AP HUG: U4: Political

Which of the following is NOT a necessary criterion for a state? (a)  

• Sovereignty
• Defined boundary
• Common culture and identity
• Recognition by other states
• Permanent Population

Answer explanation

Very often, states will have multiple cultures within their borders

Countries highlighted in the darker shade in the map represent most or all of the members which for which of the following organizations?

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• Warsaw Pact

• United Nations

• League of Nations

• European Union

Answer explanation

Based on the information in the chart, Myanmar is a

• Nation

• Nation-State

• Multinational State

• Stateless Nation

• Multistate Nation

Answer explanation

A multinational state is a sovereign entity that has more than one nation within its borders.

Based on the information in the chart, the lands of the Kachin can be considered

• a multistate nation

• an autonomous region

• a nation-state

• a stateless nation

• a newly independent state

Answer explanation

Because the Kachin have their own language and desire independence from Myanmar, we can categorize them as a stateless nation.

Which of the following would describe a positive development for a state that became independent through decolonization?

• Establishing territoriality by claiming sovereignty over its lands

• Maintaining economic neocolonial ties with its former mother country

• Engaging in ethnic cleansing of a minority group within its boders

• Existing along a shatterbelt between two powerful states

• Experiencing centrifugal forces due to multiple ethnicities

Answer explanation

Reestablishing borders and a government to replace the colonial state is the first step in creating your own state.

Which type of boundary is most clearly shown in the image above?

• Defined

• Delimited

• Natural

• Open

• Demarcated

Answer explanation

Demarcated boundaries are those created with a physical object like a sign or wall.

When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, it said it wanted to reunited the German minority living in Poland with Germany. This is an example of

• nationalism

• irredentism

• supranationalism

• an allocational dispute

• an operational dispute

Answer explanation

Irredentism is a policy of advocating the restoration to a country of any territory formerly belonging to it.

Russia's attack on Ukraine is another example of irredentism

The 49th parallel between the United States and Canada is

• a relic boundary

• a superimposed boundary

• an antecedent boundary

• a subsequent and ethnographic boundary

• an open boundary

Answer explanation

An antecedent boundary is one that existed before the cultural landscape emerged and stayed in place after people began to occupy the surrounding area.

Which gerrymandering strategies do Districts 1 and 2 best show?

• Stacking

• Packing

• Hijacking

• Kidnapping

• Scaling

Answer explanation

"Packing" is concentrating many voters of one type into a single electoral district to reduce their influence in other districts

Uruguay's national government sets policies that are administered by local governments. This system of government is best described as

• federal

• unitary

• reapportioned

• communist

• compact

Answer explanation