aphg 4.2-4.4

The Philippines and Malaysia lay claim to resources under and around the Spratly Islands. Which of the following best explains how the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) influences claims to the islands by both countries?

• The Philippines and Malaysia both claim the islands lie within their territorial seas up to 12 nautical miles from their coasts

• The claims to the Spratly Islands by both the Philippines and Malaysia overlap due to exclusive economic zones up to 200 nautical miles from their coasts.

• The claims to the islands by the Philippines and Malaysia overlap due to the median line principle

• The Philippines and Malaysia both claim ownership to the resources based on a historic possession of the islands

Many of the boundaries between European states are ___

• relic boundaries

• superimposed boundaries

• geometric boundaries

• subsequent boundaries

Based on the map, which of the following best explains the implications of physical geography as the Kurds continue to struggle for an independent state in their ethnic homeland?

• Most areas with a Kurdish majority population are landlocked and therefore dependent on good relationships with their neighbors in order to access trade and prosper economically.

• Even in areas with a Kurdish minority population, Kurdish people have their own unique culture and identity separately from the states in which their nation is located.

• In September 2017 a public referendum was carried out that demonstrated that a majority of Kurds overwhelmingly support independence.

• Unstable oil prices have created economic problems both in parts of the region with a Kurdish majority population and in parts with a Kurdish minority, leaving the Kurdistan Regional Government weakened and struggling to pay off debt. 

Which term best describes Slovakia?

• stateless nation

• multinational state

• empire

• dependent territory

• autonomous region

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PSO-4.A.2

A state in which most if not all governing power is exercised by a national, or centralized, government

• unitary

• federal

• dictatorship

• democratic

Which of the following best explains the governance of the shaded areas shown on the map?

• These areas show territory occupied by indigenous peoples as stateless nations at a local scale

• These areas are established as nation-states for indigenous peoples at the local scale

• These areas are lands of indigenous peoples that are sovereign independent states at an international scale

• These areas show where indigenous peoples have a limited amount of self-government at a national scale.

What is known as neocolonialism?

• The transfer of power from the central government to the regional governments within the state

• A region that suffers from instability because it is located between two very different regions

• Control over developing countries exerted though indirect means, either economic, political, or even cultural

• None of the above

Which type of boundary coincides (occurs at the same time) as cultural divides such as religion or language?

• Consequent

• Geometric

• Relic

• subsequent

Which shape has potential isolation with states that are long or have a narrow shape

• Fragmented

• Elongated

• Compact

• Perforated

What is a antecedent boundary?

• An invisible line marking the extent of a state's territory

• A boundary drawn by outside powers

• A boundary that no longer exist but evidence of it still exist on the landscape

• A boundary drawn before a large population was present