Which of the following is NOT part of the definition of a state?

• A common language

• An organized economy and circulation system

• Political sovereignty

• A permanent resident population

• Defined boundaries

Examining the countries shown in white on the map of the former Yugoslavia, which of the following explains why the area would be referred to as a shatterbelt region?

• The countries comprise a strategically positioned area and have unstable national governments.

• The countries have an open-border policy and have abolished all passport and customs controls along their shared political boundaries.

• The countries comprise a multiethnic culture region and have strong federal governments.

• The countries are outside of the European Union but are inside of the European continent.

• The countries are former communist states and remain allied with the Russia.

The map above shows the countries in Africa where private investors and foreign governments have leased farmland for large-scale commercial farming. Usually much of the food produced is bound for wealthier nations. This practice is an example of

• decolonization

• Pan-Africanism

• neocolonialism

• imperialism

• irrendentism

A gated community (an area with homes that has restricted access) is an example of which geographic concept?

• Neocolonialism

• Territoriality

• Political power

• Colonialism

• Cultural pressure 

Most countries today, including the United States, are considered _________________.

• Irredentist states

• Multinational states

• Multistate nations

• nations

• Stateless nations

Russia was seemingly practicing ___________ when it initially attempted to annex territory in Ukraine that it says had a significant Russian population.

• Irrendentism

• Nationalism

• Patriotism

• Semiautonomy 

• Supranationalism

The Berlin Wall fell in 1989, but people in the former East and West Germany still feel its influence. Geographers would say that where the wall once stood now acts as a

• superimposed boundary

• relic boundary

• fortified boundary

• antecedent boundary

• natural boundary

The United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) gave coastal countries complete control (political, navigational, AND economic sovereignty) over which of the following zones?

• Contiguous zone

• Autonomous zone

• Export processing zone (EPZ)

• Exclusive economic zone

• Territorial seas

In 1982 the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) established freedom-of-navigation rights and defined territorial waters as a 12-nautical-mile limit from the coast where individual states have political and economic sovereignty. However, Greece and Turkey still only claim a 6-nautical-mile territorial sea.

If Greece and Turkey adopted the UNCLOS system and expanded their territorial seas to 12 nautical miles, as shown in Map 2, which of the following scenarios best explains the resulting geographic pattern?

• Greece would be required to guarantee the right of passage for ships transiting from the Dardanelles to the Mediterranean Sea.

• International ships transiting from the Mediterranean Sea to the Black Sea would only be able to sail in Turkey’s coastal waters.

• Black Sea countries like Bulgaria would have to ship goods by land through Europe or Russia to participate in international trade.

• Greece would only guarantee right of passage to ships from other European Union countries due to the open border policy.

• Turkey would be forced to join the European Union in order to participate in international trade and benefit from the open border policy.

Which of the following terms refers to the concept that all people have the right to choose their own political status?

• Colonialism

• Devolution

• Imperialism

• Self-determination

• Sovereignty