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Our geopolitical landscape is constantly changing due to various "root causes" of terrorism including:
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Innovative communication technologies
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environmental stress such as draughts and loss of farmland
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long-standing geo-political conflicts that remain unsovled
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Geopolitics - Examining the [blank_start]political[blank_end], environmental, [blank_start]social[blank_end] and [blank_start]economic interactions[blank_end] of power and influence within and among countries.
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political
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social
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economic interactions
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One of the root causes of terrorism is:
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the rising number of unemployed young people in urban areas such as the Middle East
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the increase in the world population
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certain countries not doing thorough boarder patrol
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The UN still attempts to define what constitutes 'terrorism'.
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A state can be defined as:
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a territory with many physical boundaries
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a physical entity, that comes to mind when one thinks of a state
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a political entity, institutional structure or organization that is referred to as a country
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There are 196 states in the world
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Nation: A large group of people who are aware of, and share, one or more cultural features such as [blank_start]language[blank_end], [blank_start]ethnicity[blank_end], historical experience, [blank_start]identification with 'homeland[blank_end]', customs, values, and [blank_start]religion[blank_end].They are not limited by geography, but rather an" imagine political community".
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In order to achieve a sense of unity, nation-states use their government powers to try to create a common culture.
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The process of making the world one big marketplace - a process known as:
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trickle-down economies
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globalization
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trickle-up economies
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Globalization may force states to:
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alter their political and economic policies while placing additional pressure on oppoisiton
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reduce their political and economic policies while alleviating additional pressure on opposition
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decrease political and economic funds while placing additional pressure on the economy
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Trade blocs are trade routes formed within powerful countries in a specific geographic region
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Internationalization is defined as:
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bringing territory under the control of several different nations
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bringing in new economic opportunities for a nation, from foreign powers
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an international agreement among many different countries
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The decreasing gap between "have" and "have nots" states is not a source of geopolitical instability.
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Disparity among the world's states has increased the [blank_start]wealth-poverty polarization[blank_end], with the majority of the "have" states in the [blank_start]northern[blank_end] hemisphere and the majority of the "have not" states in the [blank_start]southern[blank_end] hemisphere.
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The wealth-poverty polarization is further compounded by the relatively [blank_start]unstable population growth[blank_end], expanding debts, economic [blank_start]exploitation[blank_end], and political instability in many developing countries.
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Migration to northern states has increased and in the flurry of activity, has resulted:
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smuggling rings, increased boarder, and backlash against immigrants by residents of host countries
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violation of human rights, human trafficking, and illegal paperwork
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violation of multiple treaties signed between nations, poverty, and imprisonment
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Global power shift
A new world order is being created, one that has no established parameters. This situation has led to the panic and fear of a a number of economic and political regional power centres (Japan in Asia, Germany in Europe).
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Ethnopolitical movements include:
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political mobilization of minority groups is organized among ethnic lines
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groups aligning themselves with political parties or interest groups that promote their ethnicity
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ethno-nationalist interest groups where ethnicty and nationalism are combined
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none of the above
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When rapid [blank_start]population growth[blank_end] surpasses [blank_start]economic growth[blank_end] and contributes to resource depletion, long term development becomes difficult to achieve, and [blank_start]political[blank_end] instability can result.
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population growth
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economic growth
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political
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Exceeding the world's environmental carrying capacity will affect only developing countries, due to their lack of help from the super power nations.
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Armed conflict has been steadily increasing since the 1970's, but recent trends indicate a slight down-turn.
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Large states that are underpopulated or unevenly populated, such as Australia or Canada, may experience:
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internal political divison
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a corrupt government process
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they will not experience anything
Question 23
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Complete the sentence with the correct countries:
Economic pressures may also contribute in part to the breakup of states such as
( name of country),where resentment grew between (name of country) and the more economically developed (name of country).
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North Korea, South Korea and Japan
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Czechoslovakia, Slovakia, Czech Republic
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Bosnia, Serbia, Yugoslvia
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Canada, United States of America, North America
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Conflict may arise over control of strategic resources like oil, minerals, food, and freshwater
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The Centre for Systematic Peace has recently observed the following global conflict trends:
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There are growing concerns that long-standing disputes or rivalries may escalate the conflict into serious fighting.
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There is a growing tend in separatism, as distinct ethnic groups continue to fight for independence from a central power that will not accept separatism and may use force to stop it.
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has observed little to no global conflict trends
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rebel groups have increased control over lucrative resources such as diamonds, oil and drugs, which are used to pay for weapons
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regional warfare tends to continue, or even escalate, without resolution.