WorksheetsAPHG Unit 4 Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The border between the US and Canada along the 49th parallel is an example of what type of boundary?
Subsequent
Geometric
Superimposed
Relic
Which of the following is an example of a superimposed boundary?
The geometric boundary between the United States and Canada
The border of the European Union
The Pyrenees Mountains between France and Spain
The geometric boundary between Iraq and Saudi Arabia
The Great Wall of China
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
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
Which continent has been negatively impacted the most by the European disregard for historical borders?
Africa
North America
South America
Antartica
Which of the following is NOT a supranational organization?
The U.S. Democratic Party
United Nations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
African Union
Boundary which was established before an area was populated. Many times these boundaries were made along physical geographic features.
Antecedent Boundary
Geometric Boundary
Physical Boundary
Superimposed Boundary
Relic Boundary
What centrifugal force would best fit the division between Quebec and the rest of Canada?
Language
Religion
Socioeconomic status
Physical geography
The shape of North Carolina’s Twelfth Congressional District, shown above, is most likely the result of
geometric boundaries
gerrymandering
county boundaries
federalism
irrendentism
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
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?
A natural disaster such as an earthquake or tsunami occurring within the country
A member of the state’s minority political party being elected to lead the country
Admittance into a supranational organization such as the European Union
Decommitment to environmental resolutions established by the United Nations
A shift from a federal system to a unitary system of governance within the state
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.
The process of drawing of new electoral district boundaries to match population changes.
Redistricting
Gerrymandering
Geopolitics
Balkanization
Reapportionment
Supranational Organizations often lead to increased conflict among member states.
true
false
The UNCLOS zone that allows for 12 nautical miles of sovereignty is called
International waters
Contiguous Sea
Exclusive Economic Zone
Territorial Sea
Which would be an example of a stateless nation?
Irish
Armenians
Basque
Koreans
"Shatter belts" are geographic zones where tensions explode based on
Economic boundaries
Cultural boundaries
Physical boundaries
Functional boundaries
What is the source of dispute between Canada, Russia, Norway, Denmark, and the United States over political boundaries in the Arctic Ocean and ownership of the North Pole?
They all claim the right to extract natural resources out to the edge of the continental shelf, beyond their exclusive economic zones.
They all claim to have had indigenous residents from their countries living on the polar ice pack at sometime in the past.
Each claims the first explorer to reach the North Pole came from their country and planted their flag, signifying ownership.
The North Pole is the focal point of all the intersecting boundaries on the map. However, it floats on a constantly moving ice sheet.
