WorksheetsUnit 4 APHG Exam Review
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 18hrs 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A region not fully integrated into a national state that is often marginal or undeveloped is a called a
a)
stateless nation
b)
frontier
c)
core
d)
functional
2.
What has territory, a population, sovereignty and a government?
a)
Nation
b)
State
c)
Colony
d)
Frontier
3.
Which of the following is considered a State?
a)
France
b)
Virginia
c)
Hong Kong
d)
Scotland
4.
Which of the following is an example of a nation seeking its own territory?
a)
Mexicans
b)
Palestinians
c)
English
d)
Texas
5.
This type of shape can provide for efficiency in administration of a country.
a)
Compact
b)
Elongated
c)
Perferated
d)
Fragmented
6.
Fragmented states can help create which type of forces within a state?
a)
Centripetal
b)
Centrifugal
c)
Backwash effects
d)
Irredentism
7.
This type of country is long and often contains diverse climates and peoples
a)
Compact
b)
Protupt
c)
Elongated
d)
Fragmented
8.
A country’s morphology which can weaken its stability if an enclave is occupied by people whose values systems differ from the surrounding state is called
a)
Compact
b)
Perforated
c)
Elongate
d)
Prorupted
9.
Examine the image seen here. Which theory created in the early 20th century advocated that any political power based in the center of Eurasia could gain enough strength to dominate the world?
a)
Unilateral Theory
b)
Mackinder's Heartland Theory
c)
Wallerstein's World Systems Theory
d)
Huntington's Class of Civilizations Thesis
10.
A Shatterbelt is defined as an area of instability between two regions. Which would be an example of this concept?
a)
Eastern Europe
b)
Western Europe
c)
China
d)
North America
11.
The map above illustrates what concept designed to give political advantage to a particular group?
a)
devolution
b)
political enclave
c)
gerrymandering
d)
cultural landscape
12.
All of the organizations above illustrate what type of supranational organizations
a)
Military
b)
Political
c)
Economic
d)
Security
13.
Which of the following terms refers to an individual or group attempt to identify and establish control over land or “space”?
a)
territoriality
b)
secularism
c)
ethnocentrism
d)
consequent boundary
14.
The Kurds are an example of
a)
a stateless nation
b)
a state
c)
a supranational state
d)
a multinational state
15.
Which are of ethnic conflict gave rise to the term “balkanization”?
a)
Soviet Union
b)
Sudan
c)
Serbia
d)
Yugoslavia
16.
Which type of boundary would use lines of latitude and longitude?
a)
Antecedent
b)
Subsequent
c)
Geometric
d)
Relic
17.
A boundary that is drawn after the development of a cultural landscape is a
a)
antecedent boundary
b)
geometric boundary
c)
subsequent boundary
d)
relic boundary
18.
The Berlin Wall is an example of a ____________ boundary
a)
religious
b)
antecedent
c)
relic
d)
geometric
19.
What is the best example of a nation state?
a)
Japan
b)
USA
c)
Russia
d)
China
20.
What is an example of a multi-national state?
a)
United States
b)
Germany
c)
United Kingdom
d)
Peru
21.
When something helps bond the people within a country, it is called a:
a)
Nation-State
b)
Centripetal Force
c)
Centrifugal Force
d)
Stateless Nation
22.
The celebration of a national holiday is an example of
a)
Centrifugal Force
b)
Centripetal Force
c)
Terrorism
d)
Revolution
23.
For many years, French Canadians from Quebec sought ___________, or the right to govern themselves and establish their own independent state.
a)
Nationalism
b)
Self-determination
c)
Reapportionment
d)
Colonization
24.
Which of the following is a landlocked country?
a)
Peru
b)
Germany
c)
Afghanistan
d)
Colombia
25.
With its system of regional provinces, Canada is an example of a
a)
Electoral State
b)
Reapportioned state
c)
Federal State
d)
Nation-state
26.
Where did the concept of a nation-state develop?
a)
Asia
b)
Middle East
c)
Africa
d)
Europe
27.
The continent of Africa owes most of its modern borders to
a)
Physical features
b)
European colonization
c)
American imperialism
d)
Ethnic borders
28.
Why did the Europeans colonize other places in the world?
a)
To gain wealth and resources
b)
For personal wealth and recognition
c)
To promote Christianity
d)
All of the above
29.
Redrawing districts to gain an advantage for one group is
a)
Redistricting
b)
Gerrymandering
c)
Electoral college
d)
Caucusing
30.
Which system of government gives the national government all the real power?
a)
Unitary
b)
Federal
c)
Confederate
d)
Democracy
31.
A country that contains more than one ethnicity with traditions of self-determination.
a)
Multi-Ethnic State
b)
Multi-National State
c)
Stateless Nation
d)
Nationalism
32.
The concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves.
a)
Self-determination
b)
Nationalism
c)
Predestination
d)
Nation-State
33.
Who was the developer of the Heartland Theory
a)
Nicolas Spykman
b)
Friedrich Ratzel
c)
Halford Mackinder
d)
James Monroe
34.
