Unit 7, Political Geography - AP Human Geography

The European Union is a group of countries that work together to facilitate and regulate trade across Europe. Therefore, the European Union is an example of

• A supranational organization

• A centripetal force

• A unitary state

• A nation-state

A country with borders where everyone is similar minded, cultured, language speaking, and have a lot of national pride would be called a

• State

• Nation

• Nation-state

• Multi-state nation

What is it called when a country gives power to smaller regions within its borders?

• Balkanization

• Devolution

• Supranationalism/Supranational Organizations

• Centrifugal forces

Which of the following correctly compares the impact of centripetal forces at the local scale with the impact of centripetal forces at the national scale?

• Centripetal forces may cause uneven development at the local scale but not at the national scale.

• Centripetal forces at both the local scale and the national scale may lead to increased cultural cohesion.

• Centripetal forces may result in nationalism at the local scale but not at the national scale.

• Centripetal forces at both the local scale and the national scale may lead to failed states.

Which of the following is an example of a centrifugal force?

• Everyone rallies behind the US flag

• A country elects a charismatic leader whom everyone likes

• Everyone in a country speaks a different language

• Everyone is educated by the same education system

In general, a country can claim all economic resources within 200 nautical miles of its coastline into the ocean. This 200-mile territory is called

• Their territorial waters

• The high seas

• Their exclusive economic zone (or EEZ)

• The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)

The Korean ethnicity has significant populations in North Korea, South Korea, and Japan, allthewhile maintaining their same one ethnic identity.

For this reason, the Korean ethnicity can best be classified as

• A multinational state

• A multi-state nation

• A balkanized nation

• An antecedent boundary

The shape of North Carolina’s Twelfth Congressional District (shown) is most likely the result of

• supranationalism

• devolution

• stateless nations

• gerrymandering

Gerrymandering can be used to

• Prevent certain politicians from running for or winning an election

• "Pack" all of a certain group's vote into one district

• Weaken a certain group's vote by dividing it across districts

• All of the above

The Berlin Conference was used to create country lines in Africa based on

• Superimposed boundaries

• Consequent boundaries

• Relic boundaries

• Antecedent boundaries