4.1 Political Geography

The Kurdish people are examples of which of the following?

• A people with a sovereign state.

• A nation.

• A stateless nation.

• A nation-state.

What four states does Kurdistan exist within?

• Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Armenia

• Turkey, Armenia, Iran, and Georgia

• Syria, Turkey, Iran, and Iraq

• Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Israel

What is an example of a state?

• Hawaii

• Cherokee Nation

• Greenland

• Canada

What are examples of stateless nations?

• Basque

• Hmong

• Danes

• Palestinians

What is the largest multinational state?

• USA

• Indonesia

• Russia

• China

Hong Kong is a ....

• Nation-State

• Autonomous Region

• Semi-Autonomous Region

• Multistate Nation

Which of the following is a nation-state?

• The Koreas

• Japan

• China

• Mongolia

Which of the following are multistate nations?

• Hong Kong

• South Korea

• North Korea

• Romania

What is the definition of nation?

• People who think of themselves as one based on a shared sense of culture and history and who desire political autonomy.

• a state with a single nation

• a group of people (a nation) with a common culture occupying a particular territory, but they do not have their own independent state

• a state with two or more nations

What is the definition of nation-state?

• people who think of themselves as one based on a shared sense of culture and history and who desire political autonomy

• a state with a single nation

• a group of people (a nation) with a common culture occupying a particular territory, but they do not have their own independent state

• a state with two or more nations