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AP Human Geography Unit 4 Review

Total questions: 78

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Folk culture is 
a)
heterogeneous and widespread
b)
homogeneous and small
c)
practiced in urban areas
d)
greatly influenced by the media
2.
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
3.
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
4.
Countries controlled by another, more powerful state.
a)
Slav State
b)
Imperialist State
c)
Buffer State
d)
Satellite State
5.
An independent country located between two larger countries that are in conflict.
a)
Satellite State
b)
Buffer State
c)
Shatterbelt
d)
Frontier
6.
A historical term used to reference where an ethnic minority is forced to live
a)
Concentration Camp
b)
Asylum
c)
Ghetto
d)
Prison
7.
Internationally recognized control over people and territory
a)
Territoriality
b)
Spatial analysis
c)
Sovereignty
d)
Repartimiento
8.
Which of the following would best fit the description of a State?
a)
Alabama
b)
Hawaii
c)
The South
d)
Japan
9.
Which of the following is not a part of the United Kingdom?
a)
England
b)
Ireland
c)
Scotland
d)
Wales
10.
Who was the developer of the Heartland Theory
a)
Nicolas Spykman
b)
Friedrich Ratzel
c)
Halford Mackinder
d)
James Monroe
11.
A city that has been built to help develop a State further is a 
a)
Capital city
b)
Primate city
c)
Forward-thrust city
d)
Sovereign city
12.
A straight line boundary is known as a _____ boundary.
a)
Consequent
b)
Geometric
c)
Subsequent
d)
Natural
13.
The world's largest state is
a)
China
b)
Canada
c)
United States
d)
Russia
14.
An area organized into a independent political unit is a 
a)
colony
b)
territory
c)
satellite
d)
State
15.
Poland is an example of a ____ state.
a)
elongated
b)
fragmented
c)
compact
d)
prorupted
16.
The world's largest multinational state is 
a)
United States
b)
Canada
c)
Russia
d)
China
17.
A country that has no access to water is a ___ country.
a)
Compact
b)
Landlocked
c)
Island Nation
d)
Elongated
18.
Japan would be an example of a ______.
a)
Compact State
b)
Nation-State
c)
Multinational State
d)
Perforated States
19.
What does NATO stand for?
a)
North Atlantic Trade Organization
b)
North American Trade Organization
c)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
d)
North Alaskan Trade Organization
20.

A country that is run according to the interests of its ruler rather than its people is called a ____.

a)

Autocracy

b)

Anocracy

c)

Democracy

d)

Constitutional Monarchy

21.
A group of people who share a common culture and identity as a cohesive group is a called a ___.
a)
Nation State
b)
Nation
c)
Country
d)
Sovereign State
22.
A country that is not full autocratic or fully democratic is referred to as a ___.
a)
Republic
b)
Dictatorship
c)
Anocracy
d)
Monarchy
23.
South Africa is an example of an ___.
a)
perforated state
b)
enclave
c)
exclave
d)
prorupted
24.
Which of these is a fragmented state?
a)
Indonesia
b)
United States
c)
Russia
d)
Austrailia
25.

A state is a synonym for a

a)

territory

b)

country

c)

unit

d)

member

26.

A _________________________ is a state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by one particular ethnicity which has been transformed into a nationality.

a)

nation-state

b)

state

c)

multinational state

d)

trinational state

27.

Taiwan can be considered a sovereign state because

a)

the Nationalist party rules both China and Taiwan.

b)

China recognizes its sovereignty.

c)

its government carries on diplomatic relations with many other countries.

d)

its size meets the minimum geographic requirement for independence.

28.

The attempt by one country to force its political control over another territory is

a)

constitutionality.

b)

colonialism

c)

self-determination

d)

sovereignty.

29.

The eastern part of the border between the United States and Mexico is created by which physical boundary?

a)

A man made wall

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Rio Grande River

d)

English and Spanish speakers

30.

Which of the following is not true of al-Qaeda?

a)

Al-Qaeda has been implicated in several bombings since the attack on the United States in 2001.

b)

Most al-Qaeda cell members have lived in ordinary society, supporting themselves with jobs or crime.

c)

Al-Qaeda is a single, non-religious organization.

d)

Al-Qaeda grew out of the war against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan.

31.

An act of terrorism is different that an act of war because

a)

Act of war targets governments and political organization

b)

terrorism targets civilians and non combatants

c)

neither is provoked.

32.
Laws that physically separated difference races within South Africa.
a)
Centrifugal Forces
b)
Apartheid
c)
Racism
d)
Jim Crow
33.
Process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities.
a)
Balkanization
b)
Apartheid
Apartheid
c)
Nationalism
d)
Ethnic Cleansing
34.
September 11th, was an example of a____ force which brought the United States together.
a)
Centrifugal
b)
Nationalistic
c)
Centripetal
d)
Ethnic
35.
Process by which a more powerful ethnic group tries to remove a less powerful one in order to create a more homogenous region.
a)
Genocide
b)
Ethnic Cleansing
c)
Jim Crow Laws
d)
Nationalism
36.
The Holocaust was an example of a ___.
a)
Apartheid
b)
Balkanization
c)
Centripetal Force
d)
Genocide
37.
Something pushes people apart is referred to as a ____.
a)
Centripetal Force
b)
Centrifugal Force
c)
Nationalism
d)
Ethnic conflict
38.
American, Canadian, French, and Norwegian are all considered a ___.
a)
Ethnicity
b)
Nationality
c)
Language
d)
Race
39.
What court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson?
a)
Brown vs. Board of Education
b)
Roe vs. Wade
c)
Emmett Till Trial
d)
Miranda vs. Arizona
40.
What was the name of the man who became the first Black South African President?
a)
Martin Luther King Jr.
b)
Mohandas Ghandi
c)
Malcolm X
d)
Nelson Mandela
41.
A state which places most power in the hands of a central government is a
a)
federal state.
b)
fragmented state.
c)
unitary state
d)
nation-state.
42.
Korea is a good example of 
a)
city-state
b)
nation-state
c)
a nation divided between more than one state.
43.
The only large land mass not part of a sovereign state is 
a)
Antarctica
b)
The Arctic
c)
Greeland
d)
Siberia
44.
The first widespread use of the nation-state concept came in 
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
The United States.
c)
Western Europe
d)
the Roman Empire
45.
A territory tied to a state rather than being completely independent is a 
a)
colony
b)
state
c)
nation-state
d)
a patron-state
46.
Which state most easily fosters the establishment of effective internal communications for a smaller state?
a)
compact
b)
prolonged
c)
fragmented
d)
prorupted
47.

The motives of European states in establishing colonies can be summarized in all but which of the following?

a)

guilt

b)

gold

c)

glory

d)

god

48.
Boundaries were redrawn in Europe after WWI according to the 
a)
religions
b)
distribution of language
c)
geography
d)
articlesof the confederation
49.
An Allocation boundary is
a)
A political boundary that existed before the cultural landscape emerged.
b)
A boundary line that run along differences in ethnicity such as language and religion.
c)
A boundary dispute that involves conflicting claims to the natural resources.
d)
A boundary with a known location and set area.
50.
A Cultural boundary is
a)
A political boundary that existed before the cultural landscape emerged.
b)
A boundary line that run along differences in ethnicity such as language and religion.
c)
A boundary dispute that involves conflicting claims to the natural resources.
d)
A boundary with a known location and set area.
51.
A Gemometric Boundary is
a)
When the definition of the border is not questioned, but the interpretation of the border is.
b)
Boundary between two or more military powers or alliances 
c)
Boundary formed naturally.
d)
A boundary that is formed by arcs or straight lines irrespective of the physical and cultural features of the alnd it passes through.
52.
Which of the following has a federal system?
a)
USA
b)
United Kingdom
c)
France
d)
Italy
53.
Which of the following is a landlocked state?
a)
Mongolia
b)
Taiwan
c)
China
54.
What is the primary reason for establishing a proruption in a boundary?
a)
To access more raw materials
b)
To claim total control.
55.

A conflict over the sharing of water in the Kaveri River between the South Indian states of Kamatake and Tamil Nadu would be best classified as

a)

a cultural boundary dispute

b)

an allocated boundary dispute

56.
Alaska in the United States is a good example of a(n)
a)
Exclave
b)
Enclave
57.

A nation group that aspires to become a nation-state but lacks the territory is a

a)

country

b)

stateless nation

c)

nation-state

d)

state

58.
Which of the following is the name for political redistricting that produces unusually shaped districts to create a political advantage
a)
voting waste
b)
Gerrymandering
59.
What state shape is this?
a)
Compact
b)
Prorupted
c)
Elongated
d)
Fragmented
60.
What state shape is this?
a)
Compact
b)
Prorupted
c)
Elongated
d)
Fragmented
61.
What state shape is this?
a)
Fragmented
b)
Prorupted
c)
Elongated
d)
Compact
62.
What type of State government is most associated with checks and balances?
a)
unitary
b)
republican
c)
federal
d)
communist
63.
Blast from the Past: What happens to Birth Rate and Death Rate as countries industrialize according to the Demographic Transition? 
a)
Birth Rate/Death Rate increase over time
b)
Birth Rate/Death Rate remain the same
c)
BR/DR decrease over time
d)
Birth Rate increases while Death Rate decreases
64.
Blast from the Past: Finding a Buddhist Pagoda in Montana demonstrates...
a)
hierarchical diffusion
b)
monotheistic religions
c)
relocation diffusion
d)
independent religions
65.
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
66.
______ gives power to local entities
a)
downsizing
b)
devolution
c)
supranationalism
d)
supreme court
67.
EU, NATO, NAFTA, WTO are all __
a)
supranational organizations
b)
peace treaties
c)
economic agreements
d)
entrepots
68.
Partition is to South Asia as Balkanization is to __
a)
Kashmir
b)
Quebec
c)
Yugoslavia
d)
Northern Ireland
69.
What keeps Greeks and Turks from fighting in Cyprus
a)
buffer zone
b)
DMZ
c)
SEZ
d)
zone of disamenity 
70.

An example of a stateless nation...

a)

Rwanda

b)

the Kurds

c)

the Taiwanese

d)

Bangladesh

71.

Which type of boundary separates Ireland and Northern Ireland?

a)

physical

b)

geometric

c)

religious

d)

ethnic

e)

buffer

72.

The peaks of the Andes Mountains were agreed upon as a [physical] border for these neighboring countries...

a)

Argentina & Chile

b)

Libya & Chade

c)

Bolivia & Peru

d)

Uruguay & Argentina

e)

Chile & Bolivia

73.

Which two shape states have the same disadvantage of relying on the cooperation of other states access to transportation resources?

a)

compact & elongated

b)

prorupted & fragmented

c)

landlocked & perforated

d)

elongated & prorupted

e)

perforated and compact

74.

ASEAN [Association of Southeast Asian Nations] is a collective group of states that seeks to create a collaborative group to promote the goals and aims of countries in Southeast Asia. This is an example of...

a)

a supernational organization

b)

a supranational organization

c)

devolution states

d)

sanctuary states

e)

unitary states

75.

A small state such as Switzerland might benefit from a _____ system of government, whereas a large state such as Russia might benefit from a ______ system of government

a)

unitary / federal

b)

democratic / autocratic

c)

federal / unitary

d)

autocratic / democratic

e)

city-state / nation-state

76.

Mackinder's Heartland Theory put forth the concept that this area, with it's vast resources and population, was in the ideal location to dominate the world.

a)

Asia

b)

North America

c)

the Western Hemisphere

d)

Eurasia

e)

the Mediterranean Basin

77.

Albania seeks to unify the lands that many Albanians consider to form their national homeland, based on claims on the present-day or historical presence of Albanian populations in those areas. This is an example of...

a)

anocracy

b)

a unitary system

c)

fragmented state

d)

irredentism

e)

devolution

78.

ISIS has operated heavily in these countries over the past few years.

a)

Afghanistan and Pakistan

b)

Iraq and Iran

c)

Jordan and Lebanon

d)

Nigeria and Libya

e)

Syria and Iraq

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