Unit #8 Political Geography

An area organized into an independent political unit is a

• colony.

• nationality.

• satellite.

• state.

• suburb.

A state with control over its internal affairs has

• centripetal forces.

• nationality.

• suffrage.

• sovereignty.

• ethnicity.

A global organization created after WWII that provides a forum for the discussion of international problems is called

• the World Trade Organization.

• sovereignty.

• International Tribunal.

• the World Court.

• the United Nations.

The newest member of the United Nations is (the)

• Kazakhstan.

• North Korea.

• South Sudan.

• Taiwan.

• Soviet Union.

The current membership of the United Nations, as of 2011, consists of how many states?

• 40

• 51

• 67

• 193

• 200

A state comprising an extremely small land area is known as a

• microstate.

• dependency.

• vassal state.

• satellite state.

• sovereign state.

Attributes of a state include all of the following EXCEPT

• sovereignty.

• an area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs.

• it is synonymous to the term country.

• it must possess a military.

• it occupies a defined territory on Earth's surface and contains a permanent population.

Taiwan can be considered a sovereign state because

• China recognizes its sovereignty.

• its government carries on diplomatic relations with many other countries.

• the Nationalist party rules both China and Taiwan.

• its size meets the minimum geographic threshold for independence.

• it is no longer a British colony.

The Sahrawi Republic (known as Western Sahara) is NOT recognized by

• Mauritania.

• Morocco.

• Spain.

• most African nations.

• the Polisario Front.

The Law of the Seas

• has standardized the territorial limits of most countries to 12 nautical miles.

• regulates the amount of pollution that can be tolerated in the seas.

• has been signed by fewer than 50 countries.

• requires that all maritime disputes be taken to the UN.

• only applies to island countries.