U4 REV

The area shown with the dark shading is best identified as

• The Korean people are divided into a multistate nation that has a common heritage and ethnicity.

• A stateless nation

• Geometric

• Divisions are based on language, providing ethnic groups some self-governance and preserving Belgium as a federal state.

Local and regional autonomous governments and a separatist militia group have been established within the Basque region shown on the map. How do these local and regional governments compare with the national governments of Spain and France?

• a gerrymandered boundary that guarantees a political party's seat within the United States House of Representatives

• Local and regional governments create the potential for conflict and act as a centrifugal force within the larger independent states.

• A state in which government decisions are made at the national level and applied uniformly across the state

• Darfur is a region of ethnic difference and political instability where devolution is likely.

South Sudan gained its independence in 2011, reshaping the boundaries of Sudan. Which of the following best explains the implications of the shaded area shown on the map in Darfur?

• Bulgaria

• The reapportionment and redistricting of the of the United States House of Representatives that occurs every 10 years

• Divisions are based on language, providing ethnic groups some self-governance and preserving Belgium as a federal state.

• Darfur is a region of ethnic difference and political instability where devolution is likely.

The map shows the world's newest country, South Sudan, formerly part of Sudan, and the Islamic region of Darfur, which is seeking some level of political autonomy within Sudan. In comparison with the east-west divide between Darfur and the rest of Sudan, which of the following centrifugal forces led South Sudan to seek independence from Sudan?

• Territoriality, because communities are expressing power and political control over the landscape.

• Divisions are based on language, providing ethnic groups some self-governance and preserving Belgium as a federal state.

• Sudan and South Sudan's border is a transition zone between Africa's Islamic northern region and the Christian and animist regions of sub-Saharan Africa.

• Geometric

In 1993 Belgium divided much of its internal government into three semiautonomous regions. Based on the data shown in the map, which of the following best explains the political divisions within Belgium?

• A state in which government decisions are made at the national level and applied uniformly across the state

• Divisions are based on language, providing ethnic groups some self-governance and preserving Belgium as a federal state.

• a gerrymandered boundary that guarantees a political party's seat within the United States House of Representatives

• Self-determination following decline of communism and admission as member states to the European Union

Based on the map data, which of the following best explains a factor that has led to ethnic separatism in Belgium?

• Imperialism

• Independent States

• Self-determination following decline of communism and admission as member states to the European Union

• Many who speak Flemish as their first language also speak French, but few people who speak French as their first language also speak Flemish.

Some communities along the internal border between Flanders and Wallonia are required by Belgian federal law to have bilingual local governments, with road signs and government publications in Flemish and French. Some nearby communities refuse to permit a census of language users because they are concerned that the results will trigger federal requirements for a bilingual local government.

• The reapportionment and redistricting of the of the United States House of Representatives that occurs every 10 years

• Self-determination following decline of communism and admission as member states to the European Union

• Territoriality, because communities are expressing power and political control over the landscape.

• Territoriality, because communities are expressing power and political control over the landscape.

Which of the following identifies the primary building blocks of the world political map shown?

• A concentration of the majority of the country's Muslim population on one island, leading to ethnic separatism

• Local and regional governments create the potential for conflict and act as a centrifugal force within the larger independent states.

• Bulgaria

• Independent States

Based on the information shown in the map, Nigeria can be identified as a

• Independent States

• Multinational State

• The Korean people are divided into a multistate nation that has a common heritage and ethnicity.

• Bulgaria

Using the information shown, which of the following geographic principles explains the conflict in the Falkland Islands?

• Self-determination following decline of communism and admission as member states to the European Union

• Divisions are based on language, providing ethnic groups some self-governance and preserving Belgium as a federal state.

• Unitary States tend to be smaller than federal states.

• Overlapping claims of sovereignty