Political Borders and Nation-States Quiz

What is a political border?

• A line or area used to identify the area of control of a state.

• Boundaries that are drawn based off divisions in culture.

• Boundaries that are based off physical features like mountains.

• A system in which a people with a shared culture live within one firm border.

Which type of border is drawn in a straight line without care for physical or cultural features?

• Geometric borders

• Natural borders

• Cultural borders

• Political borders

What defines a nation-state?

• A system in which a people with a shared culture or background live within one firm border and a single government.

• A body of people that share a common origin, history, culture, ethnicity, or language.

• An independent political entity with a fixed boundary.

• A nation or group of people with a common history that have no place to call home.

What is a stateless nation?

• A nation or group of people with a common history that have no place to call home.

• A state that is not formally recognized by other countries.

• A body of people that share a common origin, history, culture, ethnicity, or language.

• A line or area used to identify the area of control of a state.

Which of the following would best describe political sovereignty?

• The concept of having control over a state.

• A state that is not formally recognized by other countries.

• A system in which a people with a shared culture live within one firm border.

• Boundaries that are drawn based off divisions in culture.

What are organized efforts by a group within a country seeking independence from the central government called?

• Imperialism

• Ethnic sovereignty

• Separatist movements

• Colonialism

Which of the following was the concept of occupying a country mostly for economic reasons?

• Colonialism

• Separatist movements

• Imperialism

• Ethnic sovereignty

What is the practice of acquiring control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically?

• Imperialism

• Colonialism

• Ethnic sovereignty

• Separatist movements

What was the invasion, colonization, and partition of most of Africa among seven Western European powers known as?

• Ethnic sovereignty

• Separatist movements

• Scramble for Africa

• Imperialism

what type of borders are forced upon a country with out there input?

• superimposed borders

• cultural borders

• nation based borders

• soverign borders