AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY Unit 4: Political Geography

Boundary dispute between the U.S. and Mexico.

The countertrend to fragmentation in global interactions today.

Allocational boundary disputes involve

A primate city.

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

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

Example of a geometric boundary.

Example of a multicore state.

A group uses violence to intimidate governments.

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

Largest territory in the world in terms of population.

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

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

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

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

NOT an institution commonly found in modern states.

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

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

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...

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

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

Example of a superimposed boundary created by the Communist Europe.

Best example of voluntary segregation.

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

Chilean Navy ship 100 miles of its coast can legally

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

North Korea is one of the few remaining examples of a

The smallest political-administrative unit.

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

NOT a land-locked state?

A state with the best relative location.

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

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

An enclave state.

Which event symbolically marked the end of the Cold War?

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

Best example of a city-state.

The Law of the Sea (1982) standardized

A recent global trend in domestic economic policies.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Boundaries most clearly symbolize the political principal of...

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

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

Kurdistan is an example of a(n)

Supranationalism has come at the expense of what geopolitical concept?

The Kashmir region of India is primarily known for

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

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

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

Largest stateless nation in the world.

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

NOT a supranational organization.

Best example of a Nation-state.

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

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

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

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

NOT a centripetal force in a nation-state.

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

NOT a primary purpose of the EU.

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

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

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