TEST REVIEW: Political Geography

What is the UN is an example of?

• Alliance

• Multinational state

• Confederation

• Supranational organization

What is a state with only one nation within its borders?

• Stateless-Nation

• Nation-State

• Ethnocentric Nation

• Statehood

What is a boundary established by rivers, oceans, deserts, or mountains?

• Political boundaries

• Physical boundaries

• Cultural boundaries

• Geographic boundaries

How would a totalitarian government affect people?

•   multiple political parties

• censorship, religious laws, and repression

•   a written constitution

•   direct elections for every governmental decision

What type of government is led by religious officials?

• Democracy

• Theocracy

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

What is a state that has freedom over its own affairs?

• centrifugal forces

• nationalism

• sovereignty

• pluralism

What is an independent political unit called?

• colony

• territory

• satellite

• State

What is Japan an example of?

• Compact State

• Nation-State

• Multinational State

• Perforated States

What are a group of people who share a common culture and identity called?

• Nation State

• Nation

• Country

• Sovereign State

What is a force that unites people and states?

• Centripetal Force

• Centrifugal Force

• Devolution

• Balkanization