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o This packet is a major grade. In order for you to stay on track, you will be completing
checkpoints along the way.
o Each checkpoint is a punctuality grade. If you miss one checkpoint, you will be assigned a
Thursday Night Live in order to catch up.
o There will be activity periods in which you may come and complete the packet in order to help
you along the way.
o Make sure to look at anything that is in black, as that will have directions for you.
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Political Organization of Space Topic #1
Sovereignty State
Term Definition
The ability of the state to carry out actions or policies within its borders independently
from interference from the inside or the outside.
Directions: In the space provided, draw an example that best described the boundary process below.
The written description of the Officially marking the boundary Officially marking the boundary
boundary - usually in a treaty on a map on the physical landscape
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Antecedent Boundary Frontier Geometric Boundary Militarized Boundary Open Boundary
Subsequent
Physical Boundary Relic Boundary (Consequent) Boundary
Term Definition
A zone separating two states in which neither of the states exercises political
control
Drawn after a population has been established and evolves with the growing
population.
A boundary that’s been demarcated and fortified to separate two places; military
often present.
DIRECTIONS: Using the terms above, match the example with the correct term. The may be used once,
more than once, or not at all.
Examples
Treaty of 1846 between the U.S. and Canada
The linguistic boundary between Spain and Portugal separates Spanish and
Portuguese speaking cultures.
Antarctica
The straight line between Alaska & Yukon Territory follows the 141st meridian
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Directions: Label an example of each of the types of boundaries from page 4 on the map below
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Functional (Operational) Positional (Definitional) Resource (Allocational)
Disputes Disputes Territorial Disputes
Disputes
Term Definition
Occurs when states argue about where the border actually is.
Directions: Using the definitions and terms above, label an example of each
boundary dispute.
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Contiguous Zone Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Territorial Waters
Term Definition
Area that within 200 nautical miles from the coast of the state, all resources in this
area are controlled by that state. Passage through this territory is allowed without
authorization.
Areas of bodies of water that are under the complete control of the state. These
waters are with 12 nautical miles of the state’s coast; in this area, foreign vessels
need permission to enter and are under the laws of the controlling state
Coast states have limited sovereignty for up to 24 nautical miles, where they can
enforce laws on customs, immigration, and sanitation
Term Definition
The process of allocating legislative seats among voting districts so that each legislator
represents approximately the same amount of people.
Redrawing boundaries of voting districts based on data collected by the U.S. census
every year. The number of representatives in the U.S. House is based on population
distribution.
The process of re-drawing political voting districts to favor one political party
A country is like a living Global power came from control Counter to Heartland theory saying power
organism. It has a life cycle of of the Eurasian landmass, rather came from control of the seas. The area along
birth and eventual death. The than the seas. Mackinder the sea in Eurasia was called the rimland. His
only way to keep a state viable is believed that the interior region reasoning for believing this was because
to continue expansion. Basis of of Europe and Asia was safe from the rimland contained resources, costal access,
Nazi Germany’s expansionist attach from the sea. He called as well as access to the interior, and dense
views. this area the heartland. populations
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Unitary Systems Federal Systems
Centralized government where all power is held by Powers of government are divided between a
Defined one agency central government and several local
governments
Example
countries
Advantages
Negatives
Directions: Based on the definitions above, match the correct advantages to the correct
type of government. (Match by using the letters.)
A. Uniform policies, laws throughout country E. Fewer conflicts between national and local governments
B. Local governments handle local problems F. Local governments handle local problems
C. Central government can devote more time to G. People have more influence on things like what highways
national and international issues get built, what is taught in schools, etc.
D. Greater unity and stability H. People have more influence on things like what highways
get built, what is taught in schools, etc.
Directions: Based on the definitions above, match the correct disadvantages to the correct
type of government. (Match by using the letters.)
A. Central Government out of touch with local concerns E. Disputes over national supremacy versus states’ rights
C. If central government gets too involved in local G. Citizens living in different parts of the country will be
problems, won’t meet needs of all citizens treated differently.
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Compact Elongated Fragmented Perforated Prorupted
DIRECTIONS: Using the terms above, match them with the correct descriptions below. You must also
draw an image to represent the type of state in the space provided.
