1. How does where we live affect what we do?
Location and the global exchange

2. Politics and stability
Depending on where a country is, its political stability can change
Is it near allies?
Does it border enemies?
Does it contain multiple nations of people?

3. Politics and Stability
Rwanda:
India
The Korean Peninsula
Israel

4. What are the advantages of having a Coastline?
Unrestricted Trade
Bring in Imports
Making money off of exports

5. What does it mean to be landlocked
No direct access to the coast
45 Landlocked countries (including Kosovo)
2 Doubly landlocked
Liechtenstein
Uzbekistan
Trade very challenging
Dependent on foreign ports
UNCLOS – no taxation on these countries to transport goods

7. What goes on in a port city: Singapore

9. Enclaves and exclaves Exclave – 2 criteria
Not contiguous with rest of the country
Must be separated by foreign territory
Ex. Azerbaijan, Russia, Alaska
Enclave
Completely surrounded by another group of people
Ethnic enclave (city) (more common) vs. political enclave (country)
Ethnic = “Chinatown,” “Greektown,” “Little Italy”
Political = Lesotho, Vatican City
Enclaves and exclaves

11. The shapes of states 5 Boundary Shapes for countries: Compact
Elongated
Prorupted
Fragmented
Perforated

12. Compact Shape
Efficient
Capital towards the center if possible

13. Elongated Isolation of part of the population Distance from capital
No access to port?

14. Prorupted
Access to a waterway
Divide two countries

15. Fragmented (people need to live there)
Two types
Divided by water – not very problematic
Divided by another state – definitely problematic

16. Fragmented: Water

17. Fragmented: Land

18. Russia is complicated

19. Perforated State
A country that COMPLETELY surrounds another