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Unit 4 AP Human Geography

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A ____ is a zone where no state exercises complete political control.

a)

boundary

b)

geometric boundary

c)

frontier

d)

cultural boundary

2.

What are the three types of boundaries?

a)

cultural

b)

religious

c)

geometric

d)

physical

3.

River, lakes, and the ocean are examples of what type of boundary.

a)

physical (water)

b)

geometric

c)

physical (mountain)

d)

cultural

4.

In a ____ ____ the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly

a)

compact state

b)

prorupted state

c)

fragmented state

d)

landlocked state

5.

A ____ ____ is a state that completely surrounds another one.

a)

fragmented state

b)

compact state

c)

perforated state

d)

elongated state

6.

What are the three main types of government

a)

democracy

b)

unitary

c)

federal

d)

autocracy

e)

anocracy

7.

Redrawing legislative boundaries to benefit the party in power is called what?

a)

gerrymandering

b)

alliance

c)

federal state

d)

terrorism

8.

Gerrymandering comes in three forms, what are they?

a)

wasted vote

b)

stacked vote

c)

added vote

d)

excess vote

e)

deleted vote

9.

____ is the systematic use of violence by a group calculated to create an atmosphere of fear and alarm among the population or to coerce government into actions it would not otherwise undertake (or refrain from actions it would have taken).

a)

government

b)

gerrymandering

c)

dictatorship

d)

terrorism

10.

A ____ is an invisible line that marks the extent of a state's territory.

a)

territory

b)

frontier

c)

nation

d)

boundary

11.

Which seven states claim portions of the South Pole region?

a)

Germany, Australia, Chile, America, New Zealand, Norway, United Kingdom

b)

Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, United Kingdom

c)

China, Taiwan, Italy, France, New Zealand, Vietnam, South Korea

d)

Spain, Mexico, Chile, Portugal, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland

12.

A ____ ____ lacks a direct outlet to a sea because it is completely surrounded by several other countries.

a)

fragmented state

b)

elongated state

c)

landlocked state

d)

perforated state

13.

A ____ is a large aggregate of people united by common decent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular state.

a)

multi-national state

b)

state

c)

nation-state

d)

nation

14.

A ____ is an area of instability between regions with opposing political and cultural values.

a)

choke point

b)

colony

c)

shatterbelt

d)

stateless nation

15.

True or false: Colonialism is a policy of extending a countries power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

a)

true

b)

false

16.

True or false: Democratization is the process of creating a government created by the people.

a)

true

b)

false

17.

True or false: Military alliances are the close association of nations formed to provide mutual help if any one of them was attacked.

a)

true

b)

false

18.

True or false: Economies of scale are an agreement to simulate international trade.

a)

true

b)

false

19.

Delimited boundaries can be described as what?

a)

drawn on a map

b)

established by legal documents

c)

identified by physical objects

20.

Demarcated boundaries can be described as what?

a)

drawn on a map

b)

established by legal documents

c)

identified by physical objects