Unit 4 Political Geography

Which of the following is NOT a necessary criterion for a state?

• Sovereignty

• defined boundary

• common culture and identity

• recognition by other states

• a permanent population

Which term can best describe Slovakia?

• stateless nation

• multinational state

• empire

• dependent territory

• autonomous region

Which of the following best explains why the Romani ethnic group is identified on the chart but does not appear on the map?

• The scale of analysis of the data reflects that the Romani are a large minority group but are not a majority in any region

• The map shows only the nodal regions in Slovakia

• The friction of distance limits what information can be shown in each type of source

• The data in the chart is not reliable because Slovakia is a former satellite state of the USSR

• The map uses qualitative data while the chart uses quantitative data, creating an inconsistency between the information.

Countries highlighted in the darker shade in the map above represent which of the following organizations?

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• Warsaw Pact

• United Nations

• League of Nations

• European Union

Based on the information in the chart, Myanmar is a:

• nation

• nation-state

• multinational state

• stateless nation

• multistate nation

Based on the information in the chart, the lands of the Kachin can be considered:

• nation-state

• an autonomous region

• multinational state

• stateless nation

• multistate nation

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

• centripetal

• nationality

• centrifugal

• sovereignty

• ethnicity

Which group represents the largest stateless nation in the world?

• Basques

• Palestinians

• Kurds

• Abkhazians

• Roma

Which boundary concept is most clearly shown in the image?

• defined boundary

• delimited boundary

• natural boundary

• open boundary

• demarcated boundary

Germany invaded Poland in 1939 claiming it wanted to reunite the German minority living in Poland with Germany. This is an example of:

• nationalism

• irredentism

• supranationalism

• allocation dispute

• operational dispute