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AP Human Geography Political Unit

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This United Nations body includes all 193 countries.

a)

General Assembly

b)

Secretarial

c)

Economic and Social Council

d)

Security Council

2.

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

3.

Which country voted in 2016 to pull out of the European Union?

a)

United Kingdom

b)

Germany

c)

France

d)

Italy

4.

State that has freedom over its own affairs has 

a)

centrifugal forces

b)

nationalism

c)

sovereignty

d)

pluralism

5.

What type of boundary differentiates a cultural divide?

a)

Consequent

b)

Subsequent

c)

Antecedent

d)

Geometric

6.

An area organized into a independent political unit is a 

a)

colony

b)

territory

c)

satellite

d)

State

7.

Japan would be an example of a ______.

a)

Compact State

b)

Nation-State

c)

Multinational State

d)

Perforated States

8.

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

9.

A state is a synonym for a

a)

territory

b)

country

c)

unit

d)

member

10.

Laws that physically separated difference races within South Africa.

a)

Centrifugal Forces

b)

Apartheid

c)

Racism

d)

Jim Crow

11.

Process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities.

a)

Balkanization

b)

Apartheid
Apartheid

c)

Nationalism

d)

Ethnic Cleansing

12.

American, Canadian, French, and Norwegian are all considered a ___.

a)

Ethnicity

b)

Nationality

c)

Language

d)

Race

13.

What is the primary purpose of a political unit in human geography?

a)

To define cultural boundaries

b)

To establish economic zones

c)

To organize space for governance

d)

To create social hierarchies

14.

Which of the following is an example of a supranational political unit?

a)

United Nations

b)

United States

c)

United Kingdom

d)

United Arab Emirates

15.

What term describes a political unit that is recognized as having full control over its internal and external affairs?

a)

Colony

b)

Territory

c)

Sovereign State

d)

Protectorate