WorksheetsAPHG Unit 4 Part 2
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 38mins
The Berlin Conference established the borders of North African countries including Egypt, Libya, and Sudan. The landscape of these countries influenced the types of boundaries imposed by the European colonial powers. Which of the following boundary types best explains the influence of landscape on the political borders of the North African region?
Consequent, accounting for local differences in language and religion during European colonization
Subsequent, with smaller buffer states placed between larger states to prevent political conflicts
Antecedent, based on tribal cultural boundaries that existed before European colonization
Geometric, with straight lines, disregarding physical features or tribal cultural differences of the areas
Natural, with irregular lines, accounting for regional physical features such as mountains or water bodies
The Philippines and Malaysia lay claim to resources under and around the Spratly Islands. Which of the following best explains how the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) influences claims to the islands by both countries?
The Philippines and Malaysia both claim the islands lie within their territorial seas up to 12 nautical miles from their coasts
The claims to the Spratly Islands by both the Philippines and Malaysia overlap due to exclusive economic zones up to 200 nautical miles from their coasts.
The claims to the islands by the Philippines and Malaysia overlap due to the median line principle
The Philippines and Malaysia both claim ownership to the resources based on a historic possession of the islands
The former international border between East Germany and West Germany is best described as
a relict boundary
an open border
an antecedent boundary
a geometric boundary
Based on the data in the table, which of the following is a possible impact of ethnic and religious diversity in Iraq?
Ethnicity and religion facilitate democratization in the country by motivating participation in elections.
Ethnicity and religion increase cultural cohesion in the country by promoting shared political ideology
Ethnicity and religion promote economic development in the country by generating national pride in the country’s accomplishments.
Ethnicity and religion lead to devolutionary pressures in the country by politically dividing regions
Based on the map, which of the following best explains the implications of physical geography as the Kurds continue to struggle for an independent state in their ethnic homeland?
Most areas with a Kurdish majority population are landlocked and therefore dependent on good relationships with their neighbors in order to access trade and prosper economically.
Even in areas with a Kurdish minority population, Kurdish people have their own unique culture and identity separately from the states in which their nation is located.
In September 2017 a public referendum was carried out that demonstrated that a majority of Kurds overwhelmingly support independence.
Unstable oil prices have created economic problems both in parts of the region with a Kurdish majority population and in parts with a Kurdish minority, leaving the Kurdistan Regional Government weakened and struggling to pay off debt.
Compare the centralized power of the Soviet Union with the contemporary Russian Federation, in terms of the control of territory. Which of the following statements does the information in the map best support?
Ethnicity and religion facilitate democratization in the country by motivating participation in elections
Russia is a multistate nation made up of numerous sovereign independent entities.
Russia is a global power with concentrated power in East Asia.
Russia is an ethnically diverse region with many subnational units.
Which of the following events could be a threat to a state’s sovereignty at the national scale, while holding a region together at the global scale?
Admittance into a supranational organization such as the European Union
A shift from a federal system to a unitary system of governance within the state
A natural disaster such as an earthquake or tsunami occurring within the country
Decommitment to environmental resolutions established by the United Nations
Which of the following correctly compares the impact of centripetal forces at the local scale with the impact of centripetal forces at the national scale?
Centripetal forces at both the local scale and the national scale may lead to failed states.
Centripetal forces may result in nationalism at the local scale but not at the national scale.
Centripetal forces may cause uneven development at the local scale but not at the national scale.
Centripetal forces at both the local scale and the national scale may lead to increased cultural cohesion.
Which of the following compares the impact of increased global communications technology to the impact of state-controlled media?
Both global communication technology and state-controlled media act as centripetal forces that present a common message, which is utilized by the government to bind citizens together.
Global communications technology is utilized as a centripetal force to present a common message, whereas state-controlled media may bring in new ideas that act as centrifugal forces.
Global communications technology may bring in new ideas that act as centrifugal forces, whereas state-controlled media is utilized as a centripetal force to present a common message.
Both global communications technology and state-controlled media act as centrifugal forces because they give citizens access to concepts or ideas that may inspire dissent.
