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Chapter 8 - Political Geography
Chapter 8 - Political Geography
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1
Globalizations includes all of the following
EXCEPT
stronger transnational corporations
more isolated states
more powerful financial markets
weaker state sovereignty
2
NAFTA is a North American Supranational association for mutual economic benefit
False
True
3
Adjusting of the # of reps in the US House of Reps to reflect shifts in population patterns is
Electoral Geography
Territorial Representation
Gerrymandering
Reapportionment
4
Places where core & periphery both occur, exploited by the core &exploiting the periphery
Demoncracy
Splitting
Semi Periphery
Core
5
True or False: NAFTA is as North American supranational association for mutual economic benefit
True
False
6
Which is an example of an allocational boundary dispute
over interpretation of boundary treaty terminology
over rights to resources crossed by international bounadires
over boundaries not covered by a treaty
over the function of a boundary with regard to migration
7
The European State idea spread throughout the world through
European Colonialism
Contagious Diffusion
economic development
League of Nations Planning
8
When borders follow an agreed upon feature in the geographic landscape
Physical Political boundaries
Physical Boundary
Boundary
Geometric boundary
9
supranationalism
refers efforts by _ or more states to forge associations for common advantage
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4
1
2
10
Which is not a characteristic of unitary state governments?
concerned with fostering diversity of regional culture
highly centralized
suppression of regional subcultures
capital city functions as core of power
11
A boundary between countries is a
line on the ground only
point of separation on and below the surface only
line shown only on maps
vertical plane that cuts through the rocks below & air above
12
Which is an example of stateless-nation?
Hungary
Kurds
Switerland
Korea
13
T or False:Once a body of people is incorporated within a political boundary they are a nation
True
False
14
The idea that people are the ultimate sovereign, or ultimate say
Dictator
Communisim
Democracy
Captialism
15
T or F? According to Hartshorne, centrifugal forces work to build a nation-state
False
True
16
Yugoslavia was a prime example of a
stateless nation
nation-state
multi-nation state
multi-state nation
17
The present number of countries and territories in the world is around
300
200
400
350
18
The redrawing of political districts for political gain is termed what?
Electoral Regions
Immigrant Statehood
Gerrymandering
Reapportionment
19
Participation in the United Nations serves the useful purpose of committing states to
loan money to poorer ones
agreeing to world laws
international standards of behavior
respect and accept present political boundaries
20
As of 2005, which major European Union nation has not entered the Euro Monetary Zone?
Great Britain
Italy
France
Germany
21
Wallterstein's views express in world systems theory hold that the global integrating force was
the rise of the U.N
Colonial independence movements
Socialism
captialism
22
Listed among the challenges to the state in the 21 century are all the following EXCEPT
Nuclear weapons
The United Nations
Economic globalization
increased cultural commuincation