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AP Human Geography Chapter 8
What is the ideal shape of a compact state?
What is colonialism?
AP Human Geography Chapter 8
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What is colonialism?
A country establishing territories to impose their values.
invading a country for resources, then leaving
The imposition of a new leading power within a country
The process of examining a colony
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What is the ideal shape of a compact state?
Circular
Prorupted
Perforated
Hexagonagal
3
What and where were the first states?
B) City-States; Fertile Crescent
C) Estates; Europe
A) Provinces; Roman Empire
D) City-States; Greece
4
The global economy is primarily:
Socialist
Shamanist
Anachronistic
Capitalist
5
Which of the following one of the six largest states?
Nicaragua
Austria
Greenland
Russia
6
What is the longest geometric boundary not guarded by military forces?
Chile-Argentina Border
US-Mexico Border
US-Canada Border
Korea Border
7
This military alliance is one of the most powerful in the world today.
NATO
League of Nations
USSR
Warsaw Pact
8
How many states does the UN recognize?
16
193
192
50
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This would be an example of an elongated state
Australia
Chile
China
Japan
10
Where do most capitals lie in a compact country?
Middle
Northern Regions
Anywhere on the outskirts
Southern Regions
11
What is a dispute over natural resources?
Locational
Allocational
Definitional
Operational
12
What supranational organization that failed was formed after WWI?
United Nations
NAFTA
League of Nations
S.H.I.E.L.D.
13
What is the UN's primary purpose?
Total and complete destruction to the world.
To increase the effect of capitalism on the world's economy
Military Alliances
Peacekeeping
14
What are the characteristics of a border?
A preexisting line used to seperate two states
An imaginary line that separates two states
A line drawn on the surface of the Earth
Physical and cultural features used to separate states
15
What are the five shapes of states?
Diagonal, Linear, Halo, Absolute, Cracked
Igneous, Shale, Fracking, Icicular, hippocrepiform
Irregular, Asymmetrical, Curved, Circular, Enrupted
Compact, Elongated, Prorupted, Perforated, and Fragmented
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This would be an example of fragmented state?
Thailand
Hawaii
Afghanistan
Philippines
17
This would be an example of a prorupted state
Thailand
Indonesia
Chile
Iceland
18
How are countries classified in the world's economy? (Highest to lowest)
As Core, Semi-periphery, periphery
As Periphery, Core, Semi-periphery
As Core, Periphery, Semi-periphery
As Periphery, Semi-periphery, Core
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What is suffrage?
The gaining of economic power
All of these
The suffering of the native peoples of a state
Gaining the right to vote in an electoral system
20
Which country refuses to recognize Taiwan as sovereign state?
Japan
Germany
United Nations
China
21
What is the world's smallest state?
Russia
Luxembourg
Monaco
Togo
22
Most ________ states gained independence after 1940.
European
Mediteranean
American
African
23
What is the study of the political organization of the world called?
Political topography
Geopolitical morphology
Political geography
Governmental studies
24
What is the difference between geometric and physical-political boundaries?
Geometric are based on land features, phys/pol are long/lat
Geometric are a conspiracy, phys/pol are not
Geometric are formed using hard math, phys/pol are magics
phys are based on land features, geo based on long/lat
25
What is the size of a microstate?
Smaller than 500 km
Smaller than 750 km
Smaller than 1000 km
Larger than 100 people per square mile
26
Which of the following would not be an example of a physical boundary?
geometric lines
a river
a wall
a mountain
27
What is a state?
A place of being like water Ex: Ice, Water, Vapor
A politically organized territory with a government
A group of people distinct from one another by beliefs
An area with a local government, Ex: Wisconsin
28
What is gerrymandering?
A cultural phenomenon commonly seen in India
Reapportionment to benefit a political party
Formation of elongated states
The consumption of products in "spines" spreading from CBD
29
What is an example of a unitary government?
The U.S. Goverment
Mexico
Canada
The United Kingdom
30
What is a buffer zone?
Similar to a maquiladora
Where two countries agree to not a portion of land
type of receiving state that is a target of many immigrants
An area where two countries share a plot of land
31
This terrorist organization was responsible for the 9/11 twin tower attack in the U.S.
ISIS
Al Qaeda
Hamas
IRA
32
What is a supranational organization?
A venture of two or more states for a shared objective
A venture of three or more states for a shared objective.
A venture of four or more states for a shared objective.
33
Which of the following would not be considered a sovereign state?
Mexico
Canada
Philippines
Puerto Rico
34
Where did the first widespread use of nation-states appear?
Europe
Asia
Greenland
Africa
35
What is a nation-state?
A state and nation that occupy the same territory
A nation that stretches into multiple states
A state with many different competing political parties
A region with many different ideologies struggling for power
36
What two military alliances were created after World War II involving many European countries?
AU and USSR
NAFTA and United Nations
NATO and Warsaw Pact
League of Nations and United Nations
37
What is a state with more than one nation in it - and an example?
Multinational state - Yugoslavia
Multistate nation - Kurdistan
Multistate nation - Yugoslavia
Stateless nation- Kurdistan
38
What type of boundary exists between North Korea and South Korea?
Ethnic
Religious
Physical
Geometric
39
What was a result of the European Union being formed?
A common currency was formed
All of the Above
Countries prospered economically
Power was balanced between states
40
According to geographers, the settlement of the American colonies by the British is considered
Colonialism
Imperialism
Supranationalism
Capitalism
