APHG 4.2-4.3 Quiz

The Berlin Conference established the borders of North African countries including Egypt, Libya, and Sudan. The landscape of these countries influenced the types of boundaries imposed by the European colonial powers. Which of the following boundary types best explains the influence of landscape on the political borders of the North African region?

• Consequent, accounting for local differences in language and religion during European colonization

• Subsequent, with smaller buffer states placed between larger states to prevent political conflicts

• Antecedent, based on tribal cultural boundaries that existed before European colonization

• Geometric, with straight lines, disregarding physical features or tribal cultural differences of the areas

• Natural, with irregular lines, accounting for regional physical features such as mountains or water bodies

Based on the map, which of the following best explains the implications of physical geography as the Kurds continue to struggle for an independent state in their ethnic homeland?

• Most areas with a Kurdish majority population are landlocked and therefore dependent on good relationships with their neighbors in order to access trade and prosper economically.

• Even in areas with a Kurdish minority population, Kurdish people have their own unique culture and identity separately from the states in which their nation is located.

• In September 2017 a public referendum was carried out that demonstrated that a majority of Kurds overwhelmingly support independence.

• Unstable oil prices have created economic problems both in parts of the region with a Kurdish majority population and in parts with a Kurdish minority, leaving the Kurdistan Regional Government weakened and struggling to pay off debt. 

Which of the following is the best example of a fragmented state?

• Chile

• China

• Germany

• Philippines

"Shatter belts" are geographic zones where tensions explode based on

• Economic boundaries

• Cultural boundaries

• Physical boundaries

• Functional boundaries

"Shatter belts" are geographic zones where tensions explode based on

• Economic boundaries

• Cultural boundaries

• Physical boundaries

• Functional boundaries

As a result of neocolonialism, most former colonies are:

• fighting to become independent.

• reliant on states that controlled them.

• primary trade partners with states that controlled them.

• still controlled by states that colonized them.

Which of the following is an example of a shatterbelt?

• Ukraine, due to its position between Russia and EU states

• The border between Canada and the United States as a result of several treaties over a couple centuries.

• Physical geography of United Kingdom creates contemporary cultural tensions between the UK and the rest of Europe.

Which would be an example of a stateless nation?

• Irish

• Armenians

• Basque

• Koreans

The transfer of power from the central government to subnational levels is called

• Devolution

• Chokepoint

• Shaterbelts

• Secession

A narrow, strategic passageway that has the potential of being blocked is called a?

• Shatterbelt

• Semi-autonomous region

• Blockade

• Chokepoint