stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
APHUG Ch. 8: Political Geography Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
APHUG Ch. 8: Political Geography
APHUG Ch. 8: Political Geography
15 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
182 plays
Imported from external platform
Flashcards
15 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
15
Answers
1
The process by which districts are moved according to population shifts
reapportionment
splitting
gerrymandering
territorial representation
2
The border dispute between Iraq and Kuwait at the end of the 20th century was due to
natural gas reserves beneath their boundaries
water diversion
massive coal fields
oil reserves underneath their borders
3
Determining why certain states are powerful and how states become powerful is a goal of
The British/American School
heartland theory
critical geopolitics
The German School
4
The interplay of power, politics, and international relations is
devolution
mercantilism
unilateralism
geopolitics
5
An example of a geometric boundary is
a river
a mountain range
a lake
a line of latitude
6
A centrifugal force, as defined by Richard Hartshorne,
is organized into different territories
unifies a people
divides a people
is highly centralized
7
The United Nations and The North Atlantic Treaty Organization are examples of
multinational states
democracies
multistate nations
supranational organizations
8
Sir Halford J. Mackinder is known for proposing which theory?
central place theory
least cost theory
world-systems theory
heartland theory
9
This document contained ideas about statehood and nationhood, defining borders, and security.
U.S. Constitution
Proclamation of 1763
Peace of Westphalia
Treaty of Versailles
10
Which geographer is known for developing the world-systems theory?
Carl Sauer
Halford Mackinder
Richard Hartshorne
Immanuel Wallerstein
11
Until the end of World War 2, most European governments were
federal
core
unitary
semi-periphery
12
Gerrymandering is a term that means
redistricting for advantage
movement of upper and middle class to surrounding areas
spreading majority and minority populations
the cross-promotion of vertically integrated goods
13
Sovereignty means
having control over a territory, politically and militarily
the right of a state to defend territory against incursion
the loss of uniqueness of place
the promotion of commercialism and trade
14
Which of the following countries was not a major colonizer at the Berlin Conference?
Britain
France
Germany
Spain
15
Which of the following is considered a stateless nation?
Palestinians
Romanians
Hungarians
Slovenes