Who developed the Organic State Theory?
a)
Friedrich Ratzel
b)
Halford Mackinder
c)
Nicolas Spykman
d)
James Monroe
35.
Who developed the Rimland Theory?
a)
Halford Mackinder
b)
Friedrich Ratzel
c)
James Monroe
d)
Nicolas Spykman
36.
What state shape is this?
a)
Compact
b)
Prorupted
c)
Elongated
d)
Fragmented
37.
What state shape is this?
a)
Compact
b)
Prorupted
c)
Elongated
d)
Fragmented
38.
What state shape is this?
a)
Compact
b)
Prorupted
c)
Elongated
d)
Fragmented
39.
What state shape is this?
a)
Fragmented
b)
Prorupted
c)
Elongated
d)
Compact
40.
What state shape is this?
a)
Fragmented
b)
Perforated
c)
Elongated
d)
Prorupted
41.
What type of State government is most associated with checks and balances?
a)
unitary
b)
republican
c)
federal
d)
communist
42.
How can a state demonstrate irredentism?
a)
Reclaim a lost homeland
b)
Take over land in Antarctica
c)
Increase size of their Navies
d)
Attend UNCLOS meetings
43.
______ gives power to local entities
a)
downsizing
b)
devolution
c)
supranationalism
d)
supreme court
44.
EU, NATO, NAFTA, WTO are all __
a)
supranational organizations
b)
peace treaties
c)
economic agreements
d)
entrepots
45.
How do large States use devolution to obtain resources?
a)
go in and confiscate resources
b)
allow local areas to become exclaves
c)
allow for local self-government in exchange for resource sharing
d)
colonialism
46.
Which geographer is associated with the Organic State theory?
a)
Ratzel
b)
MacKinder
c)
Spykman
d)
Wallerstein
47.
Which of the following is an example of a centripetal force?
a)
building a wall around a capital
b)
creating an inner-state highway
c)
offering language lessons to all culture groups in a school district
d)
relocating immigrants to underdeveloped regions
48.
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
49.
The study of human political organization of the Earth
a)
Cultural Geography
b)
Ethnography
c)
Deography
d)
Political Geography
50.
Extreme patriotism or love for one's country.
a)
Pride
b)
Nationalism
c)
Patriotism
d)
Power
51.
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
52.
Boundaries established by rivers, oceans, deserts, mountains, etc.
a)
Political boundaries
b)
Physical boundaries
c)
Cultural boundaries
d)
Geographic boundaries
53.
Balancing power between 2 states is the purpose of....
a)
shatterbelts
b)
buffer states
c)
EEZs
d)
the United Nations
54.
A state that encompasses a very small land area
a)
Island state
b)
Megastate
c)
Ministate
d)
Microstate
55.
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
56.
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
57.
Which type of boundary would use lines of latitude and longitude?
a)
Antecedent
b)
Subsequent
c)
Geometric
d)
Relic
58.
Boundaries using ethnicity like Serbia and Croatia.
a)
Geometric Boundary
b)
Physical Boundary
c)
Cultural Boundary
d)
Linear Boundary
59.
Boundaries based on traits like language.
a)
Geometric Boundary
b)
Physical Boundary
c)
Cultural Boundary
d)
Linear Boundary
60.
a)
Geometric Boundary
b)
Physical Boundary
c)
Cultural Boundary
d)
Linear Boundary
61.
a)
Geometric Boundary
b)
Physical Boundary
c)
Cultural Boundary
d)
Linear Boundary
62.
Which of the following play a role in devolution?
a)
All of these
b)
Political decisions
c)
Cultural and economic forces
d)
Physical Geography/location
63.
What theory suggests that a state is a living being with a life cycle and eventual death?
a)
Heartland Theory
b)
Rimland Theory
c)
Organic Theory
d)
Supranationalism Theory
64.
What theory suggests a land based power controlling Eastern Europe would eventually be able to control the world? It gained attention after WWII with Russia owning it.
a)
Organic Theory
b)
Heartland Theory
c)
Rimland Theory
d)
Supranationalism Theory
65.
What theory suggested a sea based power controlling the edges of Asia would eventually be able to control the world?
a)
Heartland theory
b)
Rimland theory
c)
Organic theory
d)
Supranationalism theory
66.
What is the military alliance set up by West Europe and the US to align against communism?
a)
NATO
b)
UNHCR
c)
Warsaw Pact
d)
NAFTA
67.
When you have 2 world superpowers dominating the planet.
a)
Unilateralism
b)
Multipolar
c)
Bipolar
d)
Unipolar
68.
Which of the following is NOT a reason a tiny country, small radical group, or small organization could equalize the power of an entire country?
a)
Nuclear Weapons
b)
Globalization
c)
Networked Terrorist Organizations
d)
Lack of Raw Materials
69.
Which of the following was NOT a member of the first supranationalist group in Europe that lead up to the EU forming?
a)
Belgium
b)
Luxembourg
c)
Germany
d)
Netherlands
70.
Antecendent boundaries occurred BEFORE the present landscape was established.
a)
true
b)
false
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