1. Cooperation and Conflict
Unit 4, Benchmark 1
Cooperation and Conflict

2. Learning Intention
TIW – define key terms related to cooperation and conflict
SIC – understand what causes cooperation and conflict within countries and between countries
IKW – I can match the terms with their definition

3. Interdependence
When what happens in one country influences what happens in another country
Ex – oil spill, civil war, drought, labor strike
p.171

4. Supranationalism 3 or more countries working together
towards a common goal
Teamwork
Ex – European Union, OPEC, Olympics, NAFTA

5. Devolution Regions in a country demand and gain
strength at the expense of the central
Government (still part of the same country)
Ex – parts of Spain, former Soviet Union

6. Balkanization
Fragmentation of a region into smaller, often hostile political units
A country splitting into separate countries
Ex. – Balkans, Soviet Union
p. 315

7. Cultural – religion, language, ethnicity,
way of life
Social – betterment of society, relief
organizations
Political – government, defense
Economic - $, trade, resources

8. Review When what happens in one country
impacts what happens in another
2. When part of a country seeks greater self-rule
3. The breaking away of part of a country to form
a new country
4. Three or more countries working together
for a common cause
Balkanization
Devolution
Supranationalism
Interdependence