AP HUG Semester 1 Final

A centralized authority that enforces a single political, economic, and legal system within its territorial boundaries is a:

• Exclave

• Enclave

• Nation

• Kingdom

Which is NOT a part of the modern definition of a state as geographers define it?

• a semi autonomous region within a larger country

• centralized authority

• bounded territory

• sovereign government

An example of a nation state is:

• Poland

• USA

• Italy

• Brazil

Lesotho, a country totally surrounded by South Africa, is what type of political entity?

• Exclave

• elongated state

• Enclave

• Open territory

The types of Gerrymandering are:

• Fricking and Fracking

• Picking and Fracking

• Cracking and Packing

• Cracking and Creaking

The squareness of states borders like Colorado and Wyoming is a good example of:

• geometric boundaries

• Relic boundaries

• subsequent boundaries

• consequent boundaries

National governance is easier when a country is:

• Compact

• Protruded

• Fragmented

• Elongated

A small and weak independent country lying between two powerful, potentially between two powerful , potentially belligerent countries is a(n):

• enclave

• exclave

• heartland

• buffer state

The deliberate use of the redistricting process to encourage a desired election outcome is called:

• Subdivision

• Electorate Processing

• Gerrymandering

• Diffusion

A system in which power is concentrated centrally, with little or no provincial authority, is described as

• Federal

• Unitary

• Relic

• Autonomous