4.2 Analysis - Political Processes and the Contemporary Map
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POLITICAL PROCESSES & THE MODERN
CONTEMPORARY MAP
What are the political processes that have shaped contemporary political
geography?
Directions:
Using pages 198-205
in the AMSCO textbook, along with other sources linked below, respond to each question/chart using thorough, specific details. You should not be using outside sources to complete this assignment. When you finish the assignment, save your completed Google Doc as a PDF then submit to Canvas before the due date/time. If absent: You must complete this assignment independently. Asking a classmate to share their assignment with you is never allowed and will result in an automatic zero for all parties involved.
PART 1: Sovereignty, Nation-States, & Self-Determination
Using your previous assignments or AMSCO page #, define the following terms below
in your own words
.
Sovereignty
Nation-State
Self-Determination (p.
201)
Someone in greatest authority
Sovereign state with homogenous factors
The right to choose their own sovereign government
PART 2: Centripetal & Centrifugal Forces (p. 199)
Define the following terms below in your own words
, then provide specific examples
from text.
Centripetal Forces
Centrifugal Forces
A force that divides people
A force that unites people Example(s): Centripetal Forces
Example(s): Centrifugal Forces
war
alliances
PART 3: Imperialism & Colonialism (pp. 199-200)
Define the following terms below, then describe how each political process
influenced the political map.
Imperialism
Colonialism
A broader concept of influence due to conquest, economic control, or cultural dominance
A type of imperialism where people move into and settle on land of another country.
Explain how
the “early colonialism” influenced the political map of the Americas.
Early colonies established religion, culture, and political beliefs in the Americas
What role did self-determination
play in inspiring independence movements in North America?
Describe what occurred at the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885. Map Analysis: The Berlin Conference (1884-1885)
Map: Traditional Boundaries of Africa
(before Berlin Conference)
Map: Africa following
the Berlin
Conference (1885-1914)
Compare the two above maps to each other. How do the traditional ethnic boundaries in Africa (1913)
conflict
with the superimposed
boundaries
(i.e. borders drawn by an outside power) made at the Berlin Conference
, which were finalized by 1914.
The map in 1914 doesn’t show ethnic boundaries
Explain how the concepts of self-determination
, sovereignty
and/or
the goal of creating a nation-state
might spread among the hundreds of African ethnic groups and nations as a result of the superimposed boundaries drawn at the Berlin Conference.
strict boundaries were set to them, this increased their desire for their own sovereign.
PART 4: Modern Colonial Independence Movements (pp. 201)
Describe, in detail, what many colonial subjects want as a result of being ruled by Europeans.
Several influences like economic control over natural resoarces
How did the desire for self-determination
lead to a period of decolonization after World War II?
With the desire of self- determination the colonies where gradually successful with the help of the united nation. This led to their decolonization
Between 1960 and 1970, how many colonial territories gained independence in Africa? How did this process of decolonization in Africa lead to conflict?
32, the problem was this independence was won by colonies not cultural groups, the political boundaries and cultural boundaries did not correlate leading to cultural conflicts.
Map Analysis: Independence Movements in Africa
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Describe how the number of sovereign states in Africa changed between 1960-1990.
2 new sovereign states in 1990
Explain the degree to which colonialism influenced the contemporary political
boundaries of Africa.
Colonialism influenced political boundaries these Case Study: The Rwandan Genocide (p. 201)
Which two ethnic groups were competing for control of Rwanda after they gained independence, and which of the two ultimately won elections to rule the country?
The Hutu and the Tutsi, ultimately the Hutu won
What event caused the Rwandan genocide to begin in 1994?
The death of the Rwandan president
Watch this video
which details the causes and course of the Rwandan genocide. Take a minimum of 8-10 detailed bullet points on the course of the
genocide in Rwanda.
Explain how the process of decolonization was responsible for laying the groundwork for genocide in Rwanda.
PART 5: The Cold War (p. 202-203)
Define the following terms below in your own words
.
The Cold War
Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics (USSR)
Satellite States
Almost fought war with soviet union and us
Organization that took over Russia for long period
Individual countries surrounding USSR were controlled by them Crash Course: The Cold War
As you watch the Crash Course video linked above, respond to the questions below.
Describe the rivalry between the U.S. & Soviet Union that led to the Cold War.
The economic, millitary power of the U.S
What was the policy of containment, and how did the U.S. work to implement
this policy?
Describe how the cold war turned “hot” outside of Europe in countries like Korea, Vietnam, and Afghanistan.
Ultimately, how did Soviet policies like glasnost
and perestroika
end the Cold
War?
PART 6: The Collapse of Communism (pp. 203)
Explain how self-determination
contributed to the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union.
The leadership of the soviet union began to relax its grips causing its citizens with self
determination to tear down the wall dividing berlin and other European countries where
able to have more free election without soviet influence.
What ultimately happened to the 15 republics of the Soviet Union (who were being controlled by Russia)?
They were granted more autonomy and self rule
Map Analysis: The Changing Map of Europe (1945-1995)
Map of Europe (1945)
Map of Europe (1995)
Identify at least 8 new independent nation-states that emerged after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Ukraine
Czech republic
Slovakia
Croatia
Moldova
Latvia
Estonia
Lithuania
Explain how the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War altered the map of Eastern Europe, and what potential problems could emerge as a result of these alterations.
With the collapse of the Soviet Union previously conquered countries could become their own entity. Thus, creating more different countries with different cultures. This could be bad because with these different states there could more nationalism within
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them as well.
Map Analysis: The Map of the USSR (Before & After Collapse)
Compare the maps of the Soviet Union before and after its collapse.
The size of the soviet union greatly decreased
Given their close proximity to Russia, what specific challenges to sovereignty
might these 15 newly autonomous states face?
Might face risk of imperialism by Russia or fear of this imperialism.