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AP Human Chapter 8 Definitions

Total questions: 89

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The city of Chicago expanded from 26 square kilometers (10 square miles) in 1837 to 492 square kilometers (190 square miles) in 1900. This is an example of

a)

Devolution

b)

Annexation

c)

Incorporation

d)

Invasion

e)

Gerrymandering

2.

Before World War I, there were eight great powers: Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. This is known as

a)

a confederation

b)

globalization

c)

balance of power

d)

Commonwealth

e)

Delimitation

3.

The fight between Pakistan and India over Kashmir is an example of

a)

Boundary disputes

b)

Annexation

c)

Religious conflict

d)

Reunification

e)

Genocide

4.

A boundary is

a)

always demarcated by mountains or rivers.

b)

always agreed upon peacefully.

c)

a static border that never changes.

d)

An invisible line that marks the extent of a state’s territory.

e)

A natural border that exists between countries.

5.

An antecedent boundary is

a)

a political boundary that existed before the cultural landscape emerged and stayed in place.

b)

a boundary that evolved as the cultural landscape of an area takes shape.

c)

a boundary line that runs along with differences in ethnicity.

d)

a boundary that no longer functions but can still be detected on the cultural landscape.

e)

A boundary line that coincides with some cultural divide, such as religion or language.

6.

A subsequent boundary is

a)

a boundary that no longer functions but can still be detected on the cultural landscape.

b)

A naturally occurring barrier between two areas.

c)

a boundary that evolved as the cultural landscape of an area takes shape.

d)

a straight line that serves as a political boundary that is unrelated to physical and/or cultural differences.

e)

a political boundary that existed before the cultural landscape emerged and stayed in place.

7.

A consequent boundary is

a)

A naturally occurring barrier between two areas.

b)

a straight line that serves as a political boundary that is unrelated to physical and/or cultural differences.

c)

a boundary that no longer functions but can still be detected on the cultural landscape.

d)

a boundary that has been imposed on an area by an outside or conquering power.

e)

A boundary line that coincides with some cultural divide, such as religion or language.

8.

A superimposed boundary is

a)

a political boundary that existed before the cultural landscape emerged and stayed in place.

b)

a straight line that serves as a political boundary that is unrelated to physical and/or cultural differences.

c)

a boundary that evolved as the cultural landscape of an area takes shape.

d)

a boundary that has been imposed on an area by an outside or conquering power.

e)

a boundary line that runs along with differences in ethnicity.

9.

A relic boundary is

a)

a political boundary that existed before the cultural landscape emerged and stayed in place.

b)

a boundary that no longer functions but can still be detected on the cultural landscape.

c)

a boundary line that runs along with differences in ethnicity.

d)

a boundary that has been imposed on an area by an outside or conquering power.

e)

a boundary that evolved as the cultural landscape of an area takes shape.

10.

An example of something that is not a natural/physical boundary is

a)

a river

b)

a mountain

c)

a road

d)

a desert

e)

an ocean

11.

The boundary between Pakistan and India is an example of a(n) __________.

a)

cultural boundary

b)

geometric boundary

c)

physical boundary

d)

language boundary

e)

All of the above

12.

The border between Chad and Libya is an example of a(n) ___________.

a)

cultural boundary

b)

geometric boundary

c)

demilitarized zone

d)

exclusive economic zone

e)

core region.

13.

the drawing of boundaries is known as ___________.

a)

devolution

b)

cartography

c)

demarcation

d)

gerrymandering

e)

delimitation

14.

The Berlin Wall was an example of ________.

a)

demagoguery

b)

devolution

c)

delimitation

d)

demarcation

e)

none of the above

15.

a country lying between two rival or potentially hostile greater powers is a(n) ___________________.

a)

buffer state

b)

city-state

c)

nation-state

d)

perforated state

e)

buffet state

16.

Many ancient cities, such as Athens, were considered _____________.

a)

buffer states

b)

city-states

c)

nation-states

d)

multinational states

e)

federal states

17.

An attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory is called ___________.

a)

imperialism

b)

colonialism

c)

capitalism

d)

communism

e)

socialism

18.

