Borders

A community of people from a common place sharing a common culture is called ____________.

• Country

• Nation

• Independent

• Nationalis

What is an example of "nationalism" being a negative thing?

• When you think your group is better than any other group.

• When you feel the need to help members of another group.

• When one group of people make up almost the entire population of a country.

• When one group controls the economy of a state.

What is an example of a "nation state?"

• The USA because we have so many different nations of people.

• Mexico because its culture is a blend of Spanish and native nations.

• 
  Iceland because its population is almost 97% Icelandic.

• All of the above.

Why are the Kurds a "stateless nation?"

• The Kurds live in one country with lots of other nations of people.

• The Kurds live in one country that is 99% Kurdish.

• 
  The Kurds have been eliminated as a nationality.

• 
  The Kurds live in one place that is spread across the borders of several countries.

Which of the following is something good that can come from colonialism?

• Many cultures can get eliminated.

• New technologies can be introduced to different people.

• 
  The colonizer usually controls using violence.

• 
  The native people usually lose their freedom.

Why would a nation of people NOT want to be colonized?

• They may have their resources taken away by the colonizer.

• They have to follow the laws of the colonizer.

• The native culture can be taken away.

• All of the above.

What is a choke point?

• 
  A method of combat from European colonizers.

• 
  An area of the world where movement is restricted through a narrow point.

• An area of the world where trade cannot legally happen.

• An area of the world where industry cannot be built.

Why are choke points so important?

• In colonialism a stronger country controls a weaker country.

• 
  In neocolonialism weaker countries are controlled using laws and violence.

• Colonialism uses laws and violence to control; neocolonialism uses economics.

• All of the above.

A "state" is ____________.

• A group that shares a culture that lives in one place.

• When a dominant group takes over a weaker group.

• A country.

• All of the above.

What is an example of the power of borders?

• Rules and laws are different when you cross a border.

• Borders often contain people with distinct cultural traits.

• Borders often contain people with a shared history.

• All of the above.