APHUG Chapter 8

All of the following are true regarding states EXCEPT

• they are ruled by established governments
• they have control over their own internal and foreign affairs
• they contain a permanent population
• they do not have sovereignty

Which of the following is true regarding Korea?

• It has recently been united into one sovereign state
• North Korea is governed by a communist dictatorship
• South Korea is governed by a communist monarchy

All of the following are true regarding China and Taiwan EXCEPT

• the United Nations and the United States both recognize the People's Republic of China
• Taiwan is not sovereign according to China
• the Communists defeated the Nationalists during a civil war in the 1940s
• the United States have always recognized Communist China as a sovereign state

All of the following are true regarding nation-states EXCEPT

• they are countries whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity
• most of Europe's territory was ruled by a handful of emperors, kings, and queens before World War I
• after World War I, much of Europe was divided into nation-states, using language as the primary factor
• most European territories are now considered city-states

Which of the following post-WWI countries best fits the nation-state concept?

• Yugoslavia
• Czechoslovakia
• United Kingdom
• Ireland

The Kurds, the largest stateless nation in the world, believe they have the right to govern themselves -- also known as

• multi-ethnicism
• self-determination
• multi-nationalism 
• imperialism

All of the following are good examples of modern nation-states EXCEPT

• Japan, Norway, Iceland
• Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia
• Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany
• South Africa, Canada, Russia

Which of the following regions has the highest degree of ethnic diversity in the world?

• Sub-Saharan Africa
• East Asia
• Eastern Europe
• Northern Europe

Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom are all good examples of

• stateless nations
• nation-states
• multi-national states
• multi-state nations

All of the following are true regarding the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.) EXCEPT

• it consisted of 15 republics, based on its 15 largest ethnicities 
• Russians were the largest ethnic group in the Soviet Union
• the Soviet Union broke apart into 15 independent states in 1991
• Russia is now considered the world's largest nation-state