Geography Unit 4 Test Review

What feature of physical geography contributed to the development of republics in America?

• vast territory of the United Kingdom

• the Pacific Ocean

• the Atlantic Ocean

• the government of the United States

The government of Switzerland is a ________ government with no ____________

• federal, individual head of state.

• federal, no individual head of state.

• federation, figurehead leader

• unitary, single unified culture

What does terra nulli mean?

• land belonging to everyone

• land belonging to no one

• land belonging to fish

Bir Tawil (located between Egypt and Sudan) is considered a place of terra nullis because _____.

• it is a protected religious state

• the U.N. has declared it independent

• it is hard to get to and has afew resources

• it is the site of constant fighting between Egypt and Sudan

What is self-determination?

• the principle that the conquering nation gets to decide the govenrment of a nation

• the idea that only established countries can decide what territoried can govern themselves

• a process where people within a country decide what type of government they want to have

True or False: A perforated state is the mose rare.

• True

• False

Which characteristic do all the nations seen here share?

• All are compact
• All are landlocked
• All are federal states
• All are members of OPEC

A map showing boundaries of countries is what type of map?

• Political

• Physical

• Thematic

• Historical

How have ethnic mythologies affected racial relations in the U.S.?

• Racial Discrimination based on ethnic mythology became illegal when the U.S. became independent.

• Ethnic mythology has led to improved race relations in the U.S. during the 20th century

• Discrimination based on ethnic mythology has been limited to Black Americans in the U.S.

• European and Euro-American ethnic mythology has been used to justify racial discrimination

A state with only one nation within its borders

• Stateless-Nation
• Nation-State
• Ethnocentric Nation
• Statehood