APHG- Midterm Review

NAFTA is a supranational organization for what continent?

Why did countries build colonies along the coast?

This term means redistricting that makes unusual shaped districts for political advantage?

The Kurds are an example of what?

The languages of Madagascar comes from which language family?

Which of the following significantly weakened Mackinder's geopolitical heartland theory?

NIgeria came under the governance of what in 2006?

What term means a set of processes with increased interactions and interdependence?

Geographers are interested in what kind of phenomena?

What term means a geographic boundary within a particular linguistic feature?

What's the difference between a state and a nation?

What is an example of a centripetal force?

What term means area of instability located btw regions of opposing political/cultural values?

Boundaries based on median-line principle are associate with what?

From your textbook, Little Sweden in the U.S. is an example of what?

The NAFTA did what for North American countries?

The UN's goal is to

When the Taliban take over a country, like Afghanistan, what kind of gov't do they implement?

Which is the biggest?

Which region of the world has the highest population?

When states argue over the boundaries due to natural resources found underneath, this is called

What does Balkanization mean?

How many sovereign states were there in 1940?

What term means a boundaries placed without regards to ethnic groups or previous treaties?

How are Hutterites different from the Amish?

The slowest growing countries are in the economic core.

Which of the following is an example of a territory?

Which country is a core country?

The slowest growing countries are in the economic periphery.

What state is an example of a compact state?

Where did the world's three major monotheistic religions originate?

Who was NOT an original member of the European Community?

Africa's political boundaries were drawn by

What's a challenged to being a landlocked country?

Which country is a core country?

What term refers to industrialized countries exploiting LDCs for natural resources?

What is an example of a centrifugal force?

How many states are there today?

How many states, minimally, have to agree to from a supranational organization?

What characteristic is currently shared by Switzerland, Singapore, and New Zealand?

Which of the following is a state?

When is the census taken?

The European Union, the Arab League, and the United Nations are examples of:

Swahili and Arabic are examples of what?

How is ethnicity different from race?

Which of the following is an example of a nation?

Which is the smallest?

Greece opposed the the inclusion of which country into the European Union?

What theory did Mackinder create?

Violent confrontations in Ambon, Aceh, and East Timor occurred where?

The fasting growing countries are in southern Africa.

Which country is a peripheral country?

Which state has shown gerrymandering in the past 5 years?

What does NAFTA stand for?

The Law of the Sea states that coastal and economic sovereignty overs what zone?

What is the youngest religion?

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

What is an example of Balkanization?

What term refers to a country with higher levels of education, higher salaries and more tech?

China's family planning programs included guns exchanged for sterilization.