Small Group Discussion

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Small Group Discussion

• How many states can you name?
• Who decides what is a state?
• Who decides where borders lie?
• Can you name one/two conflicts between states?
• What is the conflict based on?
• Are there issues within states? Why?

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Territorial Morphology
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Shapes
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Compact States

• Distance from center to boundaries is the same
• If capital is in center, eases ability to rule
• Allows for good communication

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Prorupted States

• A compact state with a large projecting extension
• - Often exist for natural resource reasons

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Elongated States

• Long, narrow shape because of geographic,
  political or economic reasons
• - Communication / Transportation problems

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Fragmented States

• Consists of several discontinuous pieces of
  territory (islands)
• Hard to control
• and protect

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Perforated States

• A state that completely surrounds another one

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Size

• Bigger
• Increases chances of having natural resources

• Smaller (Microstates)
• -likely to have homogeneous populations less
  conflict

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ORGANIZATION

• CORE AREA Center of the action
• MULTI-CORE STATES countries that are bigor
  ethnically diverse..might have 2-3 cores
• PRIMATE CITY- city that represents national
  interests
• FORWARD CAPITAL both the primate and the core
  city

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Your Turn

• Find states in the world that fit the seven
  different territorial morphology we just learned.
  AND.
• Identify a Core Area of 1 country
• A country with Multi-Cores
• Identify a Primate City of 1 country
• Identify a Forward Capital of 1 country
• Be able to defend your answers