AP Human Geography / Unit 4: Political Patterns and Processes
4.9 Challenges to Sovereignty
Notes
- Supranational organizations (UN, EU, NATO, ASEAN) involve giving up some sovereignty.
- Devolution, terrorism, ethnic separatism and globalization also challenge states.
Practice
The EU challenges member states' sovereignty because:
Pooled power.
NATO is a:
Collective defense.
Which can weaken a state's sovereignty?
Internal pressure.
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