AP HuG Unit 4 Study Guide

If a country is broken up into tiny islands, what boundary or state does it have?

• Perforated

• Elongated

• Prorupt

• Compact

• Fragmented

How can a national boundary between two cities decrease the level of trade between the cities?

• Tariffs (taxes)

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A buffer state that exists politically as a neutral state between two big powerful states has a role described by what?

• enhancing political powers of both of the other states

• a taxing authority

• a balance of power

• minimizes the religious authority of the other states

• stops immigration from one state to another

What would impact whether a nation remains a nation state?

• Rejecting capitalism

• lots of immigrants coming in

• good funding for science

• hurricanes or national disasters

What type of countries have a greater variety of climates and resources compared to others?

• Perforated states

• Fragmented states

• Elongated states

• Prorupt

• Compact

The rise of democracies since 1900 could be challenged by...

• spread of globalized culture

• democratic revolutions

• global take overs of reactionary politics

• Arab springs

The Arab Spring resulted in what?

• Resulted in autocratic regions wanting democracies

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Which of the describes the function of the separation fence on the territory between India and Pakistan?

• It demarcates a cease-fire line

• It designates a border-crossing region

• It defines a linguistic border

• It represents an annexed zone

• It outlines a decolonized territory

Which of these describes how Basque groups could cause a devolution of the Spanish government?

• Basque groups are represented at a global economic forum

• Basque groups voice concerns of political unrest to the central government

• Basque groups elect a representative of the region

• Basque groups from an alliance with other Basque groups in other countries

• Basque groups gain political control over certain regions in Spain

Which of the following resulted from the collapse of the Soviet Union (USSR) that resulted in its break down into Russia and the smaller states?

• The smaller states saw the complete elimination of their sovereign powers

• The smaller states saw an increase in their sovereign powers

• The smaller states assigned their sovereign powers to Russia

• The smaller states failed to develop their sovereign powers

• Only some of the states created sovereign powers