Intro to Political Geography

An area organized into an independent political unit is a

• Nation

• Territory

• State

• Colony

Very small states in the world are called

• Tiny states

• Island colonies

• Macro states

• Micro states

_____________________ is when a state has control over its internal affairs and foreign affairs without outside influence.

• Ethnicity

• Sovereignty

• Nationality

• Centrifugal

Disagreement over the sovereignty of Taiwan can be traced to

• An election won by the nationalist government of China

• A declaration of independence made by the leaders of Taiwan.

• The United States support of Taiwan instead of mainland China following WWII

• An election won by communists during WWII

The Fertile Crescent played an important role in the evolution of states because

• It was one of the first examples of government's with sovereignty over their own affairs

• it was the first known example of an empire run by nobles.

• It was developed near the Nile and Euphrates

• None of the above

The best example of political unity in the ancient world occurred in

• Egypt

• China

• Rome

• Russia

The collapse of the Roman Empire resulted in what?

• Development of smaller states that eventually evolved into kingdoms/empires

• Outlawing the idea of an an emperor

• Dukes and nobles retreating to what is now the UK

• None of the above

The concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves within a nation-state is known as

• Sovereignty

• Nationalism

• Universal suffrage

• Self determination

Which of the following is NOT a qualification of a state?

• Permanent population

• Sovereigny

• Leader

• Defined territories

• Government

A _________________________ is a state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by one particular ethnicity which has been transformed into a nationality.

• Nation-state

• State

• Multinational state

• Trinational state