AP Human Geography - Unit 4 Modules 25-26 Quiz

While under colonial rule, some Africans were selected by colonists to study at prestigious universities within Europe, in order to learn the skills necessary for colonial management. What were some of the unintended results of this process? Choose more than one.

• Students returned to Africa with ideas of self-determination.

• Nationalist movements developed to oust Europeans.

• European nations gave up colonial occupation peacefully.

• White settlers collaborated with African leaders for coexistence.

In what ways can the dissemination of speech and information across the Internet challenge state sovereignty? Choose more than one.

• Information created under the laws in one state challenges the laws in another.

• States can easily disseminate their messages and information.

• Governments filter and limit the spread of information.

• Ideas that challenge state authority travel easily across borders.

Which country has a strong separatist movement?

• Japan

• the United States

• Ireland

• Spain

How did the expansion of Russia, starting in about 1300, occur?

• in land purchased mainly from China

• mainly eastward

• in the development of a free republic

• largely with the assistance of Germany and France

What is the primary difference between the route to independence from colonial rule in Africa and in South America?

• The route to independence from colonial rule in Africa was the result of frustrations with taxation by the colonizing government on European settlers in the African colonies while independence in South America was driven by the indigenous people of the Amazon basin.

• The route to independence from colonial rule in both Africa and South America was the result of devolutionary forces from Europe who invaded the continents for economic gain.

• The route to independence from colonial rule in Africa was driven by economic devolutionary forces and by territorial devolutionary forces in South America.

• The route to independence from colonial rule in both Africa and South America was driven by peaceful processes wherein new international borders were created on both continents that honored age-old indigenous territories.

• The route to independence from colonial rule in Africa was often driven by educated African civil servants while independence in South America was driven by Spanish and Portuguese elites.

At the global scale, which political entity is a modern sovereign state?

• Czechia

• Greenland

• Scotland

• Puerto Rico

• British Virgin Islands

What is the process through which non colonial states were formed?

• Imperialism

• Colonialism

• Outward expansion from a core area

• Globalization

• Self-determination

What geographic concept is often used as an argument for defending government decisions to control the flow of immigrants and refugees across a state's borders?

• Nationalism

• Colonialism

• Multiculturalism

• Independence movement

• Nation-state ideal

What concept is linked to sovereignty and nationalism?

• Self-determination

• Colonization

• Core area

• Globalization

• Imperialism

What geographic concept describes the movement of power from a central government to regional governments within the state?

• Devolution

• Ethnonationalism

• Effective sovereignty

• Self-determination

• Colonialism