GEO
101 World Human Geography
Spring 2011
Lecture Outline
Matters!
Nations and States
Before Lecture
Reading assignment for today:
54-183
Important Concepts from the textbook you should review before lecture
(write a short definition): Nationality,
nationalism, nation, nation-state, self-determination, multinational state,
ethnic cleansing, balkanization, state, sovereignty, city-state, colony,
imperialism, colonialism, boundary, unitary state, federal state.
The System of Nations-States
The system of Nation-States
What is a Nation?
What is a State?
Sovereignty
Sovereignty and the Chinese State
What is a nation-state?
Multinational States
Centripetal forces (see internal cohesion)
Centrifugal forces
Example Yugoslavia
Globalization and the erosion of sovereignty?
International Organizations
Supranational Organizations
The European Union
- The Possibility of Cultural Union?
After Lecture
What was the main point of today's lecture?
Important concepts covered in this lecture (write a short definition):
One thing I did not fully understand today is:
What did I learn today that I did not know before?