Principles of Geography GEO 100

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Principles of GeographyGEO 100

• Chapter 9 - Political Geography
• St. Charles Community College
• Ellen Wilson

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Political Lines

• Are political lines randomly distributed over the
  globe?
  
• Regions identifying what?
• What is the point?
• NPR-Hans Island

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Effect on Culture

• Do political lines have any effect on culture?
• Do political and cultural lines match?

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Multi-layered
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Terms State vs Nation
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Border markers

• Natural
• Geographic Grid

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Border Markers-Antecedent
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Border Markers - Subsequent
Consequent
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Border Markers - Subsequent
Superimposed
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Border Markers - Relic
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Issues due to Size

• Consider
• Distance Decay
• Interaction Potential
• Exchange of Cultural Traits

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Issues due to shape

• Consider
• Distance Decay
• Interaction Potential
• Exchange of Cultural Traits

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Issues due to location

• Consider
• Distance Decay
• Interaction Potential
• Exchange of Cultural Traits

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Cause of border changes

• Colonial Claims
• Web site of US border changes

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Changes - Irredentism
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Irredentism (cont)

• NPR End of Yugoslavia
• NPR Catalonia and Spain dispute
• NPR Basque cease fire
• NPR Eritrea separation

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Changes (cont)

• Control of Law
• NPR - Israel
• Arbitrary
• Population migration
• Voting practices

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Causes of Border Disputes

• Culture clashes
• Historic ties
• Resource discoveries
• Policy disagreements
• International concerns
• Web site list of conflicts

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Longevity of Border

• Centrifugal vs Centripetal
• Holding factors
• Nationalism/sense of unity
• Regionalism
• Confidence in leadership
• Cultural similarities/differences
• Economic similarities/differences

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Non-political Borders

• Military
• NATO
• Economic
• NAFTA
• EU
• OPEC
• Global
• UN

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• Questions??