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General Politics Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a state?

a)

the physical space controlled by a government

b)

the ethnic group controling a country

c)

a smaller unit of a larger governmental whole

d)

a group of people living together

2.

Which two types of government give people more say?

a)

theocracy

b)

democracy

c)

republic

d)

dictatorship

3.

Which type of government gives total control to a single party or leader?

a)

Totalitarian

b)

republic

c)

democracy

d)

Polyarchy

4.

A Nation is...

a)

an ethnic group controling a government

b)

an ethnic group tied to a location

c)

a country

d)

a state with no leader

5.

Which type of border is on the bottom left side of Texas?

a)

artifical boundary

b)

aquatic boundary

c)

natural boundary

d)

landlocked boundary

6.

What type of border makes up the boundary between North and South Dakota?

a)

landlocked border

b)

clerical bourder

c)

natural boundary

d)

artificial boundary

7.

What term means the desire to spread influence and power over land?

a)

donationism

b)

territorality

c)

geographality

d)

politicalism

8.

What is the best definition of political geography?

a)

the study of how control of the globe is split

b)

the study of how different cultures split the globe

c)

the study of where people actually live

d)

the studey of how the globe changes over time

9.

Why do some people prefer republics over democracies?

a)

they are more direct

b)

they are more efficient

c)

they better represent the people

d)

they prevent dictatorship

10.

What is an example of a democracy?

a)

Ancient China

b)

Ancient Athens

c)

Namibia

d)

North Jersey

11.

What two types of government apply to the US most?

a)

antifederal

b)

federal

c)

republic

d)

democracy

12.

What is the term for a government that is one level and one unit?

a)

monotreme

b)

Polyglot

c)

unitary

d)

estuary

13.

Which state shape best describes this image?

a)

Prorupted

b)

Elongated

c)

Landlocked

d)

Compact

14.

What is an example of a fragmented state?

a)

France

b)

Georgia

c)

Nigeria

d)

Indonesia

15.

Which state shape describes a country with another inside it?

a)

Prorupted

b)

Perforated

c)

Elongated

d)

Compact

16.

What term describes a government with many levels and parts, each with their own powers?

a)

Federal

b)

Unitary

c)

Compartmental

d)

Bicameral

17.

True or False: Most modern monarchies give their kings and queens a lot of power.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

China leaving Tibet off its maps is an example of what?

a)

political unity

b)

natural boundaries

c)

desputed boundaries

d)

artificial boundaries

19.

Why are there a lot of landlocked states in Africa?

a)

Africa has too many deserts and not enough rivers

b)

Africa has no coasts

c)

Europe wanted to put them at an advantage

d)

Europe drew nations without much consideration for access to water

20.

Which country has an elongated shape

a)

Mali

b)

England

c)

France

d)

Vietnam

21.

Which country is has a monarchy?

a)

Spain

b)

the US

c)

Uganda

d)

Germany

22.

What is a compact state?

a)

a state were all sides are roughly equal distances from the center

b)

a state with a long portion sticking out of one side

c)

a state that is long and thin

d)

a state that is small

23.

What term means a state with a single portion that sticks much further out?

a)

Fragmented

b)

Elongated

c)

Perforated

d)

Prorupted

24.

Which type of government is led by a religious entity?

a)

democracy

b)

theocracy

c)

totalitarian

d)

dictatorship

25.

What term describes a government where people vote directly for laws?

a)

democracy

b)

republic

c)

unitary government

d)

nation-state