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Political Geography

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is NOT part of the definition of a state?

a)

A permanent resident population

b)

A common language

c)

Defined territorial boundaries

d)

Political sovereignty

2.
The concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves is known as what?
a)
Apartheid
b)
Block-busting
c)
Democracy
d)
Self-determination
3.

Which of the following best illustrates the geographical concept of the nation-state?

a)

Iceland

b)

Belguim

c)

India

d)

Canada

4.

A group of people who share a common culture and identity as a cohesive group is a called a

a)

Nation

b)

Nation-State

c)

Country

d)

Sovereign State

5.

What is the largest state in the world by land size?

a)

Canada

b)

China

c)

Russia

d)

United States

6.

A shared religion and a common language tend to unify people. Since they unify people, shared religion and common language are examples of

a)

centripetal forces

b)

centrifugal forces

c)

bonding forces

d)

supranational forces

7.

What is Balkanization?

a)

the break up of a region or country into smaller regions or countries

b)

the idea that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves

c)

the incorporation of a territory into another country

d)

the process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the political party in power

8.

Which of the following groups represents a nation without a state?

a)

Kurds

b)

Israelis

c)

Turks

d)

Germans

9.

Type of State

a)

Compact

b)

Fragmented

c)

Perforated

d)

Elongated

10.

Type of State

a)

Prorupted

b)

Perforated

c)

Compact

d)

Landlocked

11.

Type of State

a)

Prorupted

b)

Perforated

c)

Compact

d)

Fragmented

12.

Type of State

a)

Elongated

b)

Perforated

c)

Prorupted

d)

Fragmented

13.

Ex. South Africa

a)

Perforated State

b)

Exclave

c)

Prorupted State

d)

Enclave

14.

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 the European Union (EU)

15.

This type of state is the simplest to manage, since the government is close to all portions of the state.

a)

Elongated

b)

Compact

c)

Landlocked

d)

Fragmented

16.

Ex. Vatican City

a)

Enclave

b)

Exclave

c)

Superimposed state

d)

Geometric state

17.

TERM: Ability of a state to carry out actions & policies within its borders independent of outside interference

a)

Sovereignty

b)

Territoriality

c)

Gerrymandering

d)

Nationality

18.

The Berlin Wall fell in 1989, but people in the former East & West Germany still feel its influence. Where the wall once stood now acts as a

a)

superimposed boundary

b)

relict boundary

c)

antecedent boundary

d)

subsequent boundary

19.

Boundaries established by rivers, oceans, deserts, mountains, etc.

a)

Geographic

b)

Superimposed

c)

Geometric

d)

Physical

20.

Which type of boundary would use lines of latitude and longitude?

a)

Antecedent

b)

Subsequent

c)

Geometric

d)

Relic

21.

Boundaries set by ethnic differences, especially those based on language and religion

a)

Physical

b)

Cultural

c)

Political

d)

Antecedent

22.

Boundary which was established before an area was populated. Many times these boundaries were made along physical geographic features

a)

Geometric Boundary

b)

Antecedent Boundary

c)

Superimposed Boundary

d)

Physical Boundary

23.

Type of Boundary

a)

Geometric

b)

Cultural

c)

Linear

d)

Physical

24.

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 invisible

d)

boundary lines are carefully drawn between different cultures

25.

The boundaries of congressional districts of the United States are

a)

redrawn whenever a member of Congress feels his or her constituency has changed.

b)

redrawn after every presidential election

c)

drawn to cross over state boundaries.

d)

redrawn every ten years.

26.

What is a superimposed boundary?

a)

Boundaries forced upon an existing cultural landscape by a colonial or political power without regard for cultural barriers

b)

Boundaries forced upon a new landscape without regard for physical boundaries

c)

The study of the political organization (borders) of the planet

d)

Boundaries based on the elements of the natural or physical landscape

27.

Most of Africa’s political boundaries were originally drawn by

a)

seventeenth-century European explorers.

b)

UN peacekeeping missions in the 1950s and 1960s.

c)

decolonization movements of the 1950s and 1960s.

d)

European colonial powers in the late-nineteenth century.

28.

TERM: politically redistricting that produces unusually shaped districts to create a political advantage

a)

Redlining

b)

Gentrification

c)

Politicization

d)

Gerrymandering

29.

The European Union (EU) and United Nations (UN) are both examples of

a)

military alliances

b)

multinational states

c)

confederations

d)

supranational organizations

30.

What do the state represented above all have in common?

a)

They are unitary states

b)

They are formerly communist states

c)

They are federal states

d)

They are satellite states

31.

An internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials

a)

Federal state

b)

Sovereign state

c)

Nation

d)

Unitary state

32.

Friedrich Ratzel's conception that the state is similar to a biological organism with a birth to maturity to death life cycle

a)

Conquest Theory

b)

Heartland Theory

c)

Rimland Theory

d)

Organic Theory

33.
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
34.
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
35.

According to Mackinder's heartland theory, which of the following countries would be most likely to dominate the globe?

a)

Japan

b)

United States

c)

Russia

d)

India