Unit 4: Political Geography

An area organized into an independent political unit is a

• colony.

• nationality.

• nation.

• state.

• territory.

Which statement is TRUE regarding countries of the world?

• they are natural features

• there has been an average of 200 for the last century

• they are cultural features

• the UN decides who can become a country

• there is a minimum size in order to be considered a country

The world's largest state is

• China.

• Canada.

• Russia.

• Alaska.

• India.

Extremely small states in the world are called

• island nations.

• macrostates.

• microstates.

• small nation-states.

• island-colonies.

The world's smallest state is

• Monaco.

• Bahrain.

• Andorra.

• Vatican City.

• Tuvalu.

Which term describes a state with control over its internal affairs, independent of outside influence?

• centripetal

• nationality

• centrifugal

• sovereignty

• ethnicity

Sovereignty can sometimes be difficult to determine because

• borders change regularly in some parts of the world.

• of ongoing disputes between some states as to the status of territory.

• islands that are former colonies want to remain part of the colonizing country.

• islands that are near several countries launch missiles to defend themselves.

• states in the desert cannot determine national boundaries.

Which country has built a sand wall around the disputed Sahrawi Republic?

• Mauritania

• Mali

• Malawi

• Mozambique

• Morocco

Which three places claim sovereignty over The Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands?

• the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia

• Japan, Russia, The People's Republic of China

• the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan), Japan

• the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan), Australia

• the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan), Russia

Which pair of countries seeks to reunify, but disagree about the dominant political and economic ideology?

• North and South Vietnam

• Moldova and Romania

• Lesotho and the Republic of South Africa

• Morocco and Sahrawi Republic

• North and South Korea