Unit 4 Practice Multiple Choice

A branch of human geography concerned with the spatial analysis of political systems

• cultural geography

• environmental geography

• political geography

• ecology geography

The ideal political geographical unit; one in which the nation's geographic boundaries match the state's territorial boundaries

• state

• nation

• stateless nation

• nation-state

A nation's ability to determine its own statehood and form its own allegiances and government

• sovereignty

• self-determination

• multinational state

• multistate nation

The movement of power from the central government to region governments within the state

• devolution

• sovereignty

• self-determination

• buffer state

Region of continuing and persistent fragmentation due to devolution and centrifugal forces

• devolution

• chokepoint

• shatterbelt

• neocolonialism

A narrow passage that restricts traffic to another region

• buffer state

• shatterbelt

• neocolonialism

• chokepoint

a country containing multiple national, ethnic, and religious groups within its boundaries

• multistate nation

• nation-state

• multinational state

• stateless nation

an independent political unit with a centralized authority that makes claim to sole legal, political, and economic jurisdiction over a region with defined boundaries

• state

• nation

• nation-state

• multinational state

a subdivision or dependent territory of a country that has a high degree of self-government, or autonomy, in its decision making

• state

• nation

• nation-state

• autonomous region

a clearly demarcated line that marks both the limits of a territory and divisions between territories

• boundary

• shatterbelt

• chokepoint

• buffer state