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1
During the Cold War which two countries balanced the power of one another?
Pakistan/India
Spain/Portugal
United States/Soviet Union
Japan/Germany
2
The process of redrawing voting district boundaries
Political Enclave
Gerrymandering
Popular Sovereignty
Devolution
3
Why are exclaves created?
decrease population and economics pressure
increase trade
encourage a country to become more compact in shape
attempt to unite ethnic groups in nearby regions
4
Which of the following is an example of a nation seeking its own territory?
British
English
Palestinians
Russian
5
At what scale do boundary disputes occur?
International
All options are correct
Regional
Local
6
Every country in Africa was either colonized or under control of a European power except
Egypt
Kenya
Ethiopia
South Africa
7
Which is considered a stateless nation?
Polish
Spanish
Kurdish
French
8
What region of the United States has predominately geometric boundaries?
Southeast
West
Hawaii
Northeast
9
Which theory says any political power based in the center of Eurasia could control the world
Balkanization
Rimland
Heartland
Unilateral
10
What type of boundary uses lines of latitude and longitude?
Relic Boundary
Natural Boundary
Antecedent Boundary
Geometric Boundary
11
a country can weaken its stability if an enclave is occupied by people whose values differ
perforated
compact
elongated
prorupt
12
What is a nation?
a territory established by international agreements
a group occupying territory unified by shared beliefs
people living in an enclave
political sovereignty over a territory
13
what country had an apartheid system of legal segregation that was dismantled in the 1990s
Japan
United States
India
South Africa
14
Which is not a supranational organization?
NATO
EU
OPEC
CIA
15
Which of the following is the best example of a nation-state?
South Africa
Japan
United Kingdom
China
16
Which of the following is an example of an exclave in the United States
Alaska
Flordia
Texas
Colorado
17
The boundaries on this island are drawn to divided the Greeks and Turks
Cyprus
Sri Lanka
Australia
Indonesia
18
A country imposes its political, economic and cultural principles over a territory
imperialism
regionalism
colonialism
colonialism
19
Which is considered a state?
France
Hong Kong
Sahel
Colorado
20
What is it called when three or more state cooperate in order to promote shared objectives
Devolution
Supranationalism
Nationalism
Colonialism
21
A national group that aspires to become a nation-state but lacks the territory is a
Unitary State
Supranationalistic
Stateless Nation
Federal State
22
The boundaries of this country are contested by the Palestinians
Israel
Iraq
China
Serbia
23
What region of the world has political boundaries that poorly represent the linguistic bound.
South America
Europe
North America
Africa
24
In political geography these forces tend to disrupt and threaten the unity of a state
Common Values
Centrifugal
Centripetal
Common History
25
Which of the following is true about landlocked states?
Likely to be the wealthiest states
Interior locations are more difficult to defend
At a commercial disadvantage
Relations with neighboring countries aren't important
26
NAFTA is a supranationalistic organization which attempts to create free trade where
North Africa
North America
New Zealand
North Atlantic
27
What type of boundary does the Great Wall of China best illustrate?
Geometric Boundary
Relic Boundary
Exclave Boundary
Natural Boundary
28
One element of the conflict in Kashmir is different religions, what are the two religions?
Islam and Jewish
Islam and Christian
Buddhism and Hindu
Hindu and Islam
29
A country with this shape can provided access to a resource, or it can separate two countries
Elongate
Compact
Fragmented
Prorupted
30
Which type of country usually encompasses diverse types of climates, resources and people?
Elongated
Compact
Perforated
Fragmented
31
This type of shape can provide for efficiency in administration of a country
Elongated
Prorupt
Compact
Fragmented
32
Which of the following states is an enclave
Italy
Japan
Vatican City
South Africa
33
An individual or group attempt to identify and established control over land
Materialism
Secularism
Consequent Boundary
Territoriality
34
Which of the following states has an exclave?
Brazil
Russia
Italy
Australia
35
This 20th century communist empire controlled many weaker Eastern European countries
German
China
Turkey
Soviet Uinon
36
The exercise of state power over people and territory and recognized by the world
Imperialism
Citizenship
Sovereignty
Nationalism
37
A state whose territory closely corresponds to an ethnicity that has become a nationality is a
Fragmented Nation
Unitary State
Multi-National State
Nation-State
38
the policy by a country to establish settlements in an area and impose its political principles
colonialism
devolution
regionalism
command economy
39
boundaries forced upon existing cultural landscape, a country, or people by a conquering power
antecedent boundary
superimposed boundary
religious boundary
geometric boundary
40
This subfield of geography studies political, economic and strategic significance of geography
Anthropology
Geopolitics
Demography
Linguistic
41
What type of boundary dispute focuses on the ownership and control of surface area?
Resource Dispute
Ethnic Dispute
Territorial Dispute
Positional Dispute
42
what type of gerrymandering is designed to elect minority candidates
fragmented
aligned
wasted
stacked
43
Which cultural hearth is credited with the creation on city-states, now a nation-states?
Roman Empire
Greece
N. India
Mesopotamia
44
Which of the following fit the description of a fragmented state?
South America
Chile
Japan
Mexico
45
This shape can weaken centralized control and increase regionalism
Fragmented
Elongated
Prorupt
Compact
46
What is a politically organized territory that is recognized by a large % of the world
Territory
Nation
State
Colony
47
These forces tend to bind together the citizens of a state
Centrifugal
Gravity
Centripetal
Colonialism
48
A boundary that uses feature like rivers and mountains is referred to as
Natural Boundary
Ecumene
Subsequent Boundary
Geometric Boundary
49
Fragmented states can help create which type of force?
Cumulative Causation
Backwash Effect
Centripetal
Centrifugal
50
Which of the following countries has endured the effect of balkanization?
Yugoslavia
United States
Brazil
Australia
51
which is not a centripetal forces within a country
regionalism
education systems
military
common language
52
Africa experienced a period of decolonization during which period?
1950s and 60s
1930
1700
1850
53
Which is not a purpose for a boundary?
create lanes of transportation between countries
define property limits between owners of land
mark the outer lines of states to claim land
mark political administrative divisions within a country
54
What is the main purpose of the EU
Promote common defense
create a common currency
discourage trade
create an economic free trade zone
55
A weaker country separates two powerful countries whose ideology or political view conflict
Fragmented State
Core State
Viable State
Buffer State
56
Which is a buffer state between India and China
Nepal
Vietnam
Sri Lanka
Mongolia
57
The boundaries between which countries were established to separate different religions
India and Pakistan
Mexico and United States
Russia and Ukraine
France and Germany