Unit 4 Review

In APHG terms, which of the following is most important in studying political geography?

• Nations

• States

• Supranational organizations

• Military alliances

In APHG terms, a nation is

• The same thing as a country

• The same thing as a state

• A group of people who feel connected to one another by things like a common history or language.

• A group of people who do not have a country to belong to

Koreans are basically one ethnic group, but they dominate two countries (North and South Korea). That means that they are a

• Stateless nation

• Nation-state

• Multinational state

• Multistate nation

The Kurds are an ethnic group that lives in parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. However, they are not the dominant ethnic group in any of those countries. That means that they are a

• Stateless nation

• Nation-state

• Multinational state

• Multistate nation

Almost all of the people living in Japan are ethnically Japanese. That means that Japan is a

• Stateless nation

• Nation-state

• Multinational state

• Multistate nation

Nigeria has people from many different ethnic groups who speak many different languages. That means Nigeria is a

• Stateless nation

• Nation-state

• Multinational state

• Multistate nation

Which of the following is a stateless nation?

• The Kurds

• The Germans

• The Koreans

• The Basques

Autonomous and semi-autonomous regions are

• Regions within countries that have been given a lot of control over their own affairs.

• Groups of countries in a region who have come together to try to be more unified.

• Places within a country where the government has changed the rules to make it easier to trade with foreign countries.

• Regions within a country that are actually controlled by another country.

When we say that a state has sovereignty, we mean that

• It has enough resources that it does not need help from other countries.

• That it has complete legal control over its own domestic affairs

• That no other country has any kind of power over that state

• That it is an independent nation-state

The idea that every group of people should be able to rule itself and decide for itself what kind of government it wants is called

• State sovereignty

• Ethnocentrism

• Nationalism

• Self-determination