Question
Nicholas Spykman criticized this theorist’s marginalization of the importance of the “insular crescent,” re-terming it the “Rimland.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this theorist whose article “The Geographical Pivot of History” laid out the foundations for his “heartland” theory, whose control gives power over the World-Island.
ANSWER: Halford Mackinder [or Sir Halford John Mackinder]
[10m] The “insular crescent” roughly corresponds to a region described as containing countries classified as “semi-” this term. Immanuel Wallerstein’s world–systems theory contrasts countries of this type with the “core.”
ANSWER: periphery countries [or peripheral countries]
[10e] Mackinder situates the “insular crescent” around the strategic “pivot area” in this modern-day country. This country has attempted to expand its power through its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
ANSWER: Russia [or Russian Federation or Rossiya or Rossiyskaya Federatsiya; accept Russian Empire; reject “Soviet Union”]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia | 11/11/2023 | Y | 6 | 21.67 | 100% | 100% | 17% |
Data
| Columbia A | NYU A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Columbia B | Yale A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Cornell C | Rutgers A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Yale B | Haverford | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Penn A | Princeton A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Princeton B | NYU B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |