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AP HUMAN political geography

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A _____ is a group of people with a common political identity and a _____ is a country with recognized borders

a)

territory...federalism

b)

nation....territory

c)

state...nation

d)

nation....state

e)

territory...state

2.

_______ governments are organized into a geographically based hierarchy of local government agencies

a)

federal

b)

territorial

c)

consolidated

d)

national

3.

with its system of regional provinces, Canada is an example of a

a)

microstate

b)

electorial state

c)

federal state

d)

nation state

4.

the drawing of new voting districts is called

a)

reapportionment

b)

gerrymandering

c)

reelection

d)

redrawing

5.

when voting districts are redrawn in such a way that they purposely favor a political party, they have been

a)

vetoed

b)

reapportioned

c)

redictricted

d)

gerrymandered

6.

Indonesia is an example of a

a)

elongated state

b)

microstate

c)

compact state

d)

fragmented state

e)

prorupted state

7.

which of the following is a landlocked state

a)

peru

b)

germany

c)

burma

d)

afghanistan

e)

columbia

8.

In Antartica, geometric political borders do little to organize a vast

a)

frontier

b)

borderline

c)

wasteland

d)

territory

9.

_______ forces work to pull countries apart while _____ forces work to bind them together

a)

centripetal...centrifugal

b)

centrifugal.....centripetal

c)

communist.....democratic

d)

socialist.....capitalist

e)

capitalist...socialist

10.

when a country exerts political, economic, or social influence over another without the aid of official government institutions, it is called

a)

dominance

b)

imperialism

c)

colonialism

d)

federalism

11.

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)

anticolonialism

12.

hitler's nationalist/expansionist philosohies drew in part from

a)

self determination

b)

sound historical evidence

c)

organic geopolitical theory

d)

rimland theory

e)

heartland theory

13.

when countries come together for a common purpose, somewhat limiting their own individual powers, the resulting body is called a

a)

international organization

b)

confederacy

c)

supranational organization

d)

union

e)

national alliance

14.

_______ boundaries characterize much of Africa as they ignore cultural and tribal differences across space

a)

superimposed

b)

subsequent

c)

colonial

d)

antecedent

15.

what is falkan island's case an example of

a)

sovereignity disputes

b)

imperialism

c)

genocide

d)

ethnic cleansing

16.

what is Basque's case an example of

a)

stateless nation

b)

nationless state

c)

attempt to join spain

d)

attempt to join france

17.

What are the US islands (puerto rico, guam etc) examples of

a)

frontier

b)

territory

c)

state

d)

nations

18.

if one says "my nation never does anything wrong", what is that an example of

a)

nationalism

b)

patriotism

c)

country loving

d)

people hating

19.

what are kurds in Syria an example of

a)

stateless nation

b)

non-ethnic group

c)

multinational state

d)

state

20.

what is the scotland act of 1998 an example of

a)

devolution

b)

evolution

c)

conflict

d)

nothing

21.

was quebec from canada close to gaining independence

a)

yes

b)

no

22.

who were involved in armenian killing? Is it genocide or ethnic cleansing

a)

ottomans trying to kill Armenian christians, genocide

b)

armenian christians trying to kill ottomans, genocide

c)

ottomans trying to kill Armenian christians, ethnic cleansing

d)

armenian christians trying to kill ottomans, ethnic cleansing

e)

germans trying to kill Armenian christians, genocide

23.

who did nuremburg war trials try

a)

leaders of holocaust

b)

leaders of armenian genocide

c)

leaders of rwanda genocide

d)

leaders of Bosnia war

24.

what is cambodia killing an example of

a)

genocide

b)

ethnic cleansing

25.

who was rwanda war between

a)

hutu and tutsi

b)

nazi and Jews

c)

sunni muslims and orthodox christains

d)

some random stuff

26.

who was the leader in kosovo ethnic cleansing

a)

Tito

b)

Milosevic

c)

Hitler

d)

John

27.

what is the border beween US and canada considered as

a)

state scale

b)

supra national scale

c)

intra-state scale

28.

what is the UN border considered as

a)

state scale

b)

supra national scale

c)

intra state scale

29.

what force does scottland have

a)

centripetal

b)

centrifugal

30.

what kind of force does sri lanka have

a)

centripetal force

b)

centrifugal force

31.

what is the boundary between US and mexico an example of

a)

superimposed boundary

b)

fortified boundary

c)

relict boundary

d)

maritime boundary

32.

what is britain an example of

a)

monarchy

b)

oliarchy

c)

democracy

33.

in a country, state and central government make laws, what type of government is it?

a)

unitary system

b)

unitary government

c)

federation

d)

confederation

34.

putting african americans in one voting community is an example of

a)

cracking

b)

packing

35.

what is philippines an example of

a)

compact state

b)

fragmented state

c)

perforated state

d)

elongated state

36.

what is south africa an example of

a)

perforated state

b)

prorupt state

c)

compact state

d)

microstate

37.

which one is the newest border

a)

US/Mexico border

b)

syria border

c)

india border

d)

brazil border

38.

which of the borders divide the rich and the poor

a)

US/mexico border

b)

india border

c)

brazil border

d)

syria border

39.

which of the borders are made of sand

a)

morocco border

b)

syria border

c)

india border

d)

brazil border