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AP Human Geography Chapter 8 Political Geography
AP Human Geography Chapter 8 Political Geography
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Is a state or group of states that are influenced by other larger competing states.
A colony
A shatterbelt
A buffer state
A satellite state
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Countries are considered to be _____________ when their people allow the government to rule.
Democracies
Dictatorships
internally legitimate
Externally legitimate
3
study of the relationship between people, political units, and territory at various scales.
Human Geography
Political Ecology
Political Education
Political Geography
4
Recognition of power by other countries.
Territoriality
Legitimacy
Sovereignty
Nationalism
5
Argentina and Chile are separated by what type of physical boundary
river
desert
mountains
ocean
6
The oldest ancient political system was located in
Indus River Valley
Mesopotamia
Huang He River Valley
Nile River Valley
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States having a projecting area, which may provide access to a resource or ocean
Elongated State
Compact State
Fragmented State
Prorupted State
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Boundaries were redrawn in Europe after WWI according to the...
Geography
Religions
Power
Distribution of language
9
Communication problems with the state capital would most likely be a problem within a
Compact state
Perforated state
Elongated state
Landlocked state
10
Geographers study the relationship between people, and territory at all scales except
Global
Village
Supranational
Regional
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How the people who hold the power in government are chosen
Elections
Politics
Government
Gerrymandering
12
Created in Africa, but were not based on cultural groupings, based on resource availability.
Railways
Borders
Capitols
Ports
13
The power that a government has to control its own territory.
Nationalism
Legitimacy
Sovereignty
Territoriality
14
political power was in large, borderless empires, city-states, tribal systems and feudal areas.
Up until the 1800s
Up until the 1600s
Up until the 1900s
Up until the 1400s
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Is the area of a state where political or economic strength is located
Hinterland
Core
Capitol
Coast
16
The reasons Europeans colonized around the world include all EXCEPT
Glory
God
Gold
Gifts
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The process of redrawing legislative boundaries to benefit the party in power is called?
Blockbusting
Redrawing
Gerrymandering
Redistricting
18
12-miles of territorial sea and 200 miles of Exclusive Economic Zone.
Maritime Boundaries
Geometric boundaries
Median Boundaries
Choke points
19
"Shatter belts" are geographical zones where tensions often explode based on
physical boundaries
economic boundaries
functional boundaries
cultural boundaries
20
The triangle trade sent rum to ______________ and ___________ to Africa
Europe: goods
Americas: Rum
Goods: Slaves
Europe: Tobacco
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A frontier is not a
tangible geographic area
colony
zone separating two states
area where states on each side have no control
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A nation-state is a state with primarily only one nation within its borders. Examples include
Iceland, Denmark, Japan
Japan, Denmark, Germany
Iceland, Denmark, Germany
Iceland, Japan, Germany
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acts as a buffer state between Russia and China who have had border conflicts for centuries.
India
Mongolia
Bhutan
North Korea
24
Established what we know of as the modern “state system” in Europe
In 1648, the Peace of Westphalia
In 1748, the Peace of Westphalia
In 1648, the Peace of Eastphalia
In 1848, the Peace of Eastphalia
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Unitary states concentrate power
in no federal government
In several State governments
in one federal Government
in several local governments
26
The only large landmass that is not part of a sovereign state is...
Iceland
Greenland
Antartica
Siberia
27
Which of the following is not a supranational organization?
the European Union
Organization of American States
NATO
U.S. Republican party
28
A landlocked state faces all of the following problems except...
Having nearby countries for support
Less ability to trade
Less access to the ocean
Problems with costs of trade
29
The boundary types include all the following EXCEPT
Geometric
Cultural
Physical
Maritime
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Establishing political dominance over a people for economic, political, and territorial gain.
Territorialism
Colonialism
Imperialism
Mercantilism
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A countertrend to fragmentation in global interactions today is
globalization
radicalism
democratic consolidation
privatization
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A Nation is a group of people with everything except
shared cultural heritage
soveriegnty
shared homeland
self determination
33
The Heartland theory is to Rimland theory as
Continents are to islands
trucks are to boats
Sea is to land
Land is to sea
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The effort to control pieces of the earth’s surface for personal, political, or social ends.
Territoriality
Sovereignty
Legitimacy
Nationalism
35
A State is a political unit with all of the following except:
same ethnicities
Defined territory
Permanent Population
a government
36
The overthrow of colonial powers, called ______, has created more states than any other reason.
evolution
colonization
decolonization
devolution
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policy of extending a country’s influence to areas already developed by an indigenous society.
Colonialism
Imperialism
Mercantilism
Territorialism
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A group of people in a given geographical area with common heritage and culture is a
nation-state
nation
micro-state
frontier
39
What did the British like to say about their Empire?
The Americas belonged to them
They owned the world
The new world was under the British control
The sun never set on the British Empire
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Devolution results from
a sovereign state transferring power to lower levels
power being given to a ruler
people passing authority to the government
establishing more settlements
41
Boundaries that are physically there (Berlin Wall) but no longer function
Superimposed boundaries
Forcible boundaries
Antecedent boundaries
Relic boundaries
42
Easing tensions within boundaries by transferring power from a central government downward
revolution
evolution
devolution
anarchy
43
Lasted from the early 15th century until the early 19th century, and spread European colonies
The Dark Ages
The Age of Discovery
The plague
The Rennaisance
44
Which of the following is the best example of a multicore state?
Nigeria
France
Mexico
Japan
45
The major types of alliances include all of the following EXCEPT
Partition
Cooperative
Economic
Military
46
Multinational state is a state that includes more than one nation within its borders. Examples
Canada, Russian Federation, Japan
United States, Iceland, Great Britain
Denmark, Iceland, Japan
Canada, United States, Russian Federation
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The world's largest state is...
Brazil
Russia
China
USA
48
formally independent state but under heavy military, economic, and political control by another
A satellite state
A buffer zone
A shatterbelt
A stateless nation
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This country owned or controlled the most colonies on the African Continent
United States
Great Britain
Germany
France
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A stateless nation includes all except
Western Sahara
Basques
Kurdistan
Palestine
