1. Movie: Political Divisions
YES
Released in 2010, set in 1994
Rwanda
United Nations
Deal
Satan NO
2015
Iraq/Syria
Fiction
Contract
God

4. Political Divisions SOL WG 10A
Cultural Geography
Political Divisions SOL WG 10A

5. Local Political Divisions
Political Divisions are regions of the Earth’s surface over which groups of people establish social, economic, and political control
Reasons for Political Divisions
Government closer to home
Need to solve local problems
Need to administer resources more efficiently

6. Local Political Divisions
States
Counties
Cities
School Districts
Election Districts
6. Neighborhoods
7. Regional Districts
Bus Lines
Waste Disposal
Conservation Districts
Planning Districts
Area Codes

7. Local Political Divisions
Reasons for Conflict
Boundary Disputes
Cultural Differences
Economic Differences
Competition for Scarce Resources
Political Advantages (Gerrymandering)
Reasons for Cooperation
Natural Disasters
Economic Advantages
Cultural Similarities
Addressing Regional Issues

11. International Political Divisions
Countries
Alliances between countries
Economic Alliances
OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
European Union or African Union
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)

12. International Political Divisions
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
United Nations
African Union
Cultural/Humanitarian
League of Arab States – North Africa and Middle East
Commonwealth of Nations – Countries that used to be British colonies
Red Cross/Red Crescent

13. International Political Divisions

15. International Political Divisions
Reasons for International Political Divisions
Differences in culture, language, and religion
Retention of historical boundaries
Imperial conquest and control
Economic similarities and differences

16. Boundary and territorial disputes
Conflict
Boundary and territorial disputes
Syria vs. Israel (Golan Heights) – Israel occupies Golan Heights
Western Sahara vs. Morocco
China vs. Taiwan (China claims Taiwan)
India vs. Pakistan (Kashmir)
Cultural differences
Canada (Quebec) – People speak French in Quebec
Northern Ireland – Protestants vs. Catholics
Economic Differences
Nationalism

17. Conflict Ethnic Differences Balkans – Bosnians/Serbians
Cyprus (Island split between Turks and Greeks)
Rwanda/Burundi – Hutus killed Tutsis in a genocide
Kashmir (India is Hindu and Pakistan is Muslim)

18. Conflict

19. Cooperation Foreign Aid Alliances for environmental preservation
Antarctica Treaty
United Nations peacekeepers
Law of the Sea