Globalization

Select all that apply Our geopolitical landscape is constantly changing due to various "root causes" of terrorism including:

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.

One of the root causes of terrorism is:

The UN still attempts to define what constitutes 'terrorism'.

A state can be defined as:

There are 196 states in the world

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".

In order to achieve a sense of unity, nation-states use their government powers to try to create a common culture.

The process of making the world one big marketplace - a process known as:

Select all that apply Globalization may force states to:

Trade blocs are trade routes formed within powerful countries in a specific geographic region

Internationalization is defined as:

The decreasing gap between "have" and "have nots" states is not a source of geopolitical instability.

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.

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.

Migration to northern states has increased and in the flurry of activity, has resulted:

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).

Ethnopolitical movements include:

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.

Exceeding the world's environmental carrying capacity will affect only developing countries, due to their lack of help from the super power nations.

Armed conflict has been steadily increasing since the 1970's, but recent trends indicate a slight down-turn.

Large states that are underpopulated or unevenly populated, such as Australia or Canada, may experience:

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).

Conflict may arise over control of strategic resources like oil, minerals, food, and freshwater

Select all that apply: The Centre for Systematic Peace has recently observed the following global conflict trends: