AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY Unit 4: Political Geography

Which event symbolically marked the end of the Cold War?

The practice of adjusting voting district boundaries to benefit one political party or group.

Several countries in Africa form an alliance to promote economic development.

This political organization most directly reflects the current trend toward integration.

Best example of a Nation-state.

"Breakaway movements" that have threatened Russian stability recently are based on

North Korea is one of the few remaining examples of a

The Law of the Sea (1982) standardized

Which shows the strongest support for the conclusion: Japan has few centrifugal forces?

Germany invaded Poland in the late 1930s, because of the large German minority there.

Uruguay's national government sets policies that are administered by local governments.

An enclave state.

Boundary dispute between the U.S. and Mexico.

Example of a multicore state.

States with the ability to carry out actions w/in their borders independent from interference.

NOT part of the rimland, as identified by Nicholas Spykman in his Rimland Theory.

This system of government concentrates policymaking power in one geographic place.

The main purpose of minority/majority districting is usually to...

Supranationalism has come at the expense of what geopolitical concept?

NOT a primary purpose of the EU.

Largest stateless nation in the world.

The countertrend to fragmentation in global interactions today.

NOT a land-locked state?

The Basque people,live in both Spain and France, speak their own language would be described as

When neighboring states cannot agree on policies that apply in a border area.

This is an example of a centrifugal force within a nation-state.

The French empire in West Africa collapsed, the region split into 8 different countries.

The civil war in Rwanda is most closely an example of...

A centrifugal force in the India/Pakistan relationship in the late 1940s.

Which international organization could best be incorporated into Spykman's rimland theory?

NOT an institution commonly found in modern states.

Example of a geometric boundary.

Southeast Asia from the 1950s through the 1970s was considered a

Allocational boundary disputes involve

The median-line principle is often used to define a...

Goal of both NAFTA (which is now USMCA) and the EU.

A primate city.

"Shatter belts" are geographical zones where tensions often explode based on...

Serbs, Croats and Bosnians among others break up over religion, culture took place in .....

A group of people bound together by a common identity, ethnicity, language, and religion.

Which group's desire for an independent state is a devolutionary force in Russia?

Example of a superimposed boundary created by the Communist Europe.

Halford Mackinder's heartland theory said that this country was most likely to rule the world.

Best example of voluntary segregation.

Largest territory in the world in terms of population.

A resource lies on two sides of a border and may cause a(n)

Some Norweigians say that Norway is the ruler of parts of Sweden, once a part of Norway.

Boundaries most clearly symbolize the political principal of...

Catalonia's desire to separate because of culture and a much stronger economy are examples of? (choose more than 1)

NOT a supranational organization.

Kurdistan is an example of a(n)

A group uses violence to intimidate governments.

In Afganistan the people show more loyalty to their tribes than they do to the state.

A type of state where the Central government shares power with sub-regional governments such as the US.

Argentina has a Central Govt. and 23 Provincial legislatures, both exercising separate powers.

National govt. of France transfer decision-making on infrastructure to regional govts.

NOT a centripetal force in a nation-state.

Best example of a city-state.

All the following are characteristics of most of the world's remaining dependencies EXCEPT:

Problems seen today in Africa were caused when boundaries were redrawn at the Berlin Conference and...

People who consider themselves part of a stateless nation share all of the following EXCEPT

The smallest political-administrative unit.

A state with the best relative location.

A recent global trend in domestic economic policies.

The UN Law of the Sea gives countries access to drill for mineral rights up to...

The border between the US and Canada, the 49th parallel is an example of what type of boundary?

The Kashmir region of India is primarily known for

Chilean Navy ship 100 miles of its coast can legally

The majority of African states entered the UN after 1960. Why?