AP Human Geography Vocabulary Quiz

What term describes a political boundary that is not a straight line?

• Boundary

• City-state

• Compact state

• Elongated state

Which term refers to a sovereign state that consists of a city and its dependent territories?

• City-state

• Federal state

• Fragmented state

• Prorupted state

What is the term for a state that is compact in shape?

• Compact state

• Elongated state

• Landlocked state

• Perforated-state

Which type of state is characterized by a long and narrow shape?

• Elongated state

• Federal state

• Unitary state

• Anocracy

What do we call a state that is governed by a central authority?

• Federal state

• Fragmented state

• Unitary state

• Democracy

Which term describes a state that is made up of several disconnected pieces?

• Fragmented state

• Frontier

• Prorupted state

• Autocracy

What is the term for a zone where no state has political control?

• Frontier

• Landlocked state

• Perforated-state

• Gerrymandering

Which type of state is completely surrounded by another state?

• Landlocked state

• Perforated-state

• Prorupted state

• Unitary state

What do we call a state that has a protrusion extending from its main territory?

• Prorupted state

• Compact state

• Elongated state

• Anocracy

Which term refers to a state that is governed by a single entity?

• Unitary state

• Federal state

• Democracy

• Autocracy