Political and Economic Organization · Geopolitics

Borders and Sovereignty

Studying the different types of political boundaries and the conflicts that arise over territorial claims.

Key Questions

  1. 1How do colonial legacies continue to influence modern border disputes?
  2. 2What are the geographic challenges faced by landlocked states in a global economy?
  3. 3How does the concept of the nation state conflict with ethnic distributions?

Common Core State Standards

C3: D2.Civ.6.9-12C3: D2.Geo.5.9-12
Grade: 11th Grade
Subject: Geography
Unit: Political and Economic Organization
Period: Geopolitics

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