Political Geography Quiz

What term describes a state with a long, narrow shape?

• Federal state

• Fragmented state

• Elongated state

• Landlocked state

What is a federal state?

• A state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory.

• An internal organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local government.

• A state that does not have a direct outlet to the sea.

• A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular nation.

What is a fragmented state?

• A state that is completely surrounded by another one.

• A state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory.

• A state with a long, narrow shape.

• A state that contains two or more cultural groups with traditions of self-determination.

What is a frontier?

• A boundary that follows a significant feature of the natural landscape.

• A zone separating two states in which neither state exercises political control.

• A boundary that no longer functions but can still be detected on the cultural landscape.

• A boundary based on a human construct such as a straight line or a parallel of latitude.

What is a geometric boundary?

• A boundary that follows a significant feature of the natural landscape.

• A boundary that no longer functions but can still be detected on the cultural landscape.

• A boundary based on a human construct such as a straight line or a parallel of latitude.

• A zone separating two states in which neither state exercises political control.

What is gerrymandering?

• The process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power.

• The concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves.

• A boundary that follows a significant feature of the natural landscape.

• An otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension.

What is a landlocked state?

• A state that does not have a direct outlet to the sea.

• A state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory.

• A state with a long, narrow shape.

• A state that completely surrounds another one.

What is a microstate?

• A state that contains two or more cultural groups with traditions of self-determination.

• A state that completely surrounds another one.

• A state that encompasses a very small land area.

• A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular nation.

What is a multinational state?

• A state that contains two or more cultural groups with traditions of self-determination.

• A state that does not have a direct outlet to the sea.

• A state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory.

• A state with a long, narrow shape.

What is a nation?

• A large group of people who are united by common cultural characteristics, such as language and ethnicity, or by shared history.

• A state that does not have a direct outlet to the sea.

• A state that completely surrounds another one.

• A state that encompasses a very small land area.