Unit 6 Review

Gerrymandering is not likely to produce what kind of electoral districts?

• Prorupted

• Elongated

• Compact

• Fragmented

An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs is called a ___________.

• Colony

• State

• Microstate

• Self-determination 

The concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves is called _____.

• Colony

• State

• Microstate

• Self-determination

What is a territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than being completely independent?

• Colony

• State

• Microstate

• Self-determination

What is a state that has a very small land area?

• Colony

• State

• Microstate

• Self-determination

What is the largest state in the world by land area?

• Russia

• Canada  

• China  

• Brazil

What is the 3rd largest state in the world by land area?            

• Russia

• Canada  

• U.S.

• Brazil

 This is an Elongated country with potential isolation, long and narrow, poor communication           A.         B.         C.           D.

•  Canada  

• Afghanistan  

• Chile

• South Africa

This is a Compact State considered the ideal shape state, usually small, distance from boundary does not vary significantly...

• Kosovo

• Afghanistan

• Chile

• South Africa

This is a Perforated State that completely surrounds another one... .

• Russia

• Afghanistan

• Chile

• South Africa