Unit 4 Political Organization Quiz

An area organized into an independent political unit is a

• state

• colony

• nationality

• satellite

A state is a synonym for a

• territory

• country

• unit

• member

A _________________________ is a state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by one particular ethnicity which has been transformed into a nationality.

• nation-state

• state

• multinational state

• trinational state

What is the ideal shape of an compact state?

• Pentagon

• Square

• Circle

• Oval

Cultural groups that have no independent political entity.

• Nation-State
• Multinational State
• Stateless Nation
• Multistate Nation
• Nationless State

Unify people

• Centripetal forces
• Centrifugal forces
• Geopolitics
• Human Geography
• Geology

Separate people

• Centrifugal forces
• Centripetal forces
• Geopolitics
• Human Geography
• Geology

Identify the centrifugal forces

• Roman Catholicism and Mexicans
• Estonians fear the Russians
• The Japanese language
• Religion and language in Belgium
• Nationalism

The conflict between the Rwandan Hutus and Tutsis is an example of

• Genocide
• Ethnic cleansing
• Colonialism
• Neocolonialism
• Decolonization

Dominated by another country politically and economically.

• State
• Nation
• Autonomous region
• Satellite state