IPAD ch 8

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

• stateless nation

• frontier

• core

• heartland

• functional

Which of the following locations would still be considered a frontier region?

• Northwestern Pakistan

• Western United States

• Eastern China

• Northern Egypt

• Eastern Australia

Which cultural hearth is credited with the creation of city-states, which eventually lead to the creation of the concept of nation-state?

• Roman Empire

• Mesopotamia

• Northern India

• Greece

• Mayan

An example of a modern day city-state is

• New York

• Panama Canal

• Paris

• Singapore

• Germany

What is a politically organized territory that is administered by a sovereign government and recognized by a large percentage of the international community?

• Nation

• State

• Frontier

• Territoriality

• Colony

Which of the following is considered a State?

• France

• Colorado

• British Colombia

• Sahel

• Hong Kong

The exercise of state power over people and territory, and being recognized by other international states, refers to

• Nationalism

• Sovereignty

• citizenship

• centralfugalism

• imperialism

Which of the following is considered a sovereign state?

• India

• Alaska

• Hong kong

• Antarctica

• Spratly Islands

In contrast to a state, a nation

• is a territory established by international agreement or military force.

• is a cultural concept implying a group of people occupying a particular territory and unified by shared beliefs.

• the portion of the earth's surface containing a permanent population.

• is a political entity, with sovereignty over its own territory.

• is a group of people living in an enclave of a city.

Which of the following terms refers to an individual or group attempt to identify and establish control over land? This concept often leads to defense of the land.

• territoriality.

• secularism.

• materialism.

• ethnocentrism.

• consequent boundary.