Review Unit 4.1-4.5 quiz

Which of the following is the best example of a nation-state?

• United States

• China

• Japan

• Canada

The border between the US and Canada along the 49th parallel is an example of what type of boundary?

• Subsequent

• Geometric

• Superimposed

• Relic

The majority of African states entered the United Nations after 1960 because

• Political differences with the US did not allow them to join before then

• Creation of the Organization for African Unity took precedence

• The majority of the states didn't become independent until the 1960s

• Most African states were dictatorships before the 1960s

A group of people bound by a common identity is a(n)

• State

• Nation

• Regime

• Nation-state

States with the ability to carry out actions or policies within their borders independently from interference are said to have

• Sovereignty

• Nationalism

• Legitimacy

• Devolution

"Shatter belts" are geographic zones where tensions explode based on

• Economic boundaries

• Cultural boundaries

• Physical boundaries

• Functional boundaries

The Kurds would like their own state, therefore they desire:

• Self-Determination
  
• Nationalism
• Suffrage
• Irredentism

If a state has many different ethnic groups residing in it, it could be classified as a:

• multinational state

• nation-state

• autonomous region

• nationless state

As a result of neocolonialism, most former colonies are:

• fighting to become independent.

• reliant on states that controlled them.

• primary trade partners with states that controlled them.

• still controlled by states that colonized them.

The UNCLOS law that says coastal states can explore, extract, and manage up to 200 miles is called?

• Territorial Sea

• Contiguous Sea

• Exclusive Economic Zone

• High Seas