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The European Union is an example of

• supranationalism

• nationalism

• a fragmented state

• a unitary state

• a nation-state

The Berlin Conference established the borders of North African countries including Egypt, Libya, and Sudan. The landscape of these countries influenced the types of boundaries imposed by the European colonial powers. Which of the following boundary types best explains the influence of landscape on the political borders of the North African region?

• Antecedent, based on tribal cultural boundaries that existed before European colonization

• Subsequent, with smaller buffer states placed between larger states to prevent political conflicts

• Consequent, accounting for local differences in language and religion during European colonization

• Natural, with irregular lines, accounting for regional physical features such as mountains or water

• Geometric, with straight lines, disregarding physical features or tribal cultural differences of the areas

Native American tribes are considered

• Semi automous

• nation-state

• multi-state nation

• federal government

• unitary government

The Kurds are

• a nation-state

• a stateless nation

• devoluted nation

• an autonomous region

• a multi-state nation

The Berlin Wall fell in 1989, but people in the former East and West Germany still feel its influence. Geographers would say that where the wall once stood now acts as a

• superimposed boundary

• relict boundary

• fortified boundary

• antecedent boundary

• natural boundary

What is true about Northern Ireland?

• It is united with the rest of the island to form a sovereign nation-state

• It forms its own sovereign nation-state predominately made up of the Irish ethnic group.

• It is a frontier that is not formally part of a state, but the United Kingdom claims the area.

• It is physically separate from the rest of the United Kingdom, a multinational state.

• It is a stateless nation, as the entire island of Ireland is under the control of the United Kingdom.

According to the UN’s Convention on the Law of the Seas (UNCLOS), commercial and military ships of foreign countries must refrain from traveling within how many miles of a country’s coast?

• 5 nautical miles

• 12 nautical miles

• 24 nautical miles

• 100 nautical miles

• 200 nautical miles

When a sign is at a border it is a

• administered boundary

• delimited boundary

• demarcated boundary

• militarized boundary

• superimposed boundary

A country that has a common culture and language is the best example of a

• nation-state

• exclave

• multistate nation

• multinational state

An island nation like Indonesia or the Philippines is an example of

• a prorupted state

• a compact state

• a fragmented state

• a perforated state