This document contains questions about global politics and history, including sovereignty issues related to divided countries, the largest nation by land area, microstates as small independent nations, the origins of early empires and city-states along important rivers, how the feudal system worked in Medieval Europe, the differences between colonialism and imperialism, how French and British colonial practices differed, a map exercise about colonial possessions in 1914, and notes about the present colony of Puerto Rico.

1. Chapter 8: Key Issue 1
Where Are States Located?
1. Please make bulleted point notes about the question of sovereignty that the following countries raise.
North and South Korea Taiwan and China Sahrawi Republic (Western Sahara)
2. List the five countries with the largest land areas:
3. What is meant by a microstate? (List a few examples)
4. Where did the first city-states and empires arise? What important rivers were they based on?
5. Describe how the feudal system (political system that replaced the Western Roman Empire) worked in
Medieval Europe (Middle Ages 500 - 1400 AD).
6. Explain the difference between colonialism and imperialism.
7. Describe how the colonial practices of the French and British differed.
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2. 8. Use the map below to show which parts of the world were colonial possessions in 1914. Create a map key to
help explain your map.
9. Make notes about the present colony of Puerto Rico.
Fold the page at the dotted line and then glue this part of the page
into your notebook.