AP Hug Unit 4

The complete political authority of a state to govern itself is called

• autonomy

• sovereignty

• territoriality

• political power

The population in Japan is 99% Japanese. The makes Japan a (n)

• stateless nation.

• multinational state.

• autonomous region.

• nation-state.

Koreans are distributed throughout the territories of both North and South Korea. Based on this information, Koreans are best described as a(n)

• multi-state nation.

• nationality.

• multinational state.

• landlocked state.

A variety of ways of influencing another group of people, either by direct conquest, economic control or cultural dominance is known as

• colonialism.

• nationalism.

• imperialism.

• irredentism.

The Himalaya Mountains created a border between Northern India, Nepal, Bhutan and China. Which type of boundary best describes the Himalayas?

• Defined

• Delimited

• Deconstructed

• Demarcated

In which world region it is possible to find several geometric boundaries?

• Southeast Asia

• South America

• Northern Africa

• Pacific Islands

A large region that is is caught between two larger powers which may result in political splintering and fracturing is called a

• shatterbelt.

• exclave.

• frontier.

• relic.

Boundaries that are created by an outside person or group are called

• antecedent.

• superimposed.

• consequent.

• delimited.

A federal government is one in which power is held primarily by the national government.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which government system is NOT considered to be authoritarian?

• autocracy

• theocracy

• democracy

• absolute monarchy