Brazil was a _______ of Portugal for several centuries.

a)

province

b)

county

c)

colony

d)

territory

e)

state

19.

The US is an example of a ___________.

a)

commonwealth

b)

monarchy

c)

oligarchy

d)

theocracy

e)

none of the above

20.

The USSR was an example of a _____________.

a)

commonwealth

b)

colony

c)

confederation

d)

buffer state

e)

city-state

21.

Which continent was the main subject of the Conference of Berlin in 1884?

a)

Oceania

b)

Europe

c)

Africa

d)

Wyoming

e)

Antarctica

22.

An example of a core region is ___________.

a)

Eritrea

b)

Ecuador

c)

Japan

d)

Ethiopia

e)

North Macedonia

23.

An example of a periphery region could be ___________.

a)

Japan

b)

Luxembourg

c)

Antarctica

d)

Chad

e)

USA

24.

The declaration of independence of India in 1947 is an example of ____________.

a)

decolonization

b)

delineation

c)

devolution

d)

colonization

e)

demarcation

25.

Which state disappeared due to devolution?

a)

Yugoslavia

b)

Macedonia

c)

Zaire

d)

Sri Lanka

e)

Cote de I'voire

26.

The ______ Theory states that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries.

a)

Conquest

b)

Heartland

c)

Rimland

d)

Domino

e)

Central Place

27.

an area in which treaties or agreements between nations are decided and military action is forbidden is known as the ___________.

a)

buffer state

b)

DMZ

c)

EEZ

d)

frontier

e)

province

28.

an area of coastal water and seabed within a certain distance of a country's coastline, to which the country claims exclusive rights is known as ________.

a)

commonwealth

b)

frontier

c)

shoreline

d)

the DMZ

e)

the EEZ

29.

the analysis of the methods, the behavior, and the results of elections in the context of geographic space and using geographical techniques is _____________.

a)

delineation

b)

human geography

c)

electoral geography

d)

physical geography

e)

geopolitics

30.

Lesotho is an example of _____________.

a)

an EEZ

b)

a DMZ

c)

exclave

d)

enclave

e)

core region

31.

Alaska is an example of a(n) ____________.

a)

exclave

b)

enclave

c)

buffer state

d)

city-state

e)

EEZ

32.

a geographic area with high ethnic concentration, characteristic cultural identity, and economic activity is known as ______________.

a)

ethnic enclave

b)

ethnic state

c)

exclave

d)

buffer state

e)

city-state

33.

The European Union includes which country?

a)

Iceland

b)

Montenegro

c)

Poland

d)

Bosnia & Herzegovina

e)

Morocco

34.

A state in which local governments possess considerable authority to adopt their own laws is known as a ___________.

a)

federal state

b)

buffer state

c)

city-state

d)

colony

e)

oligarchy

35.

A symbolically relocated capital city usually because of either economic or strategic reasons is known as _________.

a)

a ministate

b)

gerrymandering

c)

irredentism

d)

a forward capital

e)

a planned capital

36.

a zone separating two states in which neither state exercises political control is known as _________.

a)

an exclave

b)

a federal state

c)

a buffer state

d)

a city-state

e)

a frontier

37.

the study of the effects of Earth's geography on politics and international relations is _____________.

a)

annexation

b)

demarcation

c)

ecology

d)

electoral geography

e)

geopolitics

38.

The process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power is known as _______.

a)

delineation

b)

gerrymandering

c)

demarcation

d)

geopolitics

e)

devolution

39.

The geographer Halford J. Mackinder argued that control of ________ would allow control of the world in his Heartland Theory.

a)

Eurasia

b)

Asia and Africa

c)

Africa and Europe

d)

the Americas and Europe

e)

the Americas and Asia

40.

The theory that states that control of Eurasia and Africa is achieved via control of the countries bordering the Soviet Union is known as __________ Theory.

a)

Conquest

b)

Heartland

c)

Soviet

d)

Rimland

e)

Central Place

41.

a policy or ideology of extending a country's rule over foreign nations is known as ____________.

a)

socialism

b)

communism

c)

capitalism

d)

imperialism

e)

colonialism

42.

