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1
Which of the following is not an internal division of the United Kingdom?
Wales
Republic of Ireland
England
Scotland
2
Which of the following would benefit most from a federal system of government?
multination state
small state
homogeneous state
nation state
3
Which of the following is a military organization?
UN
NATO
OPEC
NAFTA
4
Of what type were many of the boundaries drawn by the Berlin Conference of 1884?
ethnographic
geometric
physical
cultural
5
Which country is not landlocked?
Switzerland
Bolivia
South Africa
Rwanda
6
Which of the following is not a nation state?
Portugal
Sweden
Japan
Israel
7
Which of the following would be found in Mackinder's Heartland?
Russia
Iceland
Taiwan
Italy
8
How far out does the Exclusive Economic Zone extend?
10 nm
halfway to the next country
12 nm
200 nm
9
When boundaries are drawn on a map, they are said to be:
demarcated
reallocated
delimited
defined
10
A state that includes several discontinuous pieces of a territory is:
compact
fragmented
perforated
protruded
11
People argue that the core-periphery model came about as a result of:
the Renaissance
colonization
the Age of Exploration
deindustrialization
12
Which of the following is not an example of a country with multiple capitals?
South Africa
Bolivia
Netherlands
Canada
13
This supranational organization negotiated the Law of the Sea:
North American Free Trade Agreement
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
United Nations
14
What is an outlying portion of a country, surrounded by the territory of another country:
exclave
compact state
exclave and enclave
enclave
15
Which of the following could not occur in a country's EEZ?
mining
fishing
drilling for oil
enforcement of national laws
16
The 38th parallel forms a ___ boundary between North and South Korea.
longitudinal
cultural
geometric
physical
17
A nation that does not have a territory or state of its own:
stateless nation
region
nation
territoriality
18
Which of the following is a present day example of a confederacy?
Switzerland
Germany
US
France
19
Which of the following is a centripetal force?
ethnic cleansing
a call for secession
winning the World Cup
civil war
20
Which of the following is not an example of a unitary state?
France
Australia
Japan
Saudi Arabia
21
Which of the following is not required to become a country?
resources
a defined territory
a permanent population
a government
22
A state whose territory corresponds to that of a particular nationality:
nationalism
regionalism
nation state
irredentism
23
All of the following would be found in Spykman's Rimland except:
India
Saudi Arabia
Russia
Germany
24
Which of the following is an economic organization?
NAFTA
UN
OPEC
NATO
25
Associations created by 3+ states for mutual benefit and achievement of shared objectives:
labor unions
supranational organizations
economic unions
international organizations
26
Which of the following countries has not relocated their capital city?
India
Japan
United States
Brazil
27
The process of allocating electoral seats to geographical areas is:
gerrymandering
redistricting
reapportionment
blockbusting
28
Which of the following is not a member of the UN Security Council?
Russia
China
Germany
France
29
How often are electoral districts redrawn?
every twenty years
every year
every five years
every ten years
30
Which is not characteristic of the core:
transnational links
rapidly growing service sector
scientific innovation
rapid population growth
31
Which of the following is a member of the United Nations?
Kosovo
Taiwan
North Korea
Vatican City
32
Which of the following is not a member of NAFTA?
France
Mexico
Canada
United States
33
Which of the following is not fragmented?
United Kingdom
Indonesia
Rwanda
United States
34
The Mekong River forms the border between Laos and Thailand. It is a:
natural boundary
cultural boundary
ethnic boundary
geometric boundary
35
Stated that any political power based in the heart of Eurasia could dominate the world:
Core Periphery Model
Organic Theory
Rimland Theory
Heartland Theory
36
A state governed as a single unit is called a:
confederacy
federal state
unitary state
microstate
37
Which of the following is the newest member of the United Nations?
Kosovo
Yugoslavia
South Sudan
China
38
Which of the following countries did not have a significant control over African territory?
Greece
Italy
Belgium
Portugal
39
How many members are in the US House of Representatives?
8
100
50
435
40
A state that completely surrounds another state:
perforated
protruded
fragmented
compact
41
A state with a long, narrow shape is called:
protruded
compact
perforated
elongated
42
Stated that the world could be divided into two major regions, one wealthy and the other not:
Core-Periphery Model
Rimland Theory
Organic Theory
North South Theory
43
Stated that the state is like an organism that competes with other states to thrive:
Rimland Theory
Organic Theory
Heartland Theory
Core Periphery Theory