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1
Which of the following countries has not relocated their capital city?
Japan
Brazil
India
United States
2
Which of the following is a centripetal force?
civil war
a call for secession
winning the World Cup
ethnic cleansing
3
When boundaries are drawn on a map, they are said to be:
demarcated
delimited
defined
reallocated
4
Stated that the world could be divided into two major regions, one wealthy and the other not:
Core-Periphery Model
Rimland Theory
Organic Theory
North South Theory
5
Which of the following is not an example of a country with multiple capitals?
South Africa
Netherlands
Canada
Bolivia
6
Which of the following would benefit most from a federal system of government?
nation state
homogeneous state
small state
multination state
7
People argue that the core-periphery model came about as a result of:
colonization
the Renaissance
the Age of Exploration
deindustrialization
8
Which of the following could not occur in a country's EEZ?
drilling for oil
fishing
enforcement of national laws
mining
9
Associations created by 3+ states for mutual benefit and achievement of shared objectives:
economic unions
international organizations
labor unions
supranational organizations
10
A state governed as a single unit is called a:
confederacy
microstate
federal state
unitary state
11
A state whose territory corresponds to that of a particular nationality:
nation state
irredentism
nationalism
regionalism
12
Which of the following is a present day example of a confederacy?
Germany
France
US
Switzerland
13
A state with a long, narrow shape is called:
elongated
protruded
perforated
compact
14
Which of the following is an economic organization?
NAFTA
NATO
OPEC
UN
15
Which of the following is the newest member of the United Nations?
Kosovo
South Sudan
China
Yugoslavia
16
Which of the following countries did not have a significant control over African territory?
Belgium
Italy
Greece
Portugal
17
Which of the following is not a member of NAFTA?
France
Canada
United States
Mexico
18
How far out does the Exclusive Economic Zone extend?
10 nm
200 nm
12 nm
halfway to the next country
19
Which of the following is a member of the United Nations?
North Korea
Kosovo
Taiwan
Vatican City
20
What is an outlying portion of a country, surrounded by the territory of another country:
compact state
exclave and enclave
exclave
enclave
21
Stated that the state is like an organism that competes with other states to thrive:
Organic Theory
Heartland Theory
Rimland Theory
Core Periphery Theory
22
The Mekong River forms the border between Laos and Thailand. It is a:
cultural boundary
natural boundary
geometric boundary
ethnic boundary
23
Which of the following would be found in Mackinder's Heartland?
Taiwan
Iceland
Italy
Russia
24
A state that includes several discontinuous pieces of a territory is:
compact
protruded
perforated
fragmented
25
Which of the following is not fragmented?
United Kingdom
United States
Rwanda
Indonesia
26
Which of the following is not a nation state?
Portugal
Israel
Sweden
Japan
27
Which of the following is not an internal division of the United Kingdom?
Scotland
England
Wales
Republic of Ireland
28
Which is not characteristic of the core:
rapidly growing service sector
transnational links
scientific innovation
rapid population growth
29
The 38th parallel forms a ___ boundary between North and South Korea.
longitudinal
geometric
physical
cultural
30
How many members are in the US House of Representatives?
100
8
50
435
31
Which of the following is not an example of a unitary state?
Saudi Arabia
Australia
France
Japan
32
Which of the following is a military organization?
OPEC
NAFTA
NATO
UN
33
The process of allocating electoral seats to geographical areas is:
redistricting
reapportionment
gerrymandering
blockbusting
34
All of the following would be found in Spykman's Rimland except:
Germany
India
Saudi Arabia
Russia
35
Which of the following is not required to become a country?
a defined territory
a permanent population
resources
a government
36
This supranational organization negotiated the Law of the Sea:
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United Nations
North American Free Trade Agreement
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
37
A nation that does not have a territory or state of its own:
region
stateless nation
nation
territoriality
38
Which country is not landlocked?
Switzerland
Bolivia
Rwanda
South Africa
39
A state that completely surrounds another state:
fragmented
compact
protruded
perforated
40
Stated that any political power based in the heart of Eurasia could dominate the world:
Heartland Theory
Core Periphery Model
Rimland Theory
Organic Theory
41
Of what type were many of the boundaries drawn by the Berlin Conference of 1884?
cultural
ethnographic
geometric
physical
42
How often are electoral districts redrawn?
every year
every twenty years
every ten years
every five years
43
Which of the following is not a member of the UN Security Council?
Russia
Germany
China
France