An example of an international organization is ____________.

a)

the FBI

b)

the CIA

c)

the UN

d)

the CDC

e)

the FDA

43.

The separation of communist and capitalist countries was known as _____________.

a)

the median-line principle

b)

the buffer state

c)

the Conference of Berlin

d)

the Iron Curtain

e)

the Berlin Wall

44.

any political or popular movement that seeks to claim or reclaim and occupy land that are considered lost territories of a group is known as _____________.

a)

irredentism

b)

colonialism

c)

imperialism

d)

communism

e)

capitalism

45.

A state that doesn't have a direct outlet to the sea is known as ___________.

a)

enclosed state

b)

federal state

c)

city-state

d)

landlocked state

e)

buffer state

46.

the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable is known as ____________.

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Treaty of Tordesillas

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

Conference of Berlin

e)

Treaty of the Americas

47.

what is another name for the Median-line principle?

a)

Raison d’être

b)

Reapportionment

c)

gravity model

d)

distance decay

e)

equidistance method

48.

The Vatican City is an example of a __________.

a)

republic

b)

ministate

c)

buffer state

d)

federal state

e)

communist state

49.

Which country has multiple capitals?

a)

Bhutan

b)

Bolivia

c)

Brazil

d)

Bangladesh

e)

none of the above

50.

An example of a planned capital city is ___________.

a)

Brasilia

b)

Paris

c)

London

d)

Lisbon

e)

Wyoming

51.

States are to the US as _____________ are to Canada.

a)

boundaries

b)

states

c)

provinces

d)

counties

e)

regions

52.

Raison d’être is translated to ______________.

a)

reason for being

b)

reason for thinking

c)

reason for acting

d)

razor for shaving

e)

none of the above

53.

The process and outcome of a reallocation of electoral seats to defined territories is known as _____________.

a)

balance of power

b)

gerrymandering

c)

relocation

d)

reapportionment

e)

all of the above

54.

Quebec is a good example of _______________.

a)

secession

b)

regional autonomy

c)

devolution

d)

irredentism

e)

none of the above

55.

a country that is formally independent in the world, but under the heavy political, economic and military influence or control from another country is known as _____________.

a)

a compact state

b)

an oligarchy

c)

regional autonomy

d)

a colony

e)

a satellite state

56.

The Confederacy during the Civil War was an example of _________.

a)

a commonwealth

b)

secession

c)

Ministate

d)

Raison d’être

e)

a supranational organization

57.

Which country is not an example of separatism?

a)

North Korea

b)

Vatican City

c)

South Sudan

d)

Eritrea

e)

none of the above

58.

The ability of a state to govern its territory free from the control of its internal affairs by other states is known as ________________.

a)

Sovereignty

b)

Reapportionment

c)

Raison d’être

d)

Manifest destiny

e)

none of the above

59.

An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs is known as a ___________.

a)

colony

b)

state

c)

territory

d)

province

e)

hamlet

60.

The USSR can be classified as a case of ____________.

a)

free trade agreement

b)

colonization

c)

supranationalism

d)

separatism

e)

