Comparing ethnicity and race reveals

Part of a person's cultural identity but race is not

African Americans are clustered in which region of the United States?

Southeastern and Northern Cities

Conflict in Africa is widespread because

Colonial boundaries are not matching up with ethnic groups

extended from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea

The Lebanese civil war resulted when the country broke down because of

Changes in the majority between religious groups

Ethnicity is important because

It is a bulwark for diversity in the face of globalization

Many borders create cultural distance between people of the same ethnic group, that can lead to

the fragmentation of that ethnic group

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1
A political boundary placed by powerful outsiders on a developed human landscape (think Africa)
physical boundary
superimposed boundary
geometric boundary
cultural boundary
2
Comparing ethnicity and race reveals
Part of a person's cultural identity but race is not
race is a better indicator of what a person is like
They are a very similar concept
it is possible not to have an ethnicity
3
Native Americans inhabit what region of the United States?
Great Plains, southwest
Alaska
Midwest
Southeastern and Northern Cities
4
In 1940, there were about 50 countries in the World
True
False
5
A current example of a nation-state is
United States
Japan
Rwanda
Serbia
6
Yugoslavia is made up of
6 Republics
All of the above
7 Neighbors
3 Major Religions
7
The concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves is known as
self control
self-determination.
self improvement
self evaluation
8
African Americans are clustered in which region of the United States?
East
Southeastern and Northern Cities
Southwest
Oregon
9
The US believed Pakistan knew of ________ living in Pakistan and that Pakistan was hiding it.
Osama Bin Laden
Mahmoud Amedinejad
Muammar el-Qaddafi
Saddam Hussein
10
Al-Qaeda, Islamic State, & Boko Haram are prominent _____ organizations from recent years.
economic
political
peacekeeping
terrorist
11
Conflict in Africa is widespread because
rapid economic development
new mobility provided by railways
Colonial boundaries are not matching up with ethnic groups
the opening of shipping lanes
12
Women were treated harshly in Afghanistan under _______________ leadership
al-Qaeda
European
Taliban
ISIS
13
Smallest state in the world
Puerto Rico
Greece
Monaco
Malta
14
A state shape that may suffer from poor internal communication is
compact
elongated
perforated
prorupted
15
The sovereign state shown by the number 1 is (hint: it connects Europe to Asia)
Turkey
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
16
"Separate but Equal" was create by which court case
Ferguson v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Brown
Plessy v. Ferguson
17
Hispanics make
3% of of the US population
15% of the US population
1% of the US population
50% of the US population
18
A ____ is synonymous with a state.
City
Burrough
Country
County
19
A country that is run according to the interest of the ruler rather than the people is a/an
autocracy
aristocracy
anocracy
democracy
20
Which countries are believed to have provided sanctuary for al-Qaeda terrorists?
Germany and Great Britain
Morroco and Nigeria
Afghanistan and Pakistan
India and France
21
Most of the world's unitary states can be found on the continents of
Africa and Asia
Australia and Europe
Australia and South America
North America and South America
22
The Fertile Crescent
extended from the Nile River to the Mediterranean Sea
was the key to the Roman Empire in classical times
followed the Nile & Euphrates rivers
extended from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea
23
The sovereign state #14 shown on the map below is
Kuwait
United Arab Emirates
Oman
Qatar
24
The Lebanese civil war resulted when the country broke down because of
all of the above
Changes in the majority between religious groups
ethnic groups
Famine
25
A nation-state is to homogenous as ________________ is to cultural melting pot
state
multiethnic state
multichildren
multifunctional
26
Race is
genetically trasnmitted
learned behavior
culturally transmitted
learned at home
27
Asian American make up which percentage of the United States
9%
4%
15%
13%
28
The Janjaweed's killed 400,000 people in what country?
Cambodia
Bosnia
Germany
Darfur
29
Ethnicity is important because
It is a bulwark for diversity in the face of globalization
It provides the onlystable basis of political states
It opposes nationalism
it defines citizenship and soveriegnty
30
The process when a group forcibly removes another group iscalled
migrational push factor
genocide
ethnic cleansing
war
31
The Largest Multinational State in the world is
Spain
Jamaica
Venezuela
Russia
32
Who planted bombs on Pam Am Flight 103 that killed 270 people over Lockerbie, Scotland, 1988.
Nigerian agents
Libyan agents
Iraqi agents
Russian agents
33
Terrorist group that was founded in 2002 in northeastern Nigeria.
ISIS
Al-shabaab
Boko Haram
Tamil Tigers
34
An effort by one country to establish a settlement and impose its sovereignty within it
colonialism
imperialism
35
____are formed to provide a state access to a resource or separate states from sharing a border
prorupted
perforated
fragmented
elongated
36
a sovereign state that comprises a town and the surrounding countryside.
city-state
nation state
region
country
37
A ___ is a territory legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent.
country
colony
city state
nation state
38
