APHG Unit IV Pre-Test

What is the difference between a state and a nation?

• A. A state refers to the government and land, while a nation refers to a group of people with a shared culture and history.

• B. A state refers to a group of people with a shared culture and history, while a nation refers to the government and land.

• D. A state refers to a political organization, while a nation refers to a cultural group.

• C. A state refers to a specific geographic area, while a nation refers to a political entity.

Which of the following is an example of a nation state?

• A. United States

• B. Canada

• C. Japan

• D. India

What is a shatter belt region?

• C. A region with a stable political and economic environment.

• B. An area with a high concentration of natural resources.

• D. A region with no political boundaries.

• A. An area where countries or people are subject to the political, cultural, and economic pressure from external powers that are in conflict with each other.

What is neocolonialism?

• A. The direct use of political, cultural, or economic power to influence or control another country.

• B. The process of gaining independence from colonial rulers.

• D. The practice of acquiring territories and settling there to exert political, economic, and social control over the area.

• C. The establishment of new political boundaries.

What is the process by which colonies gain independence from their colonizers called?

• C. Decolonization

• B. Devolution

• A. Imperialism

• D. Colonialism

What is the tendency to establish and defend a specific geographic area called?

• D. Colonialism

• C. Devolution

• B. Imperialism

• A. Territoriality

What is a superimposed boundary?

• D. A boundary that is imposed by an outside force on a pre-existing cultural landscape.

• C. A boundary that is no longer officially recognized but still affects the cultural landscape.

• B. A boundary that existed before human settlement or the creation of the cultural landscape.

• A. A boundary that uses straight lines and follows the lines of latitude and longitude.

What is an example of a relic boundary?

• C. The Berlin Wall that separated East and West Germany

• A. The boundary between Argentina and Chile

• B. The 49th parallel between Canada and the United States

• D. The boundary between North and South Korea

What is a choke point?

• D. A region with no political boundaries.

• C. A geographic area that has to be passed in order to reach a destination.

• A. A region with a stable political and economic environment.

• B. An area with a high concentration of natural resources.

What is an example of a multi-state nation?

• D. Iceland

• A. Basque people located in Spain and France

• C. Japan

• B. Kurdish population extending over multiple countries