The majority of African states entered the United Nations after 1960 because
Political differences with the US did not allow them to join before then
Creation of the Organization for African Unity took precedence
The majority of the states didn't become independent until the 1960s
Most African states were dictatorships before the 1960s
After 1990, the United Nations saw a large influx of new members. This was because
The former Soviet Union fragmented into many smaller nation-states
The Ottoman Empire collapsed after WW1
South Asia fragmented into smaller states after the Bangladesh Liberation War.
Colonies in Africa and Asia gained independence
Which of the following is an example of a centrifugal force within a nation-state?
Strong sense of nationalism
Strong national economy
Separatist movement demanding independence
Economic equality among regions
Which of the following is the best example of a fragmented state?
Chile
China
Germany
Philippines
A group of people bound by a common identity is a(n)
State
Nation
Regime
Nation-state
States with the ability to carry out actions or policies within their borders independently from interference are said to have
Sovereignty
Nationalism
Legitimacy
Devolution
"Shatter belts" are geographic zones where tensions explode based on
Economic boundaries
Cultural boundaries
Physical boundaries
Functional boundaries
Which of the following is NOT a supranational organization?
The U.S. Democratic Party
United Nations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
African Union
A state with separation of powers and power distributed among central and provincial governments is likely
Federal
Autocratic
Unitary
Anocratic
A state like France or Spain, featuring a strong central government, is likely
Anocratic
Monarchy
Federal
Unitary
When an ethnic group possesses self-determination in the territory they live in, a _____exists.
autonomous region
nation
stateless nation
nation-state
If a state has many different ethnic groups residing in it, it could be classified as a:
multinational state
nation-state
autonomous region
nationless state
If an ethnic group is dispersed across states, they could be referred to as a:
autonomous region
nation-state
multistate nation
stateless nation
As a result of neocolonialism, most former colonies are:
fighting to become independent.
reliant on states that controlled them.
primary trade partners with states that controlled them.
still controlled by states that colonized them.
When bodies of water or mountains create boundaries between states, they are:
geometric boundaries
subsequent boundaries
relic boundaries
physical boundaries
Supranational Organizations often lead to increased conflict among member states.
true
false
Which continent has been negatively impacted the most by the European disregard for historical borders?
Africa
North America
South America
Antartica
The UNCLOS zone that allows for 12 nautical miles of sovereignty is called
International waters
Contiguous Sea
Exclusive Economic Zone
Territorial Sea
Which of the following is an example of a shatterbelt?
Ukraine, due to its position between Russia and EU states
The border between Canada and the United States as a result of several treaties over a couple centuries.
Physical geography of United Kingdom creates contemporary cultural tensions between the UK and the rest of Europe.
Which would be an example of a stateless nation?
Irish
Armenians
Basque
Koreans
The transfer of power from the central government to subnational levels is called
Devolution
Chokepoint
Shaterbelts
Secession
A narrow, strategic passageway that has the potential of being blocked is called a?
Shatterbelt
Semi-autonomous region
Blockade
Chokepoint
Boundary established in or between states by outside states or forces without regard for existing cultural or political systems.
Relic Boundary
Redistricting
Frontier
Superimposed Boundary
Subsequent Boundary
The process of drawing of new electoral district boundaries to match population changes.
Redistricting
Gerrymandering
Geopolitics
Balkanization
Reapportionment
When three or more states join in an agreement together ( e.g., politically, economically, etc.) for common purposes (each state gives up some form of sovereignty in the agreement).
Balkanization
Supranationalism
Devolution
Nationalism
The Berlin Wall fell in 1989, but people in the former East and West Germany still feel its influence. Geographers would say that where the wall once stood now acts as a
superimposed boundary
relic boundary
fortified boundary
antecedent boundary
natural boundary
The map above shows the countries in Africa where private investors and foreign governments have leased farmland for large-scale commercial farming. Usually much of the food produced is bound for wealthier nations. This practice is an example of
decolonization
Pan-Africanism
neocolonialism
imperialism
irredentism