Who came to power in Afghanistan in 1995 and imposed strict Islamic fundamentalist law.
ISIS
Hezbollah
Taliban
Boko Haram
39
What is NOT TRUE about the make up of Yugoslavia
2 Alphabets
3 Languages
4 Official Languages
1 Dinar
40
The boundary between the United States & Canada can best be described by which of the following
water and linguistic
geometric
water and geometric
linguistic and religious
41
_____ has been divided into Greek and Turkish areas separated by a UN buffer zone
Greece
Cyprus
San Marino
Monaco
42
Many borders create cultural distance between people of the same ethnic group, that can lead to
the unification of that ethnic group
the fragmentation of that ethnic group
the political rise of that ethnic group
the militarization of that ethnic group
43
The Holocaust occurred when?
1975
1994
1941-1945
1932-1933
44
Term used to name states with very small land area.
Islands states
mini states
microstates
tiny states
45
An example of a perforated state is
South Africa
Iraq
Lesotho
Indonesia
46
In __________ there are 15 landlocked countries, more than any other continent
Europe
Asia
South America
Africa
47
Federal states are illustrated on the map by the color
Green
Black
White
Blue
48
Some states, such as _____ , are excellent examples of a nation-state.
Japan
Germany
Great Britain
USA
49
African American northward migration followed what?
Railroads
Swamps
Rivers
Highways
50
The Sinhalese and the Tamil continue flighting over land in which country?
India
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh
51
The continent with the most unitary states is
Africa
Asia
Europe
South America
52
What action allowed the world to document ethnic cleansing in Yugoslavia?
Interview with war criminals
Interview with survivors
All of the above
NATO planes flying over taking pictures
53
An example of a fragmented state separated by water.
Rwanda
Mongolia
Indonesia
Sudan
54
Which pair of concepts or entities from South African and theUnited States is the best match?
Nelson Mandela - White flight
Homeland - Blockbusting
Apartheid - "Jim Crow" Laws
All of the Above
55
African Americans are clustered in the
Southeast
South
Midwest
Southwest
56
The sovereign state shown on the map below with the number 16 is (hint: south of Turkey)
Afghanistan
Syria
Iran
Iraq
57
The largest unified political territory of the preindustrial times was the
Persian Empire.
Roman Empire.
Byzantine Empire.
Ming Dynasty.
58
When a state has independence from control of its internal affairs by other states.
unity
equality
sovereignty
nationality
59
Two countries alleged to have provided material and financial support for terrorists.
Iraq and Iran
Iraq and India
Morocco and Iran
USA and Russia
60
The team that won Super Bowl 54 is
Carolina Panthers
kansas City Chiefs
Philadelphia Eagles
New England Patriots
61
What caused African Americans to migrate out of the South
Increase of farming machinery decrease of manual labor
The development of better highways
The need for factory workers during WWI and WWII
The removal of travel visas for colored people
62
The sovereign state #8 shown on the map below is
Israel
Palestine
Jordan
Syria
63
Theodore J. Kaczynski is better known as the ____.
Unabamber
caped avenger
Ironman
Berlin bomber
64
Russia has how many different nationalities?
5
39
15
34
65
The largest state in the world comprises of 11 % of the Earth’s entire land area.
Monaco
USA
Brazil
Russia
66
An example of a prorupted state is ________.
Angola
Namibia
Zambia
Botswana
67
is a state that contains more than one ethnicity with traditions of self-determination
A multinational state
A conglomerate state
A glut state
A multiethnic state
68
Hispanics are clustered in the
South
Southwest
Southeast
Midwest
69
An example of a multinational state is
Russia
Sweeden
France
Italy
70
A ___ is a territory legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent.
country
nation-state
city-state
colony
71
is a state that contains more than one ethnicity.
multi-people
multicultural
multi-diverse
multi-ethnic
72
Denmark is a completely homogeneous nation-state.
True
Sometimes
False
73
Divided into two occupation zones by the United States and the former Soviet Union after WWII
Germany
Korea
India
USA
74
The sovereign state #10 on the map below is (hint: north of Yemen and Oman)
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Qatar
Kuwait
75
Which describes that nationality of a person who gives their allegiance to the United Kingdom?
Irish
Welsh
English
British
76
process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power
sessesion
independance
balkanization
gerrymandering.
77
Are there more or less sovereign states today than back in 1950?
Same
More
Less
IDK
78
The break up of Yugoslavia during the 1990s was caused by
The assassination of Archduke Frans Ferdanan
ethnic cleansing
rivalries among nationalities
NATO
79
The most important global organization is the world .
League of Nations
European Union
United Nations
NATO
80
Most African and Asian colonies became independent after World War II.
False
True
81
France is to nation-state as Mesopotamia is to
city-states
multinational states
nations
multiethnic states
82
The boundary between Chad and Libya is a straight line, also known as a
green line boundary
religious boundary
physical boundary
geometric boundary
83
Native Americans make up what percentage of the United States?
15%
1%
13%
9%
84
The Triangle Slave Trade involved which continents?
Europe, Africa, S. America
N. America, S. America, Africa
N. America, Europe, Africa
S. America, Europe, N. America

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