include examples

● Create a graphic organizer of types of boundaries. type, advantage, disadvantage, examples.

● Geolocated notes on the different types of boundary disputes

● Geo in the News - Pakistan and India Independence Days - Read and Answer Questions

8. Arctic Circle Conflict - Find a current scholarly article, annotate and Create Venn Diagram comparing to South China Sea. Creative Solution Activity in class.

9. Internal Boundaries

● Explain and give examples of Unitary and Federal forms of governance and evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of each. AP FRQ Practice Question

● Define and explain issues associated with voting districts, redistricting, and gerrymandering

10. Devolution - Centripetal and Centrifugal forces - 1) define and give examples; 2) Create a chart of the three types of Devolution– explain each and forces that lead to devolution, give examples, and include map; 3) Geo in the News - The Catalan Way; 4) AP Practice FRQ; 5) Fragile States Map Activities;

11. Challenges to Sovereignty – Create a graphic organizer that identifies/ explains the following with regard to international organizations: Antarctic Treaty, Unesco, UN, EU, UNCLOS, NAFTA, ASEAN, NATO, OPEC, TPP, Mercosur, African Union, Arctic Council. Some forces that may lead to supranationalism include economies of scale, trade agreements, military. alliances or transnational environmental challenges.

Choose one and explain how it can challenge state sovereignty by limiting the economic or political actions of member states. FRQ: Nationalism and Supranationalism

12. Project: TED Studies: Government and Politics - Cyber-Influence & Power - see Website

13. Be a Global Citizen - Citizenship is you have not done this one yet

14. YOU WILL HAVE AN FRQ TEST AT THE END OF THIS UNIT

Effects of Colonialism, Imperialism, and Fall of Communism

Discussion Questions: Talk about how imperialism and independence movements, have been the most important forces in creating the current political map.

1. How did colonialism lead to the spread of nationalism and influence contemporary boundaries?

2. Using maps of Africa, demonstrate and discuss how the current boundaries have evolved from those drawn at the Berlin Conference?

3. Review the Russian Empire and note how the conquered territories became the SSRs of the Soviet Union. Evaluate how the Fall of Communism led to the creation of newly independent states, and changed the world balance of power.

UNIT FOUR FREE RESPONSE QUESTIONS

1. Nigeria, illustrated by the map, ia a multicore state.

A. Define the concept “multicore state.”

B. Explain why Nigeria is a good example of a multicore state, and identify one specific problem that Nigeria faces because it is a multicore state.

C. Explain one reason why Nigeria moved its capital from Lagos to Abuja.