Type of
State
Picture
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DIRECTIONS: Label at least two examples of states that fit the type of shapes on the previous page. Make a key and
make sure to label the countries you are using as an example.
Morphology
Compact
Prorupted
Perforated
Fragmented
Landlocked
Exclave
Enclave
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Political Organization of Space Topic #2
Nation Nation-States Multinational States States Stateless Nations
Directions: Using the terms above, match them with the correct definition.
Directions: Using the terms above, match them with the correct example below.
United Kingdom
Kurds
French
Germany
Iceland
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Political Organization of Space Topic #3
Term Definition
ECONOMIC POLITICAL
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DIRECTIONS: Based on the descriptions below, match the correct supranational organization from above.
Supranational
Organization
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Term Definition
The process where the power within a country is transferred from the central government
Devolution
to regions of the country.
(HINT: You may have to look back at your P.O.S. BOK in order to answer the examples.)
Type of Devolution How does this force cause devolution
This devolution most often occurs on the margins of the state. Distance,
remoteness, and peripheral location promote devolution.
The tendency of an ethnic group to see itself as a distinct nation with right to
autonomy or independence.
Catalonia in Spain
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Type of Devolution Definition
Centrifugal Forces Force that divides the people of a state
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Agriculture and Rural Land Use Topic #1
Term Definition
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DIRECTIONS: Answer the questions below in the space provided.
How has new technology and increased food production led to the following…
Better diet
Longer life
More people
available for
work in factories
Increased food
production
Relative
Reduction in
hunger at the
global scale
Social
Consequences
Costs of
Technology and
seeds
Regions not
impacted
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Agriculture and Rural Land Use Topic #2
DIRECTIONS: Using the key, label the types of subsistence agriculture on the
map. You must also write the type of climate needed for each form of
agriculture.
Shifting Cultivation
Pastoral Nomadism
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Color on map Climate Characteristics
Livestock Ranching
Mediterranean
Plantation Agriculture
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Directions: Compare subsistence vs. commercial types of agriculture in the t-
chart below by writing a brief description of each.
Subsistence Commercial
Labor/mechanization/
technology
Economic Purpose
Level of Economic
Development
Financial Investment
Gender
Term Definition
A type of subsistence agriculture that involves the cultivation of small land plots
Intensive Agriculture
through great amounts of labor, and yields per unit.
A type of subsistence agriculture that involves large areas of land and minimal labor
Extensive Agriculture
per land unit.
Directions: Based on the definition above, list the agricultures that fit in the
correct category below.
Intensive Extensive
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Agriculture and Rural Land Use Topic #3
DIRECTIONS: Based on the definition below, draw an image that best represents
the type of settlement.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
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The model helps to explain rural land use by emphasizing the
importance of transportation costs associated with distance
from the market.
The model is an illustration of the balance between land cost
and transportation cost.
Von Thünen’s Theory
As you get closer to the city, the price of land increases - The
model is an illustration of the balance between land cost and
transportation cost.
As you get closer to the city, the price of land increases - BID
RENT
Regions of Specialty
Farming
Changes brought on by
improvements in
transportation
Changes brought on by
improvements in food
preservation
Changes brought on by
the globalization of
agriculture
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Agriculture and Rural Land Use Topic #4
Term Definition
Commercial agriculture characterized by integration of different steps
in the food-processing industry, usually through ownership by large
corporations.
Increase in efficiency of production as the number of goods being
produced increases
All steps of agricultural production - including the production on the
farm, then processing, and eventually selling and/or marketing the
product.
Irrigation
Desertification
Deforestation
Wetland Destruction
Conservation Efforts
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DIRECTIONS: Based on the definitions below, describe how each factor has
impacted the environment.
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A GMO, or genetically modified organism, is a
plant, animal, microorganism or other organism
whose genetic makeup has been modified in a
Genetically Modified laboratory using genetic engineering or transgenic
Organism technology. This creates combinations of plant,
animal, bacterial and virus genes that do not occur
in nature or through traditional crossbreeding
methods.
DIRECTIONS: Based on the definition above, list the pros and cons of
Genetically Modifies Organisms.
PROS CONS
DIRECTIONS: In the space provided below, explain how the role of women
in food production has changed.
Role of
How has the role of women in food production changed?
Women
Food
Gathering
Farming
Managing
Agribusiness
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