AP Human Geography Chapter 8 Test

A state which places most power in the hands of a central government is a

• federal state.
• fragmented state.
• unitary state
• nation-state.

Korea is a good example of 

• city-state
• nation-state
• a nation divided between more than one state.

The most populous country not a member of the UN Is

• Taiwan
• North Korea
• Switzerland
• Monaco

Which of the following is not true about both China and Taiwan?

• Both were once ruled by the nationalists and both have official relationships with the United States 
• Both consider that the two areas form one sovereign state and both now hold seats in the UN

The fertile crescent

• Followed the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
• Extended from the Persian gulf to the Mediterranean Sea.
• was the location of the first city-states in the Middle East
• Is sometimes considered to be extended into the Nile Valley // All of the above.

The only large land mass not part of a sovereign state is 

• Antarctica
• The Arctic
• Greeland
• Siberia

Political unity in the ancient Mediterranean world reached its height in the

• the Fertile Crescent 
• Egypt
• the Roman Empire
• Western Europe

The first widespread use of the nation-state concept came in 

• Mesopotamia
• The United States.
• Western Europe
• the Roman Empire

There are some extremely small states in the world that have all but which of the following characteristics?

• Many are islands.
• They are called microstates.
• Most are in the Southern Hemisphere.
• All are smaller than 1,000 SQ Kilometers.

An area organized into an independent political unit is a(n)

• state
• nation-state
• nation
• sovereignty