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APHG Chapter 8 - Political Organization of Space
APHG Chapter 8 - Political Organization of Space
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NATO is an example of what?
International organisation
Supranational organisation
Commonwealth
National organisation
2
What is the attempt to influence and control the people or phenomena of a geographic area?
Territoriality
Unitary government
Federal System
Sovereignty
3
What forces work to pull countries apart?
Communist
Centrifugal
Capitalist
Centripetal
4
Which of the following countries is known to have a federal system?
Germany
USA
France
Britain
5
All of the following are examples of true nation-states except:
Denmark
Iceland
Japan
Belgium
6
The first regional supranational organization was undertaken in Europe and involved.....
Britain, Belgium, and Norway.
France, Poland, and Germany
the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg
Belgium, Germany, and France
7
What is the movement of power from the central to regional governments within the state?
Gerrymandering
Commodification
Devolution
Territoriality
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This involves neighbours who differ over the way a boundary should function?
Operational boundary disputes
Allocational boundary disputes
Locational boundary disputes
Definitional boundary disputes
9
Which of the following contains a nation from all
3 levels
of the "core-periphery" model of World Systems Theory?
England; Zimbabwe; Laos
United States; South Africa; Argentina
Australia; Brazil; the Congo
India; Sudan; China
10
This process adjusts the number of representatives in Congress to reflect shifts in population
reapportionment
gerrymandering
territorial representation.
electoral geography.
11
Which of the following best describes a fragmented state?
Compact with a large extension
Completely surrounds another
Several discontinuous pieces of territory
Narrow Shape
12
Using state morphology Belgium is best described as what shape of state?
Prorupted
Perforated
Elongated
Compact
13
Nation-state's are often defined by sovereignty and ...
Economic prosperity
Ethnic homogeneity
Antiterrorist policy
Social democracy
14
What is an area completely separated from its state by another state? (like Alaska)
Centrifugal
Devolution
Enclave
Exclave
15
In terms of Political Geography to delimit something means...
to set the boundary by drawing it on a map
to establish a boundary in a legal document
to set the boundary using visible/physical means to mark it
to administrate the new territory
16
A group of people who think of themselves as one based on shared culture and history is called?
Nation
State
Multinational state
Stateless Nation
17
What is the purpose of an organization such as NAFTA?
National policies of protectionism
To create free trade zones
To create social welfare policies
The rebirth of command economies
18
The Palestinians & the Kurds are examples of what?
None of These
Multi-state nations
Stateless nations
Nation-States
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Which is
NOT
characteristic of unitary state governments?
fosters diversity of regional subcultures
central government’s authority over all parts of the state
highly centralized
capital city functions as core of power
20
Creator of the
Heartland Theory
of geopolitics.
MacKinder
Spykman
Ratzel
Wallerstein
21
What is the definition of a boundary?
essentially an invisible/vertical/plane that separates 1 state from another
Are natural features on the landscape such as rivers, lakes, and mountains
boundary that has been imposed on an area by an outside or conquering power
northwestern boundary of the U.S with Canada along 49 north latitude
22
What is a state with more than one nation inside its borders?
Stateless nation
Nation-state
Multinational state
State
23
Which country is not an example of a elongated state?
Gambia
Chile
Japan
Italy
24
According to Wallerstein's World Systems Theory...
Countries are core or periphery countries and won't change
Over time, all countries will become wealthier through trade
The periphery countries provide manufacturing for the world.
Core countries exploit periphery countries for cheap resources
25
Forces that could lead to devolution within a state might include?
Economic and Social problems
Indigenous autonomy movements
Physical and Ethnic separatism
All of the above
26
The Vatican City & Lesotho are examples of what?
Fragmented States
Exclaves
Enclaves
Porupt States
27
What theory believes the pivot area (world island) would be key to world dominance?
Rimland Theory
Organic Theory
Heartland Theory
Conquest Theory
28
Who proposed that there is a single global economic system in his "World Systems Theory"?
Friedrich Ratzel
Nicholas Spykman
Immanuel Wallerstein
Elbridge Gerry
29
Supranationalism (like the EU) often comes at the expense of what other geopolitical concept?
Sovereignty
Colonialism
Devolution
Globalization
30
What does "devolution of power" mean?
Granting complete sovereignty to a nation
The retaining of power by a sovereign state
The shifting of power from a national to a local level
One nation making decisions on behalf of another
31
What is an attitude that unifies people and enhances support for a state?
Politcal Dimensions
Colonialism
Centrifugal Force
Centripetal Force
32
The views expressed in World Systems Theory hold that our modern world is connected by
Culture
Economics
Religion
Military Alliances
33
The idea of the modern state was born with the
Peace of Paris
Peace of Augsburg
Peace of Westphalia
Treaty of Versailles
34
The Flemish and Walloons are groups which could be "centrifugal" for the nation of
France
Germany
Brazil
Belgium
35
What is an entity with 3 or more states that is formed for shared benefits and goals?
Geopolitics
Unilateralism
Devolution
Supranational organisation
36
With it's regional provinces, Canada is an example of a
Nation state
Federal state
Electoral state
Reappointed state
37
The Berlin Wall and Great Wall of China are examples of what type of boundary?
Cultural
Physical
Ethnic
Relict
38
What was an original motivating factor for what is now the EU?
The UK wanted Germany's Oil reserves
The idea was that countries which trade together don't fight
France was afraid of the UK
It was a condition of Germany's surrender after World War II
39
Which of the following boundary disputes involves the way resources should be shared?
Operational
Allocational
Locational
Definitional
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What system places most power in the hands of a Central Government?
Autocracy
Federal State
Democracy
Unitary State
41
Which of these descriptors about the periphery is false?
Higher levels of poverty
Higher levels of technology
More agriculture
Lower education levels
42
A boundary of a state can also be physical such as a
River or mountain
Language barrier
Religious movement
Currency
43
What type of devolution is occurring in Spanish Catalonia?
Economic
Unifying
Spatial
Ethno-cultural
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Which of these is an example of a landlocked country?
Italy
Afghanistan
Mexico
Peru
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Boundaries drawn using grid systems such as longitude and latitude are called
Cultural boundaries
Geometric boundaries
Frontier boundaries
Physical boundaries