secession

61.
Which organization below is NOT an example of a supranational organization?
a)
OPEC
b)
NATO
c)
USDA
d)
UN
e)
EU
62.
What do we call an argument or fight over ownership of land, among two or more countries?
a)
geopolitical rivalry
b)
territorial dispute
c)
armed conflict
d)
Colonization
e)
none of the above
63.
Poland is a great example of a _________.
a)
fragmented state
b)
elongated state
c)
compact state
d)
prorupted state
e)
perforated state
64.
Which state in the list below is, by far, the most fragmented?
a)
Indonesia
b)
Australia
c)
the USA
d)
Mongolia
e)
Japan
65.
Which country is a clear example of an elongated state?
a)
Poland
b)
Spain
c)
Chile
d)
France
e)
Switzerland
66.
An otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension is known as a __________ state.
a)
Elongated
b)
Fragmented
c)
Prorupt
d)
Compact
e)
none of the above
67.
A good example of a perforated country is:
a)
Switzerland
b)
South Africa
c)
Egypt
d)
Chile
e)
none of the above
68.
Which country is not an example of Theocracy?
a)
Saudi Arabia
b)
the Vatican City
c)
Switzerland
d)
Iran
e)
none of the above
69.
What is a comprehensive regime of law and order in the world's oceans and seas establishing rules governing all uses of the oceans and their resources.
a)
NAFTA
b)
the European Union
c)
The UNCLOS
d)
The Trans-Pacific Partnership
e)
none of the above
70.
An internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials is known as:
a)
Dictatorship
b)
Decentralized State
c)
Unitary State
d)
Theocracy
e)
none of the above
71.
A Democracy is:
a)
A country led by a despot monarch
b)
A country in which citizens elect leaders and can run for office
c)
A country that has no organized government
d)
A colony whose ruler was appointed by another country's government
e)
none of the above
72.
A Republic is usually led by a
a)
President
b)
King
c)
Emperor
d)
Master Jedi
e)
none of the above
73.
A country led by a King and/or Queen is known as a _____________.
a)
Aristocracy
b)
Plutocracy
c)
Monarchy
d)
Republic
e)
Anarchy
74.
A form of government in which power is held by the nobility is called:
a)
Democracy
b)
Republic
c)
Aristocracy
d)
Theocracy
e)
none of the above
75.
A form of government in which absolute power is concentrated in one person or a small group of persons is called:
a)
Democratic Republic
b)
Constitutional Monarchy
c)
Aristocracy
d)
Dictatorship
e)
none of the above
76.
A good example of Democratic Republic is:
a)
Spain
b)
the United Kingdom
c)
North Korea
d)
Germany
e)
none of the above
77.
An economic system in which traditions, customs, and beliefs help shape the goods and services the economy produces, as well as the rules and manner of their distribution is called a ___________________.
a)
Market Economic System
b)
Command Economic System
c)
Traditional Economic System
d)
Communist System
e)
Free Market
78.
What is a key feature of any communist society?
a)
the Market Economic System
b)
the Command Economic System
c)
the aristocracy
d)
the laws of supply and demand
e)
none of the above
79.
A Market Economic System is mostly driven by ______________ ?
a)
the aristocracy
b)
the laws of supply and demand
c)
government regulation
d)
trade agreements
e)
none of the above
80.
A system that combines aspects of both capitalism and socialism is known as:
a)
Collectivism
b)
Communism
c)
Mixed Economic System
d)
Hybrid Economy
e)
none of the above
81.
The fall of the Berlin Wall initiated a process of:
a)
Lebensraum
b)
Dictatorship
c)
Reunification
d)
Secession
e)
Separatism
82.
The German concept of "Lebensraum" comprises policies and practices of _______________.
a)
colonialism
b)
armed conflict
c)
state alliances
d)
country reunification
e)
none of the above
83.
Friedrich Ratzel proposed the __________ Theory, the view that states resemble biological organisms with life cycles that include stages of youth, maturity, and old age.
a)
Biological
b)
Biogeographical
c)
Organic
d)
Ecosystem
e)
none of the above
84.
What acronym identifies the cartel of petroleum countries created at the Baghdad Conference on September 10-14, 1960, by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela?
a)
OPEC
b)
EU
c)
NAFTA
d)
USSR
e)
none of the above
85.
The APEC is a multilateral trade agreement that includes countries of which region?
a)
Europe
b)
Asia-Pacific
c)
Antarctica
d)
the Balkans
e)
Africa
86.
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) is an example of ______________.
a)
intergovernmental military alliance
b)
trade agreement
c)
colonialism
d)
reunification
e)
none of the above
87.
What agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, created a trilateral trade bloc in North America, starting in 1994?
a)
Mercosur
b)
European Union
c)
Trans-Pacific Partnership
d)
NAFTA
e)
none of the above
88.
The systematic use of violence by a group in order to intimidate a population or coerce a government into granting its demands is known as __________________.
a)
civil war
b)
armed conflict
c)
terrorism
d)
Blackmail
e)
none of the above
89.
How was the European Union (EU) known before 1993?
a)
European Community
b)
European Association
c)
European Commonwealth
d)
United Europe
e)
none of the above

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