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WorksheetsPolitical Geography
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 19mins
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Class
Date
1.
The Pacific and Atlantic oceans are examples of
a)
Political boundaries
b)
Cultural boundaries
c)
Physical boundaries
d)
Personal boundaries
2.
Conflicts often occur on borders because
a)
direct, physical contact often takes place between two neighboring states
b)
Direct, physical contact never takes place between two neighboring states
c)
boundary lines are carefully drawn between different cultures
d)
boundary lines are invisible
3.
"If we practice an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, soon the whole world will be blind and toothless." - Mahatma Gandhi
This would represent
This would represent
a)
just war
b)
political realism
c)
pacificsm
d)
holy war
4.
A historical term used to reference where an ethnic minority is forced to live
a)
Concentration Camp
b)
Asylum
c)
Ghetto
d)
Prison
5.
The study of human political organization of the Earth
a)
Cultural Geography
b)
Ethnography
c)
Deography
d)
Political Geography
6.
Creating ownership over a defined space, either personal, or publicly
a)
Sovereignty
b)
Territoriality
c)
Spatial Recognition
d)
Encomienda
7.
Extreme patriotism or love for one's country.
a)
Pride
b)
Nationalism
c)
Patriotism
d)
Power
8.
Boundaries set by ethnic differences, especially those based on language and religion.
a)
Physical boundaries
b)
Economic Boundaries
c)
Political boundaries
d)
Cultural Boundaries
9.
NAFTA is way of avoiding conflict in North America by eliminating _________ & _________.
a)
tariffs, dictators
b)
tariffs, quotas
c)
quotas, sales tax
d)
quotas, income tax
10.
Boundaries established by rivers, oceans, deserts, mountains, etc.
a)
Political boundaries
b)
Physical boundaries
c)
Cultural boundaries
d)
Geographic boundaries
11.
Many territories fight over land by ______________.
a)
Water
b)
Railroads
c)
Shopping malls
12.
The Sahara desert and Himalayan mountains are examples of which type of boundary?
a)
Physical
b)
Cultural
c)
Boundaries
13.
Blast from the Past: What happens to Birth Rate and Death Rate as countries industrialize according to the Demographic Transition?
a)
Birth Rate/Death Rate increase over time
b)
Birth Rate/Death Rate remain the same
c)
BR/DR decrease over time
d)
Birth Rate increases while Death Rate decreases
14.
Balancing power between 2 states is the purpose of....
a)
shatterbelts
b)
buffer states
c)
EEZs
d)
the United Nations
15.
A state that encompasses a very small land area
a)
Island state
b)
Megastate
c)
Ministate
d)
Microstate
16.
In this image if C belongs to B it is considered a ___________ of country B and a _______ of country A
a)
core, periphery
b)
enclave, exclave
c)
exclave, enclave
d)
heartland, periphery
17.
Which characteristic do all the nations seen here share?
a)
All are compact
b)
All are landlocked
c)
All are federal states
d)
All are members of OPEC
18.
Which type of boundary would use lines of latitude and longitude?
a)
Antecedent
b)
Subsequent
c)
Geometric
d)
Relic
19.
a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives
a)
democracy
b)
theocracy
c)
monarchy
d)
dictatorship
20.
a government or a social situation where one person makes all the rules and decisions without input from anyone else
a)
oligarchy
b)
democracy
c)
dictatorship
d)
theocracy
21.
a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch
a)
democracy
b)
republic
c)
monarchy
d)
anarchy
22.
the state holds total authority over the society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life wherever possible
a)
oligarchy
b)
dictatorship
c)
monarchy
d)
totalitarianism
23.
This economic system is based on supply and demand!
a)
Mixed
b)
Market
c)
Traditional
d)
Command
24.
In North Korea, they have this type of economy.
a)
Command
b)
Mixed
c)
Market
d)
Traditional
25.
Boundaries using ethnicity like Serbia and Croatia.
a)
Geometric Boundary
b)
Physical Boundary
c)
Cultural Boundary
d)
Linear Boundary
26.
Boundaries based on traits like language.
a)
Geometric Boundary
b)
Physical Boundary
c)
Cultural Boundary
d)
Linear Boundary
27.
a)
Geometric Boundary
b)
Physical Boundary
c)
Cultural Boundary
d)
Linear Boundary
28.
a)
Geometric Boundary
b)
Physical Boundary
c)
Cultural Boundary
d)
Linear Boundary
29.
a)
Geometric Boundary
b)
Physical Boundary
c)
Cultural Boundary
d)
Linear Boundary
30.
Oligarchy
a)
Rule by a few
b)
Military, religious, or family power
c)
Power always acquired by force
d)
An example would include South Africa (Apartheid)
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