Political Geography Practice Quiz

Which is NOT one of the four ways of how borders are created?

• War- Fight for it

• Buy it

• Political Agreement

• Discovering it

• Steal it- Claim it

Which is an example of a physical boundary?

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• A line with no obvious natural features.

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Borders divide ethnic groups into the right territory at all times.

• True

• False

Africans created their own borders after the Europeans left.

• True

• False

What type of borders are meant to keep people from traveling from one country to another?

• Open Border

• Closed border

• Imaginary border

How was this border created? (Based on the information given)

• Buying

• Stealing

• War: Fighting

• Political Agreement

What is the definition of sovereignty?

• Your nationality is based on the country in which you have citizenship.

• independent, self-rule

• An independent political entity with clear geographic boundaries

• A large group of people with shared political goals whose collective identity is rooted in common history, heritage, and/or attachments to a specific territory.

Which one below is an example of stateless nation?

• Americans

• Japanese

• Brazilian

• Hmong

What is the definition of nation-state?

• legally recognized person of a state

• A state whose population has a shared political identity that sees the nation (people) and state (country) as the same.

• A large group of people with shared political goals whose collective identity is rooted in common history, heritage, and/or attachments to a specific territory.

• Nations that do not have a country.

This group of people are able to govern themselves on their own land. Also known as tribal sovereignty.

• Hmong

• African Americans

• Minnesotans

• Native American