AP HUG Unit 4 - Check In

a division of a region into smaller hostile regions

• Russification

• czar

• ethnic cleansing

• Balkanization

A territory legally tied to a sovereign state would best describe a

• State
• Country
• Colony
• Province

For many years, French Canadians from Quebec sought ___________, or the right to govern themselves and establish their own independent state.

• Nationalism
• Self-determination
• Reapportionment
• Colonization

What term is defined as a broad concept that includes a variety of ways of influencing another country or group of people, by direct conquest, economic control, or cultural dominance?

• Federal state

• Unitary state

• Colonialism

• Imperialism

• Neocolonialism

What term is defined as a new way to exert control over developing countries through indirect means (economic, political, and/or cultural power), instead of through direct military political control?

• Federal state

• Unitary state

• Colonialism

• Imperialism

• Neocolonialism

Based on the information shown in the map, Nigeria can be identified as a

• multinational state

• nation-state

• choke point

• multistate nation

The map shows the Taiwan Strait. Which of the following best explains the global geopolitical significance of the Taiwan Strait?

• The Taiwan Strait is a cultural boundary that separates populations of Chinese people who speak different languages.

• The Taiwan Strait is a militarily strategic chokepoint that China and Taiwan claim as territory.

• The Taiwan Strait creates an obstacle to trade between Taiwan and China and hinders the region’s economy.

• The Taiwan Strait is a remnant of the colonial relationship between China, Taiwan, and European countries.

A defined area within a country that has a high degree of self-government and freedom from its parent country.

• State
• Nation
• Autonomous region
• Satellite state

Which are of ethnic conflict gave rise to the term “balkanization”?

• Soviet Union
• Sudan
• Serbia
• Yugoslavia

A state is a synonym for a

• territory

• country

• unit

• member