Political Geography Quiz

What is a state in the context of political geography?

• A large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language.

• A political boundary placed by a powerful group of outsiders.

• An area with defined boundaries organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government.

• Any action that unites the people of a nation as one single political unit.

What defines a nation-state?

• A boundary that has ceased to function but can still be detected on the cultural landscape.

• A sovereign state whose citizens are relatively homogeneous in factors such as language or common descent or ethnicity.

• Ethnic groups which are not the majority population in any state.

• Full right and power of a governing body over itself, without any interference from outside sources.

What is nationalism?

• A political boundary placed by a powerful group of outsiders on already developed and occupied land.

• Devotion and loyalty to one's own country, sometimes leading to the desire for independence.

• The full right and power of a governing body over itself.

• Actions or events that create division or push people in a nation away from each other.

What is a stateless nation?

• A sovereign state whose citizens are relatively homogeneous in factors such as language or common descent.

• Ethnic groups which are not the majority population in any state and for whom it is implied that they "should have" such a state.

• A boundary that has ceased to function but can still be detected on the cultural landscape.

• Any action that unites the people of a nation as one single political unit.

What is a superimposed boundary?

• A boundary that unites the people of a nation as one single political unit.

• A boundary that has ceased to function but can still be detected on the cultural landscape.

• A political boundary placed by a powerful group of outsiders on already developed and occupied land.

• The full right and power of a governing body over itself, without any interference from outside sources.

What is a relic boundary?

• A boundary that unites the people of a nation as one single political unit.

• A political boundary placed by a powerful group of outsiders on already developed and occupied land.

• Boundary that has ceased to function but can still be detected on the cultural landscape.

• The full right and power of a governing body over itself, without any interference from outside sources.

What is a centripetal force in political geography?

• Actions or events that create division or push people in a nation away from each other.

• A political boundary placed by a powerful group of outsiders on already developed and occupied land.

• Any action that unites the people of a nation as one single political unit.

• A boundary that has ceased to function but can still be detected on the cultural landscape.

What is sovereignty?

• A large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language.

• A political boundary placed by a powerful group of outsiders on already developed and occupied land.

• The full right and power of a governing body over itself, without any interference from outside sources.

• Any action that unites the people of a nation as one single political unit.

What is a centrifugal force?

• Any action that unites the people of a nation as one single political unit.

• Actions or events that create division or push people in a nation away from each other.

• A political boundary placed by a powerful group of outsiders on already developed and occupied land.

• The full right and power of a governing body over itself, without any interference from outside sources.

What was the Berlin Conference?

• A meeting between European nations to create rules on how to peacefully divide Africa among them for colonization.

• Any action that unites the people of a nation as one single political unit.

• A political boundary placed by a powerful group of outsiders on already developed and occupied land.

• The full right and power of a governing body over itself, without any interference from outside sources.