WorksheetsAP Geo: Politics [maps, location, politics]
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 42mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
A state or group of states that exists within a sphere of competition between larger states and is often culturally, economically, and politically fragmented and splintered.
a)
Frontier
b)
Satellite States
c)
Shatterbelt
d)
Buffer State
3.
Countries controlled by another, more powerful state.
a)
Slav State
b)
Imperialist State
c)
Buffer State
d)
Satellite State
4.
An independent country located between two larger countries that are in conflict.
a)
Satellite State
b)
Buffer State
c)
Shatterbelt
d)
Frontier
5.
A state with only one nation within its borders
a)
Stateless-Nation
b)
Nation-State
c)
Ethnocentric Nation
d)
Statehood
6.
a state that contains more than one ethnicity.
a)
United States
b)
Multi-Cultural State
c)
Multi-Ethnic State
d)
Nation-State
7.
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
8.
a sovereign state that comprises a town and the surrounding countryside.
a)
Nation-State
b)
City-State
c)
Stateless Nation
d)
National State
9.
Who was the developer of the Heartland Theory
a)
Nicolas Spykman
b)
Friedrich Ratzel
c)
Halford Mackinder
d)
James Monroe
10.
The first types of "States" were
a)
Roman Empire states
b)
City-states
c)
Aztec provinces
d)
Chinese satraps
11.
Which of the following is not a part of the United Kingdom?
a)
England
b)
Ireland
c)
Scotland
d)
Wales
12.
Extreme patriotism or love for one's country.
a)
Pride
b)
Nationalism
c)
Patriotism
d)
Power
13.
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
14.
The Sahara desert and Himalayan mountains are examples of which type of boundary?
a)
Susequent
b)
Cultural
c)
Superimposed
d)
Antecedent
15.
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
16.
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
17.
Which type of boundary would use lines of latitude and longitude?
a)
Antecedent
b)
Subsequent
c)
Geometric
d)
Relic
18.
The UN is an example of what?
a)
Military alliance
b)
Multinational state
c)
Confederation
d)
Supranational organization
19.
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
20.
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"
21.
The study of human political organization of the Earth
a)
Cultural Geography
b)
Ethnography
c)
Deography
d)
Political Geography
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 United States, Great Britain and Mexico all share which political characteristic?
a)
political and religious authority are combined
b)
a democratically elected national legislature
c)
a totalitarian dictatorship
d)
a monarchy passed down from father to son
25.
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
26.
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
27.
Which terrorist organization accepted credit for the 9/11/01 attacks?
a)
ISIS
b)
Al Qaeda
c)
Nazis
d)
Iraqi Soldiers for Freedom (ISF)
28.
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
29.
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
30.
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
31.
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
32.
Which was NOT a European country that colonized Africa in the 19th century?
a)
France
b)
Great Britain
c)
Portugal
d)
Poland
33.
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.
34.
Which of the following areas have been subjected to the policy of irredentism in the late 20th century?
a)
Japan.
b)
New Zealand.
c)
Serbia.
d)
Saudi Arabia.
35.
The morphology of Namibia is best described as
a)
compact.
b)
elongated.
c)
prorupt(ed).
d)
fragmented.
36.
The morphology of Poland is best described as
a)
compact.
b)
prorupt(ed).
c)
elongated.
d)
perforated.
37.
The morphology of Vietnam is best described as
a)
compact.
b)
elongated.
c)
prorupt(ed).
d)
fragmented.
38.
The morphology of San Marino is best described as
a)
enclave.
b)
exclave.
c)
perforated.
d)
fragmented.
39.
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.
40.
Which of the following was the theory that best justified US involvement in the Korean War?
a)
Containment theory
b)
Heartland-Rimland model
c)
Shatterbelt theory
d)
Colonialism
41.
If a nation-state called "Kurdistan" were to be created out of territory owned by other states, that would be an example of
a)
autocracy.
b)
devolution.
c)
irredentism.
d)
balkanization.
42.
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.
43.
When 3 or more countries join together to promote shared goals, it is called?
a)
Nation-state
b)
Federation
c)
Centrifugal Forces
d)
Supranationalism
44.
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
45.
What is it called when a country breaks apart into several smaller countries?
a)
Centripetal Force
b)
Nation State
c)
Fragmented State
d)
Balkanization
46.
The term nation-state would best fit which country?
a)
United States
b)
Israel
c)
Brazil
d)
Japan
47.
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
48.
Migration theory that is known for taking in the good and getting rid of the bad:
a)
push and pull theory
b)
welcome theory
c)
give and take theory
d)
none of these
49.
Which of the following divides Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Hemisphere Line
c)
Equator
d)
Tropic of Capricorn
50.
Which type of map would show the boundaries of countries?
a)
vegetation map
b)
political map
c)
land-use map
d)
elevation map
51.
What is the difference between absolute and relative location?
a)
Absolute location is the exact location of something.
b)
Absolute cannot be identified using lines of latitude or longitude.
c)
Absolute describes where something is compared to another place.
d)
Absolute location describes the characteristics of a place.
52.
Places that share similar characteristics are called
a)
human systems
b)
environments
c)
regions
d)
physical systems
53.
Which of the following is not a use of GPS?
a)
tracking airplanes
b)
determine when a volcano will erupt
c)
help farmers in their fields
d)
provide driving directions to a destination
54.
Imaginary North-South line that passes through Greenwich, England, and has a value of 0 degrees
a)
latitude
b)
longitude
c)
relief
d)
scale
55.
What reflects human feelings and attitudes toward a certain place?
a)
formal region
b)
perceptual region
c)
functional region
d)
region
56.
What is one or more features that make an area different from those around it?
a)
formal region
b)
perceptual region
c)
functional region
d)
region
57.
What is made up of different places liked together and working as a unit?
a)
formal region
b)
functional region
c)
perceptual region
d)
region
58.
What are lines on a globe drawn in an east-west direction and measured in degrees?
a)
longitude
b)
latitude
c)
grid
d)
equator
59.
The location of a place using the latitude-longitude grid is called:
a)
A. referenced location
b)
A. central location
c)
A. relative location
d)
A. absolute location
60.
The location of a place in relationship to other places or features around it is called:
a)
absolute location
b)
relative location
c)
site
d)
situation
61.
Scale is…
a)
the system used by geographers to transfer
locations from a globe to a map
b)
the extent of spread of a phenomenon over a
given area
c)
the difference in elevation between two
points in an area
d)
the relationship between the length of an
object on a map and that feature on the landscape
62.
What is it called when you take a 3D image and put it onto a 2D surface?
a)
Cartogram
b)
Projection
c)
Globe
d)
Instagram
63.
The map projection with the greatest amount of distortion, although visually appealing because of its nice, straight lines, is called _____.
a)
Mercator
b)
Gall-Peters
c)
Azimuthal
d)
Homolosine
64.
The science of making maps
a)
cartography
b)
cartographer
c)
distortion
65.
The location of a place based on nearby characteristics.
a)
site
b)
regionalism
c)
situation
d)
place
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