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APHG 4.1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is NOT a necessary criterion for a state?

a)

sovereignty

b)

defined boundary

c)

common culture and identity

d)

recognition by other states

e)

a permanent population

2.

Which term best describes Slovakia?

a)

stateless nation

b)

multinational state

c)

empire

d)

dependent territory

e)

autonomous region

3.

Which of the following best explains why the Romani ethnic group is identified on the chart but does not appear on the map?

a)

The Scale of analysis of the data reflects that the Romani are a large minority group but are not a majority in any region.

b)

The map shows only the nodal regions in Slovakia.

c)

The friction of distance limits what information can be shown in each type of source.

d)

The data in the chart is not reliable because Slovakia is a former satellite state of the USSR

e)

The map uses qualitative data while the chart uses quantitative date, creating an inconsistency between the information.

4.

Countries highlighted in the darker shade in the map above represent which of the following organizations?

a)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

b)

Warsaw Pact

c)

United Nations

d)

League of Nations

e)

European Union

5.

Based on the information in the chart, Myanmar is a

a)

nation

b)

nation-state

c)

multinational state

d)

stateless nation

e)

multistate nation

6.

Based on the information in the chart, the lands of the Kachin can be considered

a)

a multistate nation

b)

an autonomous region

c)

a nation-state

d)

a stateless nation

e)

a newly independent state

7.

Which group represents the largest stateless nation in the world?

a)

Basque

b)

Palestinians

c)

Kurds

d)

Abkhazians

e)

Roma

8.

Which boundary concept is most clearly shown in the image?

a)

defined boundary

b)

delimited boundary

c)

natural boundary

d)

open boundary

e)

demarcated boundary

9.

When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, it said it wanted to reunited the German minority living in Poland with Germany. This is an example of

a)

nationalism

b)

irrendentism

c)

supranationalism

d)

allocation dispute

e)

operational dispute

10.

The 49th parallel between the United States and Canada is

a)

a relic boundary

b)

a superimposed boundary

c)

an antecedent boundary

d)

a subsequent/ethnographic boundary

e)

an open boundary

11.

Which of the following illustrates a geometric boundary?

a)
b)
c)
d)
12.

Which of the following is the best example of a nation-state?

a)

United States

b)

China

c)

Japan

d)

Canada

13.

Which of the following is the best example of a city-state?

a)

Malaysia

b)

France

c)

Netherlands

d)

Monaco

14.

After 1990, the United Nations saw a large influx of new members. This was because

a)

The former Soviet Union fragmented into many smaller nation-states

b)

The Ottoman Empire collapsed after WW1

c)

South Asia fragmented into smaller states after the Bangladesh Liberation War.

d)

Colonies in Africa and Asia gained independence

15.

Which of the following is NOT a landlocked state?

a)

Czech Republic

b)

Switzerland

c)

Afghanistan

d)

South Africa

16.

(of a country or region) having the freedom to govern itself or control its own affairs

a)

free state

b)

autonomous region

c)

Neocolonialism

d)

Irredentism

17.

The process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy at the expense of the central government.

a)

colonialism

b)

Devolution

c)

Imperialism

d)

Nation State

18.

Foreign countries cannot have their military or other ships travel 12 miles of the coast of any other country and countries have access to exclusive economic zone.

a)

Law of the Sea

b)

Maritime Law

c)

Law of the Ocean

d)

Foreign Maritime Law

19.

Within the exclusive economic zone, countries have the right to explore for resources up to ________ miles of their shores.

a)

12

b)

1200

c)

200

d)

100

20.

Contentious process of state fragmenting into smaller states, which are often hostile or uncooperative with one another.

a)

Annexation

b)

Balkanization

c)

Operational boundary dispute

d)

Irredentism