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WorksheetsAPHG Unit 4 Political Patterns and Processes
Total questions: 68
Worksheet time: 46mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Antecendent boundaries occurred BEFORE the present landscape was established.
a)
true
b)
false
2.
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 carefully drawn between different cultures
d)
boundary lines are invisible
3.
The study of human political organization of the Earth
a)
Cultural Geography
b)
Ethnography
c)
Deography
d)
Political Geography
4.
Extreme patriotism or love for one's country.
a)
Pride
b)
Nationalism
c)
Patriotism
d)
Power
5.
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
6.
Boundaries established by rivers, oceans, deserts, mountains, etc.
a)
Political boundaries
b)
Physical boundaries
c)
Cultural boundaries
d)
Geographic boundaries
7.
Balancing power between 2 states is the purpose of....
a)
shatterbelts
b)
buffer states
c)
EEZs
d)
the United Nations
8.
A state that encompasses a very small land area
a)
Island state
b)
Megastate
c)
Ministate
d)
Microstate
9.
In this image if C belongs to B it is considered a ___________ of country B and a _______ of country A
a)
core, periphery
b)
enclave, exclave
c)
exclave, enclave
d)
heartland, periphery
10.
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
11.
Which type of boundary would use lines of latitude and longitude?
a)
Antecedent
b)
Subsequent
c)
Geometric
d)
Relic
12.
Boundaries using ethnicity like Serbia and Croatia.
a)
Geometric Boundary
b)
Physical Boundary
c)
Cultural Boundary
d)
Linear Boundary
13.
Boundaries based on traits like language.
a)
Geometric Boundary
b)
Physical Boundary
c)
Cultural Boundary
d)
Linear Boundary
14.
a)
Geometric Boundary
b)
Physical Boundary
c)
Cultural Boundary
d)
Linear Boundary
15.
A region not fully integrated into a national state that is often marginal or undeveloped is a called a
a)
stateless nation
b)
frontier
c)
core
d)
functional
16.
What has territory, a population, sovereignty and a government?
a)
Nation
b)
State
c)
Colony
d)
Frontier
17.
Which of the following is considered a State?
a)
France
b)
Virginia
c)
Hong Kong
d)
Texas
18.
Which of the following is an example of a nation seeking its own territory?
a)
Mexicans
b)
Palestinians
c)
English
d)
Texas
19.
This type of shape can provide for efficiency in administration of a country.
a)
Compact
b)
Elongated
c)
Perferated
d)
Fragmented
20.
Fragmented states can help create which type of forces within a state?
a)
Centripetal
b)
Centrifugal
c)
Backwash effects
d)
Irredentism
21.
This type of country is long and often contains diverse climates and peoples
a)
Compact
b)
Protupt
c)
Elongated
d)
Fragmented
22.
A country’s morphology which can weaken its stability if an enclave is occupied by people whose values systems differ from the surrounding state is called
a)
Compact
b)
Perforated
c)
Elongate
d)
Prorupted
23.
A Shatterbelt is defined as an area of instability between two regions. Which would be an example of this concept?
a)
Eastern Europe
b)
Western Europe
c)
China
d)
North America
24.
The map above illustrates what concept designed to give political advantage to a particular group?
a)
devolution
b)
political enclave
c)
gerrymandering
d)
cultural landscape
25.
Which of the following terms refers to an individual or group attempt to identify and establish control over land or “space”?
a)
territoriality
b)
secularism
c)
ethnocentrism
d)
consequent boundary
26.
The Kurds are an example of
a)
a stateless nation
b)
a state
c)
a supranational state
d)
a multinational state
27.
Which are of ethnic conflict gave rise to the term “balkanization”?
a)
Soviet Union
b)
Sudan
c)
Serbia
d)
Yugoslavia
28.
Which type of boundary would use lines of latitude and longitude?
a)
Antecedent
b)
Subsequent
c)
Geometric
d)
Relic
29.
A boundary that is drawn after the development of a cultural landscape is a
a)
antecedent boundary
b)
geometric boundary
c)
subsequent boundary
d)
relic boundary
30.
The Berlin Wall is an example of a ____________ boundary
a)
religious
b)
antecedent
c)
relic
d)
geometric
31.
What is the best example of a nation state?
a)
Japan
b)
USA
c)
Russia
d)
China
32.
What is the military alliance set up by West Europe and the US to align against communism?
a)
NATO
b)
UNHCR
c)
Warsaw Pact
d)
NAFTA
33.
When you have 2 world superpowers dominating the planet.
a)
Unilateralism
b)
Multipolar
c)
Bipolar
d)
Unipolar
34.
