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AP Human Geo Unit 4: Political Patterns & Processes

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This body is the "enforcement" body of the  United Nations.
a)
International Court of Justice
b)
General Assembly
c)
Secretarial
d)
Security Council
2.
This United Nations body includes all 193 countries.
a)
General Assembly
b)
Secretarial
c)
Economic and Social Council
d)
Security Council
3.
Why was OPEC created?
a)
To regulate the supply and price of oil
b)
to help the Palestinians in their problems with Israel
c)
to design new machinery to get oil out of the ground
d)
to keep countries that are not members from producing any oil
4.
Which country voted in 2016 to pull out of the European Union?
a)
United Kingdom
b)
Germany
c)
France
d)
Italy
5.
State that has freedom over its own affairs has 
a)
centrifugal forces
b)
nationalism
c)
sovereignty
d)
pluralism
6.
What type of boundary differentiates a cultural divide?
a)
Consequent
b)
Subsequent
c)
Antecedent
d)
Geometric
7.
An area organized into a independent political unit is a 
a)
colony
b)
territory
c)
satellite
d)
State
8.
The European Union is an example of an ____ alliance.
a)
Military
b)
Nationalistic
c)
Political
d)
Economic
9.
The world's largest multinational state is 
a)
United States
b)
Canada
c)
Russia
d)
China
10.
Japan would be an example of a ______.
a)
Compact State
b)
Nation-State
c)
Multinational State
d)
Perforated States
11.
Another word to describe a historical boundary is ___.
a)
Relic
b)
Geometric
c)
Old
d)
Subsequent
12.
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
13.

A state is a synonym for a

a)

territory

b)

country

c)

unit

d)

member

14.

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

a)

constitutionality.

b)

colonialism

c)

self-determination

d)

sovereignty.

15.
Laws that physically separated difference races within South Africa.
a)
Centrifugal Forces
b)
Apartheid
c)
Racism
d)
Jim Crow
16.
Process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities.
a)
Balkanization
b)
Apartheid
Apartheid
c)
Nationalism
d)
Ethnic Cleansing
17.
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
18.
Something pushes people apart is referred to as a ____.
a)
Centripetal Force
b)
Centrifugal Force
c)
Nationalism
d)
Ethnic conflict
19.
American, Canadian, French, and Norwegian are all considered a ___.
a)
Ethnicity
b)
Nationality
c)
Language
d)
Race
20.
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
21.

The Kurdish people are examples of which of the following?

a)

A people with a sovereign state

b)

A semi-autonomous region

c)

A stateless nation

d)

A nation-state

22.

What four states does Kurdistan exist within?

a)

Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Armenia

b)

Turkey, Armenia, Iran, and Georgia

c)

Syria, Turkey, Iran, and Iraq

d)

Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Israel

23.
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
24.
An independent country located between two larger countries that are in conflict.
a)
Satellite State
b)
Buffer State
c)
Shatterbelt
d)
Frontier
25.
a state that contains more than one ethnicity.
a)
United States
b)
Multi-Cultural State
c)
Multi-Ethnic State
d)
Nation-State
26.
The concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves.
a)
Self-determination
b)
Nationalism
c)
Predestination
d)
Nation-State
27.
The UN is an example of what?
a)
Military alliance
b)
Multinational state
c)
Confederation
d)
Supranational organization
28.

Which decade would have likely seen several new, independent African states created?

a)

1770s

b)

1910s

c)

1960s

d)

2000s

29.

During which war did the US & Soviet Union work to develop alliances to expand power?

a)

World War I

b)

The war on Terror

c)

The Cold War

d)

The Gulf War

30.

During which decade did centrifugal forces tear the Soviet Union apart?

a)

1910s

b)

1930s

c)

1990s

d)

2000s

31.

Advocates of the Domino Theory believed that once one state fell to _____, others would.

a)

Communism

b)

Territoriality

c)

Capitalism

d)

Organic Theory

32.
When bodies of water or mountains create boundaries between states, they are:
a)
physical boundaries
b)
subsequent boundaries
c)
relict boundaries
d)
geometric boundaries
33.
The state boundaries of Colorado are examples of:
a)
geometric boundaries
b)
physical boundaries
c)
antecedent boundaries
d)
relict boundaries
34.
The Sahara desert and Himalayan mountains are examples of which type of boundary?
a)
Susequent
b)
Cultural
c)
Superimposed
d)
Antecedent
35.
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
36.
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 
37.

Costa Rica is a peaceful, democratic republic where power is only given by the central government. Laws and taxes of the central government have full control over the regional division.

a)

Parliamentary

b)

Confederal

c)

Unitary

d)

Autocracy

38.

Since its 1917 constitution, Mexico has had a central government based in its capital, Mexico City, and thirty-one states that also have their own state governments and share power with the central government. Which system of government is being represented?

a)

Unitary

b)

Confederal

c)

Federal

d)

Parliamentary

39.

How did the Industrial Revolution spur (increase) Europeans' desire to colonize Africa?

a)

They needed more land.

b)

They wanted to control everything.

c)

They needed more raw materials.

40.

What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference?

a)

To establish rules for claiming land without conflict.

b)

To provide Germany with land in Africa.

c)

To give Great Britain and France land in Africa.

41.

Which choke point is an important passage for oil in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean?

a)

Strait of Hormuz

b)

Strait of Malacca

c)

Strait of Malacca

d)

Strait of Magellen

42.

Which choke point is a man-made passage between the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of North & South Americas.

a)

Strait of Magellan

b)

Panama Canal

c)

Suez Canal

d)

Strait of Malacca

43.

This refers to the area of land or water that is the jurisdiction of the state.

a)

Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)

b)

Sovereignty

c)

Territory

d)

United Nations Convention for the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)

44.

This is an area where a country has sovereign rights to explore, exploit, conserve, and manage natural resources.

a)

Exclusive Environmental Zone

b)

UNCLOS

c)

High Seas

d)

Exclusive Economic Zone

45.

How many nautical miles does a country have in terms of its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)?

a)

200-nautical miles

b)

250-nautical miles

c)

140-nautical miles

d)

100-nautical miles

46.

An area that is part of a state but has been given a measure of local control such as an Indian reservation in the U.S.

a)

multinational state

b)

multi-state nation

c)

decolonization

d)

semi-autonomous region

47.

An area that is part of a state but has been given local control

a)

nation

b)

state

c)

political entity

d)

autonomous region

48.

The collapse of colonial empires. Between 1947 and 1962, practically all former colonies in Asia and Africa gained independence.

a)

dependent states

b)

semi-autonomous regions

c)

decolonization

d)

stateless nations

49.

What is redistricting?

a)

the process of establishing the number of representatives in the U.S. Senate

b)

the process of re-drawing United States and state electoral district boundaries

c)

the idea that all states should have an equal number of people in Congress

d)

the use of the Census to determine who should run for office

50.

How often does the census occur?

a)

Every 4 years

b)

Every 8 years

c)

Every 10 years

d)

Every 25 years

51.

What is gerrymandering?

a)

a federally governed process designed to ensure equal representation.

b)

a system of checks and balances used to ensure fairness in the House of Representatives.

c)

a legal process that helps parties keep power.

d)

the use of redistricting to unfairly disenfranchise specific groups of people.

52.

Redistricting is important because:

a)

it can benefit the party in power and help it stay in power.

b)

the seats in House of Representatives can only be determined when new districts are developed.

c)

district boundaries should be changed periodically to reflect changes in population.

d)

It is the only way to accurately measurement the US population.

53.

Reapportionment is:

a)

When district boundaries are drawn in order to benefit the party in power and help it stay in power

b)

When seats in the House of Representatives are redistributed among states because of changes in population

c)

When district boundaries are redrawn to reflect changes in population.

d)

A measurement of the US population that occurs every ten years

54.

Gerrymandering affects:

a)

The House of Representatives

b)

The Senate

c)

The Presidency

d)

Congress as a whole

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