Supranationalism & Devolution

The process of nation-states organizing politically and economically into one organization or alliance

• Balkanization

• Devolution

• Political-territorial units

• Multi-national organizations

• Supranationalism

Switzerland is classified as a member of the

• Schengen Area

• European Union

• European Economic Area

• United Nations

• NAFTA

What are the perks of living in the European Union?

• Open borders

• More trade options

• Lower tariffs

• Common currency

• Strong border control

Central American Common Market (CACM), trade organization envisioned by a 1960 treaty between Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador. The treaty established (1961) a secretariat for Central American economic integration, which Costa Rica joined in 1963; Panama now has observer status in some areas.

This would considered which of the following?

• Devolution

• Balkanization

• Supranationalism

• Autonomous Regions

• Central American Treaty

Which are results of devolution?

• The formation of new states

• State sovereignty ruled by federal gov't

• Political & economic stability

• Influx of refugees

• Loss of identity

Which of the following words is best represented by the image above?

• Balkanization

• European Union

• Autonomous Regions

• Devolution

• Nationalism

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is an agreement among the United States, Canada and Mexico designed to remove tariff barriers between the three countries. This would be an example of:

• Balkanization

• Economic-Political Territory

• European Union

• Devolution

• Supranationalism

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the British began gradually relinquishing power to local authorities in several provinces across India. They did not pursue such reform very far in the North-West Frontier Province and Punjab, two provinces that would make up the bulk of Pakistan after the 1947 partition.

This is an example of which of the following?

• Devolution

• Separatism

• Supranationalism

• Balkanization

• Ethnic Partitioning

Which 3 states make up the EEA?

• Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein

• Denmark, Ireland, Lieberman

• Greenland, Iceland, Ireland

• Spain, Morocco, Turkey

• Russia, Slovakia, Malta

The Warsaw Pact, formally known as the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland among the Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955, during the Cold War.

This would be an example of:

• Devolution

• Supranationalism

• Multi-national operations

• Russian Intelligence Agency

• European Union