What is a supranational organization?

A venture of three or more states for a shared objective.

What is a buffer zone?

Where two countries agree to not a portion of land

What are the five shapes of states?

Compact, Elongated, Prorupted, Perforated, and Fragmented

Gaining the right to vote in an electoral system

What is a nation-state?

A state and nation that occupy the same territory

A politically organized territory with a government

What are the characteristics of a border?

An imaginary line that separates two states

What is a state with more than one nation in it - and an example?

Multinational state - Yugoslavia

What and where were the first states?

B) City-States; Fertile Crescent

How are countries classified in the world's economy? (Highest to lowest)

As Core, Semi-periphery, periphery

What is the difference between geometric and physical-political boundaries?

phys are based on land features, geo based on long/lat

What is gerrymandering?

Reapportionment to benefit a political party

A country establishing territories to impose their values.

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1
Most ________ states gained independence after 1940.
African
European
Mediteranean
American
2
What is an example of a unitary government?
The U.S. Goverment
Canada
Mexico
The United Kingdom
3
What is the longest geometric boundary not guarded by military forces?
Korea Border
Chile-Argentina Border
US-Mexico Border
US-Canada Border
4
How many states does the UN recognize?
193
16
192
50
5
This would be an example of a prorupted state
Indonesia
Chile
Iceland
Thailand
6
Which of the following would not be an example of a physical boundary?
a mountain
a river
a wall
geometric lines
7
What type of boundary exists between North Korea and South Korea?
Physical
Religious
Geometric
Ethnic
8
This terrorist organization was responsible for the 9/11 twin tower attack in the U.S.
Hamas
ISIS
IRA
Al Qaeda
9
What is a supranational organization?
A venture of two or more states for a shared objective
A venture of three or more states for a shared objective.
A venture of four or more states for a shared objective.
10
What is a buffer zone?
Where two countries agree to not a portion of land
Similar to a maquiladora
type of receiving state that is a target of many immigrants
An area where two countries share a plot of land
11
What are the five shapes of states?
Irregular, Asymmetrical, Curved, Circular, Enrupted
Compact, Elongated, Prorupted, Perforated, and Fragmented
Diagonal, Linear, Halo, Absolute, Cracked
Igneous, Shale, Fracking, Icicular, hippocrepiform
12
This military alliance is one of the most powerful in the world today.
Warsaw Pact
League of Nations
NATO
USSR
13
What is the world's smallest state?
Luxembourg
Monaco
Russia
Togo
14
What is the size of a microstate?
Smaller than 750 km
Larger than 100 people per square mile
Smaller than 500 km
Smaller than 1000 km
15
What is suffrage?
The suffering of the native peoples of a state
The gaining of economic power
All of these
Gaining the right to vote in an electoral system
16
What is a nation-state?
A state with many different competing political parties
A state and nation that occupy the same territory
A nation that stretches into multiple states
A region with many different ideologies struggling for power
17
Where do most capitals lie in a compact country?
Middle
Anywhere on the outskirts
Northern Regions
Southern Regions
18
Which of the following would not be considered a sovereign state?
Puerto Rico
Canada
Mexico
Philippines
19
What is a state?
An area with a local government, Ex: Wisconsin
A group of people distinct from one another by beliefs
A politically organized territory with a government
A place of being like water Ex: Ice, Water, Vapor
20
What is the study of the political organization of the world called?
Geopolitical morphology
Political geography
Governmental studies
Political topography
21
According to geographers, the settlement of the American colonies by the British is considered
Colonialism
Supranationalism
Imperialism
Capitalism
22
What are the characteristics of a border?
A line drawn on the surface of the Earth
A preexisting line used to seperate two states
Physical and cultural features used to separate states
An imaginary line that separates two states
23
What supranational organization that failed was formed after WWI?
S.H.I.E.L.D.
League of Nations
United Nations
NAFTA
24
What is a state with more than one nation in it - and an example?
Multistate nation - Kurdistan
Multistate nation - Yugoslavia
Stateless nation- Kurdistan
Multinational state - Yugoslavia
25
What two military alliances were created after World War II involving many European countries?
NATO and Warsaw Pact
League of Nations and United Nations
AU and USSR
NAFTA and United Nations
26
What and where were the first states?
A) Provinces; Roman Empire
C) Estates; Europe
D) City-States; Greece
B) City-States; Fertile Crescent
27
This would be an example of fragmented state?
Philippines
Afghanistan
Hawaii
Thailand
28
How are countries classified in the world's economy? (Highest to lowest)
As Core, Periphery, Semi-periphery
As Periphery, Core, Semi-periphery
As Periphery, Semi-periphery, Core
As Core, Semi-periphery, periphery
29
The global economy is primarily:
Socialist
Anachronistic
Shamanist
Capitalist
30
What is the difference between geometric and physical-political boundaries?
Geometric are formed using hard math, phys/pol are magics
Geometric are based on land features, phys/pol are long/lat
phys are based on land features, geo based on long/lat
Geometric are a conspiracy, phys/pol are not
31
What is gerrymandering?
Formation of elongated states
Reapportionment to benefit a political party
A cultural phenomenon commonly seen in India
The consumption of products in "spines" spreading from CBD
32
What is the ideal shape of a compact state?
Circular
Perforated
Hexagonagal
Prorupted
33
This would be an example of an elongated state
Japan
Chile
Australia
China
34
Which country refuses to recognize Taiwan as sovereign state?
China
Japan
Germany
United Nations
35
What is the UN's primary purpose?
Military Alliances
To increase the effect of capitalism on the world's economy
Total and complete destruction to the world.
Peacekeeping
36
What was a result of the European Union being formed?
Power was balanced between states
All of the Above
Countries prospered economically
A common currency was formed
37
What is a dispute over natural resources?
Definitional
Operational
Locational
Allocational
38
Where did the first widespread use of nation-states appear?
Africa
Asia
Europe
Greenland
39
What is colonialism?
The imposition of a new leading power within a country
The process of examining a colony
A country establishing territories to impose their values.
invading a country for resources, then leaving
40
Which of the following one of the six largest states?
Austria
Russia
Nicaragua
Greenland

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