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AP Human Geography
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What places most power in the hands of the central government officials?
Unitary State
Democracy
Autocracy
Federal State
2
What theory is believes the pivot area would be key to world dominance?
Organic Theory
Heartland Theory
Conquest Theory
Rimland Theory
3
Using state morphology Belgium is what type of country?
Elongated
Perforated
Prorupted
Compact
4
Boundaries drawn using grid systems such as longitude and latitude are called
Physical boundaries
Cultural boundaries
Geometric boundaries
Frontier
5
Which country is not an example of a elongated country?
Gambia
Italy
Japan
Chile
6
What is an area completely separated from it;s state by another state? (Eg Alaska)
Centrifugal
Enclave
Devolution
Exclave
7
The UK is divided into several countries, it's an example of a ...
Federal state
Single party state
Unitary state
Communist state
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Geometric political boarders to little to organise Antarctica's
Frontier
Tundra
Wasteland
Borderland
9
The Vatican City is an example of what?
Porupt State
Enclave
Exclave
Fragmented State
10
This involves neighbours who differ over the way a boundary should function?
Allocation boundary disputes
Operation boundary disputes
Definitional boundary disputes
Locational boundary disputes
11
NATO is an example of what?
National organisation
Commonwealth
International organisation
Supranational organisation
12
A boundary of a state can also be physical such as a
Religious movement
Lake or mountain
Language barrier
Currency
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What is not true about colonialism?
Is no used for maximum economic exploitation
An example is Europe over multiple countries
Involves the subjugation of one people to another
Involves transfer of population to a new territory
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What is the attempt to influence and control people or phenomena in a geographic area?
Territoriality
Federal System
Sovereignty
Unitary
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The Sahara desert is an example of what kind of boundary?
Mountain boundary
Desert boundary
Water boundary
Ethnic boundary
16
The study of the political organization of the world is?
Territoriality
Democracy
Political geography
Sovereignty
17
A confederacy or union is likely to happen in
A communist state
A federal state
A unitary state
A puppet state
18
What processes incorporate higher levels of education, higher salaries, and more tech.
Centrifugal
Periphery
Core
Semiperiphery
19
What is the process of placing a price on a good then buying, selling, trading it?
Communism
Devolution
Capitalism
Commodification
20
The Palestinians are an example of what?
Multistate nation
Nation-state
State
Stateless nation
21
Which is false about the periphery?
Lower education levels
Lower salaries
Less wealth in world economy
More technology
22
Nation-state's are often defined by sovereignty and ...
Social democracy
Ethnic homogeneity
Antiterrorist policy
Economic prosperity
23
A group of people who think of themselves as one based shared culture and history is called?
Nation sate
Nation
Multinational state
State
24
What is the movement of power from the central to regional governments within the state?
Commodification
Territoriality
Gerrymandering
Devolution
25
With Canada's regional provinces, Canada is an example of a
Electoral state
Reappointed state
Federal state
Nation state
26
What country is known to have a federal system?
USA
Britain
Germany
France
27
Hitler's expansionist philosophies drew in part of what theory?
Heartland theory
Self determination
Organic theory
Rimland theory
28
Districts with a majority of the population from the minority is called?
Reapportionment
Majority minority district
Splitting
Devolution
29
Which is an example of a landlocked country?
Afghanistan
Peru
Italy
Mexico
30
The Berlin Wall and Great Wall of China are examples of what type of boundary?
Physical
Cultural
Relict
Ethnic
31
What is an entity with 3 or more states that is formed for shared benefits and goals?
Devolution
Geopolitics
Supranational organisation
Unilateralism
32
A country that runs in accordance with the ruler rather than the people is known as..
Democracy
Anocratic
Colonialism
Autocracy
33
A group of people bound together by a common identity is a(n)?
State
Political System
Institution
Nation
34
Most unitary states can be found where?
Australia
North America and Europe
Africa and Asia
South America
35
What forces work to pull countries apart?
Centrifugal
Centripetal
Capitalist
Communist
36
What bests describes a fragmented state?
Several discontinuous pieces of territory
Completely surrounds another
Compact with a large extension
Narrow Shape
37
What is an attitude that unifies people and enhances support for a state?
Centrifugal Force
Politcal Dimensions
Colonialism
Centripetal Force
38
A country going from a dictatorship to democracy must provide ...
Diplomatic immunity
Water rights
Civil liberties
Firepower
39
What is a state with more than one nation inside it's boarders?
State
Nation-state
Stateless nation
Multinational state
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What type of boundary is hard to cross during winter storms and are sparsely inhabited?
Physical boundary
Mountain boundary
Water boundary
Desert boundary