Geography Ch. 8 Study Guide Check

1) An area organized into an independent political unit is a

• suburb

• state

• nationality

• colony

• satellite

2) A state with control over its internal affairs has

• sovereignty

• suffrage

• ethnicity

• centripetal forces.

• nationality

3) The most populous countries not members of the UN are

• Monaco and Vatican City.

• Western Sahara and Morocco.

• Taiwan and Kosovo.

• North and South Korea

• Switzerland and Monaco.

4) Kosovo might not be considered a sovereign state because

• the United States and many European countries recognize it.

• it is a subdivision of Serbia.

• its capital and largest city is Pristina.

• ethnic cleansing was practiced there.

• Serbia, Russia, and many other countries do not recognize it.

5) Attributes of a state include all of the following except

• it occupies a defined territory on Earth's surface and contains a permanent population.

• is synonymous to the term country.

• must possess a military.

• an area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs.

• sovereignty

6) A global organization created after WWII that provides a forum for the discussion of international problems is called

• International Tribunal.

• the World Trade Organization.

• the United Nations.

• sovereignty

• the World Court.

7) The most populous countries not members of the UN are

• Monaco and Vatican City.

• North and South Korea.

• Western Sahara and Morocco.

• Taiwan and Kosovo.

• Switzerland and Monaco.

8) Kosovo can be considered a sovereign state because

• Serbia recognizes its sovereignty.

• it is a subdivision of Serbia.

• its capital and largest city is Pristina.

• the United States and many European countries recognize its sovereignty.

• ethnic cleansing was practiced there.

9) Taiwan can be considered a sovereign state because

• its government carries on diplomatic relations with many other countries.

• the Nationalist party rules both China and Taiwan.

• it is no longer a British colony.

• China recognizes its sovereignty.

• its size meets the minimum geographic threshold for independence.

10) Before the world was divided into a collection of independent states in the 1800s,

• it was under control of the Roman Empire.

• only the Fertile Crescent was organized in any way.

• city-states everywhere fought one another for regional dominance.

• powerful kings divided control of various continents.

• much of the Earth's surface was unorganized territory.