Unit 4 Political Geography: Review

Natural barriers between areas such as mountain ranges or oceans are known as what?

• Cultural boundaries

• Physical geographic boundaries

• Antecedent boundary

• Relic boundary

Define country

• The most general term used to describe any political entity that is independent from the control of any other entity

• The largest political unit and most formal term, must meet a list of criteria.

• The ability to self-govern

• A place with defined physical and cultural boundaries that are universally agreed upon.

Which of the following is NOT a criteria required to be considered a state?

• Has a defined boundary

• Contains a permanent population

• Is recognized by other states

• Must have a common cultural heritage

Taiwan is not considered a state by most organizations because it doesn't meet which of the following requirements?

• It is not sovereign

• It does not have a permanent population

• It does not have a defined boundary

• It is too small to be considered its own political entity

A group of people that have a common cultural heritage, a set of beliefs and values that unify them, a traditional claim to a particular space as their homeland, and the desire to establish their own state or express self-rule in another way is a what?

• Nation

• State

• Ethnicity

• Nation-state

Finland is an example of a (blank) because a high percentage of its population are the same nationality

• Nation

• State

• Nation-State

• Ethnicity

Because it has many different nationalities within its borders, Canada is considered a

• Multinational state

• Multistate nation

• Stateless nation

• Autonomous region

A defined area within a state that has a high degree of self-government and freedom from its parent state is known as

• Nation-state

• Semiautonomous region

• Stateless nation

• Autonomous region

A region such as the Navajo, which has some degree of self-rule but not complete, is known as a

• Semi-autonomous region

• Autonomous region

• State

• Stateless nation

A cultural group that has no independent political identity is called

• A multistate nation

• A stateless nation

• A nationless state

• A multinational state