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WorksheetsAP HUG Unit #4 - Political Organization of Space
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 29mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Countries controlled by another, more powerful state.
a)
Slav State
b)
Imperialist State
c)
Buffer State
d)
Satellite State
2.
An independent country located between two larger countries that are in conflict.
a)
Satellite State
b)
Buffer State
c)
Shatterbelt
d)
Frontier
3.
A state with only one nation within its borders
a)
Stateless-Nation
b)
Nation-State
c)
Ethnocentric Nation
d)
Statehood
4.
a state that contains more than one ethnicity.
a)
United States
b)
Multi-Cultural State
c)
Multi-Ethnic State
d)
Nation-State
5.
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
6.
Extreme patriotism or love for one's country.
a)
Pride
b)
Nationalism
c)
Patriotism
d)
Power
7.
Which type of boundary would use lines of latitude and longitude?
a)
Antecedent
b)
Subsequent
c)
Geometric
d)
Relic
8.
Who was the leader behind the attacks on USA on 9/11/01?
a)
Saddam Hussein
b)
Slobodan Milosevic
c)
Osama Bin Laden
d)
Joseph Stalin
9.
Which terrorist organization accepted credit for the 9/11/01 attacks?
a)
ISIS
b)
Al Qaeda
c)
Nazis
d)
Iraqi Soldiers for Freedom (ISF)
10.
Terrorism means the use violent acts to frighten the people in an area as a way of trying to achieve a political goal
a)
True
b)
False
11.
What motivates a terrorist
a)
Jihad and political goals
b)
Hatred towards U.S and Allies
c)
Americanization in the Middle East
d)
All of the above
12.
A system of government with one person in power, no religion or kings and queens related to it
a)
Monarchy
b)
Democracy
c)
Autocracy
d)
Theocracy
13.
Which challenge did many African nations face after gaining independence?
a)
violence from rival groups living together
b)
lack of education / government training to run a country
c)
economy dependent on the European country that colonized them
d)
All of the above
14.
Which was NOT a European country that colonized Africa in the 19th century?
a)
France
b)
Great Britain
c)
Portugal
d)
Poland
15.
European countries wanted the ________ in Africa so they could take them back to their mills and factories in Europe to make ________ to sell and make money from.
a)
raw materials; finished goods
b)
finished goods; raw materials
c)
natural resources; raw materials
d)
fossil fuels; finished goods
16.
Which best describes colonization?
a)
country creates separate territories that they rule
b)
country expands its borders to include more land
c)
country converts people to the same religion and language
d)
country chooses a new leader to run government
17.
In this image if C belongs to B it is considered a(n) ___________ of country B and a(n)_______ of country A
a)
core, periphery
b)
enclave, exclave
c)
exclave, enclave
d)
heartland, rimland
18.
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
19.
The UN is an example of what?
a)
Military alliance
b)
Multinational state
c)
Confederation
d)
Supranational organization
20.
What is the military alliance set up by West Europe and the US to align against communism?
a)
NATO
b)
COMECON
c)
Warsaw Pact
d)
NAFTA
21.
Which of the following is not a strong centripetal force in the United States?
a)
network television
b)
the flag
c)
the many ethnic groups living within it
d)
"The Star Spangled Banner"
22.
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)
autocracy
d)
dictatorship
23.
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
24.
The Europeans were mostly successful against Africans in battle, partly due to:
a)
Better weapons
b)
More soldiers
c)
Advanced hand combat strategy
d)
Immune to disease
25.
The policy of a state wanting to add territory from another State inhabited by people who have cultural links to their own State is
a)
the interaction model.
b)
the gravity model.
c)
irredentism.
d)
ethnocentrism.
26.
The morphology of Namibia is best described as
a)
compact.
b)
elongated.
c)
prorupt(ed).
d)
fragmented.
27.
The morphology of Poland is best described as
a)
compact.
b)
prorupt(ed).
c)
elongated.
d)
perforated.
28.
The morphology of Vietnam is best described as
a)
compact.
b)
elongated.
c)
prorupt(ed).
d)
fragmented.
29.
In the Heartland-Rimland model, what constitutes the heartland?
a)
Much of Europe as it is highly developed and stable and is therefore the largest threat to the world.
b)
Much of the Middle East as it contains the largest oil reserves in the world.
c)
Much of Russia as it contains the largest concentration of the best agricultural land in the world.
d)
Much of Russia as it is largely uninhabited land that has a fair amount of resources for the claiming.
30.
A region where boundaries are very thinly or weakly developed, zones where territoriality is unclear and not well established.
a)
Frontier
b)
Shatterbelt
c)
Buffer State
d)
Satellite State
31.
All of the following is a reasonable solution to gerrymandering EXCEPT
a)
making gerrymandering illegal.
b)
redistricting by an unbiased outside group.
c)
embracing gerrymandering but in a fair way.
d)
using math to redistrict randomly.
32.
What is an example of a multi-national state?
a)
United States
b)
Germany
c)
United Kingdom
d)
Peru
33.
What is the physical separation of different races into different geographic areas?
a)
Apartheid
b)
Block-busting
c)
Ethnic Cleansing
d)
Balkanization
34.
What forced Africans to come to America?
a)
Apartheid
b)
Slavery
c)
Famine
d)
Unstable Government
35.
When 3 or more countries join together to promote shared goals, it is called?
a)
Nation-state
b)
Federation
c)
Centrifugal Forces
d)
Supranationalism
36.
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
37.
What is it called when a country breaks apart into several smaller countries?
a)
Centripetal Force
b)
Nation State
c)
Fragmented State
d)
Balkanization
38.
A group of people with a common culture living in a territory and having a strong sense of unity is called a ____.
a)
state
b)
nation-state
c)
country
d)
nation
39.
_______ is the practice of judging another culture by the standards of one’s own culture.
a)
diffusion
b)
habit
c)
environemental determinism
d)
ethnocentrism
40.
Which of the following is not an ethnicity in the British Isles?
a)
British
b)
English
c)
Welsh
d)
Irish
41.
The celebration of a national holiday is an example of
a)
Centrifugal Force
b)
Centripetal Force
c)
Terrorism
d)
Revolution
42.
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
43.
Loyalty and devotion to a specific nationality is known as
a)
Self-determinism
b)
Nationalism
c)
Ethnocentrism
d)
Sovereighty
44.
The continent of Africa owes most of its modern borders to
a)
Physical features
b)
European colonization
c)
American imperialism
d)
Ethnic borders
45.
Mountains, water, and deserts are examples of
a)
Frontier boundaries
b)
Cultural boundaries
c)
Physical boundaries
d)
Geometric boundaries
46.
A territory legally tied to a sovereign state would best describe a
a)
State
b)
Country
c)
Colony
d)
Province
47.
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
48.
Poland is an example of what state shape?
a)
Elongated
b)
Perforated
c)
Fragmented
d)
Compact
49.
What is it called when a state peacefully chooses to split up into multiple smaller states?
a)
Balkanization
b)
Devolution
c)
Evolution
d)
Federalism
50.
Which of the following states is NOT linked with sponsored terrorism?
a)
Afghanistan
b)
Iran
c)
Libya
d)
Israel
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