APHG Unit IV - Political Geography - Review

Antecendent boundaries occurred BEFORE the present landscape was established. 

• true
• false

Conflicts often occur on borders because 

• direct, physical contact often takes place between two neighboring states
• Direct, physical contact never takes place between two neighboring states
• boundary lines are carefully drawn between different cultures
• boundary lines are invisible

Boundaries established by rivers, oceans, deserts, mountains, etc. 

• Political boundaries
• Physical boundaries
• Cultural boundaries
• Geographic boundaries

A state that encompasses a very small land area

• Island state
• Megastate
• Ministate
• Microstate

Boundaries using ethnicity like Serbia and Croatia.

• Geometric Boundary
• Physical Boundary
• Cultural Boundary
• Linear Boundary

This image shows an example of what type of boundary?

• Geometric Boundary

• Physical Boundary

• Cultural Boundary

• Linear Boundary

The boundary outlined here is an example of a ...

• Geometric Boundary

• Physical Boundary

• Cultural Boundary

• Linear Boundary

What has territory, a population, sovereignty and a government? 

• Nation
• State
• Colony
• Frontier

Which of the following is considered a state by the UN?

• France

• Virginia

• Hong Kong

• Scotland

Which of the following is an example of a nation seeking its own territory? 

• Mexicans
• Palestinians
• English
• Texas