Unit 4, Benchmark 1
Cooperation and Conflict
Learning Intention
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TIW – define key terms related to cooperation
and conflict
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SIC – understand what causes cooperation and
conflict within countries and between countries
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IKW – I can match the terms with their
definition
Interdependence
When what happens in one country
influences what happens in another
country
Ex – oil spill, civil war, drought, labor strike
p.171
Supranationalism
3 or more countries working together
towards a common goal
Teamwork
Ex – European Union, OPEC, Olympics, NAFTA
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
Balkanization
Fragmentation of a region into
smaller, often hostile political units
A country splitting into separate
countries
Ex. – Balkans, Soviet Union
p. 315
Cultural – religion, language, ethnicity,
way of life
Social – betterment of society, relief
organizations
Political – government, defense
Economic - $, trade, resources
1. 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