Political Organization Knowledge Check (6.1-6.3)

1. Boundaries typically drawn by outsiders (such as colonizers) are known as what type of boundaries?

• superimposed boundaries

• geometric boundaries

• relic boundaries

• cultural boundaries

2. What is the study of the political organization of the world known as?

• nation

• state

• boundary

• political geography

3. Analyze the image below. What type of boundary is it?

• relic boundary

• cultural boundary

• geometric boundary

• physical boundary

4. A boundary (like the one shown below) that is drawn with a straight line such as the one below is known as what?

• superimposed boundary

• geometric boundary

• cultural boundary

• relic boundary

5. ____________ is a group of people who think of themselves as one based on shared culture and history and seek political-territorial autonomy while a ___________ is the legal term used in international law.

• state, nation

• nation, state

• nation, stateless nation

• stateless nation, state

6. The Palestinians and the Kurds are examples of a nation that does not have a state. What is known as?

• stateless nation

• nation-state

• multi-state nation

• multinational state

7. An example of this boundary is the Berlin Wall, because it is a boundary that does not exist anymore but the imprint of the boundary still remains.

• cultural boundary

• superimposed boundary

• relic boundary

• geometric boundary

8. The territory of Transylvania is currently in Romania, but it used to be part of Hungary. A nation that stretches across borders like Transylvania does is known as?

• nation-state

• stateless nation

• multi-state nation

• multinational state

9. Yugoslavia was a state that was composed of more than nation such as Slovenes, Croats, Serbs, etc. Yugoslavia is an example of a state with more than one nation inside its borders. This is an example of?

• multinational state

• multi-state nation

• nation-state

• stateless nation

10, Which one of these listed below is NOT an American territory?

• American Samoa

• Puerto Rico

• Guam

• Hawaii