APHG Rub ch. 8.3

Which is NOT a characteristic of all states?

• Organized
• Member of the UN
• Established Government
• Sovereign (Independent)

An internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central govt officials

• Federal state
• Unitary state
• Compact state
• Frontier

The majority of African states entered the United Nations after 1960 because

• Political differences with the US did not allow them to join before then

• Creation of the Organization for African Unity took precedence

• The majority of the states didn't become independent until the 1960s

• Most African states were autarkies before the 1960s

Nigeria is a state with a_____ system of government because northern states were able to CHOOSE to follow Sharia laws.

• unitary
• federal
• islamic
• jihad

Balancing power between 2 states is the purpose of....

• shatterbelts
• buffer states
• EEZs
• the United Nations 

A region not fully integrated into a national state that is often marginal or undeveloped is a called a

• stateless nation
• frontier
• core
• functional

The map above illustrates what concept designed to give political advantage to a particular group?

• devolution
• political enclave
• gerrymandering
• cultural landscape

The UN is an example of what?

• Alliance
• Multinational state
• Confederation
• Supranational organization

The UN is an example of what?

• Military alliance
• Multinational state
• Confederation
• Supranational organization

What is the military alliance set up by West Europe and the US to align against communism?

• NATO
• COMECON
• Warsaw Pact
• NAFTA