topics 4.1-4.4

Which of the following best describes neocolonialism?

• A region where outside governments seek to influence a state’s internal government and people to start a revolution

• Developing countries trying to fight for independence from a foreign state that has direct control over the state

• The process in which countries expand their political and economic influence through settlements and colonies

• The practice of a more developed country or multinational company trying to control or influence a less developed country

• When a state creates a colony in another state to exert their political and economic control over the people of the geographic area

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CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which of the following best explains the concept of a shatterbelt region?

• A region that is caught between larger external powers who are currently fighting

• A region where different cultures come into conflict with one another in a peaceful and respectful way

• Developing countries trying to fight for independence from a foreign state that has direct control over the state

• The practice of a more developed country or multinational company trying to control or influence a less developed country

• A region where outside governments seek to influence a state’s internal government and people to start a revolution

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The Strait of Hormuz and the Strait of Malacca are examples ________

• Neocolonialism

• Choke points

• Shatterbelt regions

• Territoriality

• Centrifugal locations

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

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CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Which of the following would not be an example of a shatterbelt region?

• Israel and Palestine

• Sudan and South Sudan

• Kashmir

• Korean peninsula during the Cold War

• United States and Canada

Explain how China is using neocolonialism in Africa.

Which of the following best describes how African states were created?

• African tribes created their own countries based on their cultural boundaries

• Cartographers from Europe created boundaries that disregarded the local populations

• The United Nations created boundaries to resolve tribal conflicts

• The United States worked with different ethnic groups to help them gain their independence

• Nations with self-determination created their own nation states

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_______ is the process in which a state breaks down due to cultural conflicts between different ethnic groups or nations

• Self-determination

• Colonization

• Territoriality

• Devolution

• Balkanization

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

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CCSS.RI.9-10.5

When a state transfers power from the national government and spreads it out to the different regional governments it is known as _________

• Devolution

• Balkanization

• Centripetal force

• Decolonization

• Self-determination

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CCSS.RI.6.5

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Which of the following best describes the concept of self-determination?

• The right or desire for a nation, or group of people, to govern themselves

• A geographic area that is controlled by another state, but only has a moderate degree of self governance

• A group of people with a shared culture, language, history , and homeland

• A sovereign state with a relatively homogenous population that has a shared language, culture, and history

• A government that has a right to pass its own laws and control its borders

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CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

The country in green is an example of a ________

• Multinational state

• Multistate nation

• Stateless nation

• City-state

• Territoriality

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CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

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