AP Human Geography Chapter 8 Test B

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

• unitary state

• fragmented state.

What country is not a member of the UN?

• Taiwan

• USA

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

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.

A group of people who occupy a particular area and have a strong sense of unity based on a shared set of beliefs is

• a nation-state
• a state
• a nation

A state with control over its internal affairs has

• ethnic enclave
• self-determination
• soverenity
• a government.

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

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