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
35.
What state shape is this?
a)
Compact
b)
Prorupted
c)
Elongated
d)
Fragmented
36.
What state shape is this?
a)
Compact
b)
Prorupted
c)
Elongated
d)
Fragmented
37.
What state shape is this?
a)
Compact
b)
Prorupted
c)
Elongated
d)
Fragmented
38.
What state shape is this?
a)
Fragmented
b)
Prorupted
c)
Elongated
d)
Compact
39.
What state shape is this?
a)
Fragmented
b)
Perforated
c)
Elongated
d)
Prorupted
40.
What type of State government is most associated with checks and balances?
a)
unitary
b)
republican
c)
federal
d)
communist
41.
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
42.
______ gives power to local entities
a)
downsizing
b)
devolution
c)
supranationalism
d)
supreme court
43.
EU, NATO, NAFTA, WTO are all __
a)
supranational organizations
b)
peace treaties
c)
economic agreements
d)
entrepots
44.
How do large States use devolution to obtain resources?
a)
go in and confiscate resources
b)
allow local areas to become exclaves
c)
allow for local self-government in exchange for resource sharing
d)
colonialism
45.
Which of the following is an example of a centripetal force?
a)
building a wall around a capital
b)
creating an inner-state highway
c)
offering language lessons to all culture groups in a school district
d)
relocating immigrants to underdeveloped regions
46.
What is an example of a multi-national state?
a)
United States
b)
Germany
c)
United Kingdom
d)
Peru
47.
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
48.
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)
Colonization
49.
Which of the following is a landlocked country?
a)
Peru
b)
Germany
c)
Afghanistan
d)
Colombia
50.
With its system of regional provinces, Canada is an example of a
a)
Electoral State
b)
Reapportioned state
c)
Federal State
d)
Nation-state
51.
The continent of Africa owes most of its modern borders to
a)
Physical features
b)
European colonization
c)
American imperialism
d)
Ethnic borders
52.
Which system of government gives the national government all the real power?
a)
Unitary
b)
Federal
c)
Confederate
d)
Democracy
53.
Redrawing districts to gain an advantage for one group is
a)
Redistricting
b)
Gerrymandering
c)
Electoral college
d)
Caucusing
54.
A country where everyone is similar minded, cultured, language speaking, and have a lot of national pride would be called?
a)
multi-state nation
b)
multinational state
c)
nation-state
d)
stateless nation
55.
The term nation-state would best fit which country?
a)
United States
b)
Israel
c)
Brazil
d)
Japan
56.
a sovereign state that comprises a town and the surrounding countryside.
a)
Nation-State
b)
City-State
c)
Stateless Nation
d)
National State
57.
European countries wanted the ________ in Africa so they could take them back to their mills and factories in Europe to make ________ to sell and make money from.
a)
raw materials; finished goods
b)
finished goods; raw materials
c)
natural resources; raw materials
d)
fossil fuels; finished goods
58.
A historical term used to reference where an ethnic minority is forced to live
a)
Concentration Camp
b)
Asylum
c)
Ghetto
d)
Prison
59.
Internationally recognized control over people and territory
a)
Territoriality
b)
Spatial analysis
c)
Sovereignty
d)
Repartimiento
60.
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
61.
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
62.
What is it called when a country breaks apart into several smaller countries?
a)
Centripetal Force
b)
Nation State
c)
Fragmented State
d)
Balkanization
63.
Mountains, water, and deserts are examples of
a)
Frontier boundaries
b)
Cultural boundaries
c)
Physical boundaries
d)
Geometric boundaries
64.
A territory legally tied to a sovereign state would best describe a
a)
State
b)
Country
c)
Colony
d)
Province
65.
The UN is an example of what?
a)
Alliance
b)
Multinational state
c)
Confederation
d)
Supranational organization
66.
Boundaries set by ethnic differences, especially those based on language and religion.
a)
Physical boundaries
b)
Economic Boundaries
c)
Political boundaries
d)
Cultural Boundaries
67.
Denmark is a good example of a nation-state because
a)
nearly all Danes speak Danish and live in Denmark.
b)
Danish and German nationalities intermingle in
Schleswig-Holstein.
c)
the
people living on the Faeroe islands, which are
controlled by Denmark,
speak Faeroese.
d)
Denmark consolidated its
boundaries by giving Greenland to Norway.
68.
International waters with no state control begins at
a)
12 Nautical Miles
b)
24 Nautical Miles
c)
120 Nautical Miles
d)
200 Nautical Miles
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