1. AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY CH 15n 26o CLASS NOTES
STATE ORGANIZATION AND NATIONAL POWER

2. To understand State power…
Look at traits of state
& Relationships between states
Colonialism Era projects European power structure to the rest of the world

3. Political Geography
How do people claim ownership of a particular place?
What happens when more than one group of people claim the same space?
Why are some country’s borders so strange?

4. First Wave Colonization

5. The Second Wave of Colonization The “Scramble for Africa”

6. Nations colonize… WHY / HOW??
to make money!!!
Economy / Trade usually =‘s country’s power

7. GEOPOLITICS
Study of international political relationships & the territorial / environmental context which they occur
Economic power is key to political power

8. ORGANIC THEORY
Friedrich Ratzel- developed “organic theory” to understand geopolitics
States are living organisms
“Consume” others to survive
How???

9. WORLD SYSTEMS THEORY Immanuel Wallerstien
World is interlocked system of states
Developing countries (Periphery) are dependent on Developed (Core)
(C-P Model)
Can you argue Counter Dependent???

10. Core / Periphery / Semi-Periphery

13. Character of the State CORE AREA – (C-P Model)
National heartland from which “state” spread
Largest Pop. Cluster
Usually contains capital
Most productive region
Central & accessible

14. World Conquest Theory…
HEARTLAND THEORY
Sir Halford Mackinder
Land Power = World Conquest
Eurasia = “World Island”
Defense / Resources / Manpower
Rise of SOVIET UNION seemed to prove this theory
Who rules East Europe commands heartland, Who rules the heartland commands the world island, who rules the world island commands the world

16. RIMLAND THEORY Nicolas Spykman Eurasian RIM is key – Coastal
Sea Power = Colonization/World Power
Alliances to “contain” Heartland
Who controls the rimland rules Eurasia, Who rules Eurasia rules the world

18. USA “Contains” Communism
Neither predicted rising importance of American country (U.S.)

19. Capital City –
Political nerve center of the country (seat of Gov’t)

20. Primate City –
Country’s largest city – representing best the national culture (usually capital)
Mexico City
London
Paris
Tokyo

21. Mexico City

22. Paris

23. London

24. New London CBD