Unit 6 Political Organization Review

Boundaries typically drawn by outsiders (such as colonizers) are known as what type of boundaries?

• boundary disputes

• superimposed boundaries

• physical boundary

• geometric boundary

Forces within a state that can unify the people (such as a shared culture, history, language) are known as what?

• political geography

• centrifugal forces

• centripetal forces

• unilateralism

The first modern supranational organization was ______________________, which was proposed by the U.S. President Woodrow Wilson. This organization would later collapse and be replaced with the creation of the United Nations.

• unilateralism

• political geography

• stateless nation

• League of Nations

When a conflict occurs regarding the borders between two states, this is known as what? There are four types: definitional, locational, operational, and allocational.

• geometric boundary

• physical boundary

• boundary disputes

• superimposed boundary

A boundary that is drawn with a straight line and with no concern, such as the one below is known as what?

• geometric boundary

• physical boundary

• boundary disputes

• superimposed boundary

The process in which regions within a state demand & gain political strength at the expense of the central government is known as what? An example of this would be reworking a constitution to establish a system that recognizes regional governments (like the United States does).

• Gerrymandering

• Devolution

• Reapportionment

• federal system

What is the term to describe when areas of a district are divided in a way to give one political party a majority (which can result in weird district shapes)?

• Federal system

• Reapportionment

• Unilateralism

• Gerrymandering

Forces within a state that can divide a people (such as weak governments & bad economies) are known as?

• Centrifugal forces

• Boundary disputes

• Devolution

• Centripetal forces

An example of this would be Palestine, which is a nation that does not have a state. This is known as?

• state

• stateless nation

• nation

• federal system

What is the study of the political organization of the world known as ?

• unilateralism

• federal system

• political geography

• devolution