Political Borders and Distribution of Power

An Example of a PHYSICAL border of the United States would be:

• The 49th parallel between Canada and the U.S.

• The 37th parallel between Arizona and Mexico

• The coastline of the Gulf of Mexico

• The Alps

What is an example of a man-made GEOMETRIC border the United States?

• The 49th parallel (straight line) between Canada and the United States.

• The Alps

• The Rocky Mountains

• Cibolo Creek

What is PHYSICAL Border of Texas?

• The Texas Panhandle

• The Rio Grande

• The Great Lakes

• The border between Canada and the United States

In the United States, political power is distributed between:

• The national government

• state governments

• local governments

• All of the Above

The United States is a __________________________ system of government that shares power between a national government and state governments.

• Unitary

• Dictatorship

• Federal

• local

ALL states (countries) in the world:

• have borders

• have a working government

• have a population of citizens

• All of the Above

A group of people who are unified by history, ethnicity, language, and a sense of political identity form a:

• state

• school

• nation

• town

There are ________ characteristics of a Nation State.

• 3

• 6

• 1

• 0

There are around ___________ countries in the world today.

• 190

• 20

• 2000

• 70

An example of a dependency would be:

• The United States

• Puerto Rico

• Australia

• Japan