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WorksheetsAPHG Unit 4 Practice Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
A ________ is a group of people with a common political identity and a ________ is a country with recognized borders.
territory, state
nation, territory
state, nation
nation, state
(a) governments are organized into a geographically based hierarchy of local government agencies
With its system of regional provinces, Canada is an example of a(n)
microstate
electoral state
federal state
regional state
The drawing of new voting districts is called
reapportionment
gerrymandering
reelection
redrawing
discretization
When voting districts are redrawn in such a way that they purposely favor a political party, the have been
vetoed
redistricted
gerrymandered
reelected
Indonesia is an example of what kind of state?
elongated
compact
fragmented
prorupted
Afghanistan is a landlocked country
True
False
In Antartica, geometric political border do little to organize a vast
borderland
frontier
tundra
territory
continent
Centripetal forces pull countries apart, while centrifugal forces bind them together
True
False
When one country exerts political, economic, or social influence over another without the aid of official government institutions, it is called
dominance
imperialism
colonialism
federalism
territorialism
For many years, French Canadians sought ________, or the right to govern themselves and to establish their own independent state
nationalism
self determination
reapportionment
anticolonialism
Hitler's nationalist philosophies drew in part from
sound historical evidence
organic geopolitical theory
rimland theory
heartland theory
When countries come together for a common purpose, somewhat limiting their own individual powers, the resulting body is called a(n)
international organization
union
supranational organization
national alliance
global partnership
The ________ was based on control of land, markets, and political ideology, whereas the ________ is based on wealth and poverty
east/west divide, north/south divide
north/south divide, east/west divide
east/west divide, core/periphery divide
rimland/heartland divide,
core/periphery divide
________ boundaries characterize much of Africa as they ignore cultural and tribal differences across space
superimposed
subsequent
colonial
superior
OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) is an example of a(n)
supranational organization
commonwealth
confederacy
international organization
global economic union
Why are capital cities of interest to political geographers?
they are forward cities designed to promote their countries' political and economic objectives
they are core areas always located in the heart of the state
they are the most populated cities
they symbolize the cultural and historical identity of their countries
they are primarily centers of government power without any other urban functions
Under what circumstances would nationalism most likely be considered a threat to a state's political security?
a strong nationalist sentiment arises among a large, oppressed minority group in a multinational state
multicultural interests and values weaken the nationalist sentiment of a large majority ethnicity
the single ethnicity in a nation-state fails to developed a strong sense of nationalism and members of other ethnicities begin to immigrate
members of a stateless nation migrate from a multi national state as nationalism among their own population weakens
the majority ethnicity has strong national sentiment in a multinational state
Which of the following sets of states feature federal political frameworks fostering internal, regional cooperation?
China, Russia, and North Korea
Brazil, Australia, and Nigeria
Japan, Germany, and the United Kingdom
Egypt, Mexico, and Spain
Canada, United States, and Cuba
Which of the following is a member of the United Nations?
Palestine
Taiwan
Vatican City
Kosovo
None of the Above
