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WorksheetsKey Issues 8.2: Shapes of States and Boundaries
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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Class
Date
1.
The only large land mass not part of a sovereign state is:
a)
Antarctica.
b)
the Arctic.
c)
Greenland.
d)
Siberia.
2.
A frontier, in contrast to a boundary:
a)
separates two states.
b)
is an area rather than a line.
c)
has become more a more common means to separate states.
d)
is a region of ethnic conflict.
3.
Which shape most easily fosters the establishment of effective internal communications and transportation for a smaller state?
a)
elongated
b)
fragmented
c)
prorupted
d)
compact
4.
The Germans established the proruption known as the Caprivi Strip in present-day Namibia for which of the following reasons?
a)
access to the Zambezi River
b)
access to resources in central Africa
c)
disruption of British communications
d)
all of the above
5.
A feature of the physical environment commonly used to separate states includes all but which of the following?
a)
deserts
b)
mountains
c)
geometry
d)
rivers
6.
The boundary between the U.S. and Canada is BEST described by which of the following?
a)
geometry
b)
language
c)
water
d)
both geometry and water
7.
Boundaries were redrawn in much of Europe after WWI according to the:
a)
distribution of languages.
b)
demands of the victories British and French.
c)
containment of Nazism.
d)
League of Nations.
8.
The Kurds are a:
a)
a multinational state.
b)
nationality divided among more than one state.
c)
religious minority in the Middle East.
d)
all of the above.
9.
An increasing number of states have adopted a federal form of government primarily to:
a)
deploy scarce resources efficiently.
b)
encourage the breakup of the superpower alliances.
c)
satisfy the demands of competing nationalities.
d)
govern compact states more effectively.
10.
A state which places most power in the hands of a central government is a:
a)
federal state.
b)
nation-state.
c)
fragmented state.
d)
unitary state.
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