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AP Human Geography Chapter 8 Political Geography
AP Human Geography Chapter 8 Political Geography
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political power was in large, borderless empires, city-states, tribal systems and feudal areas.
Up until the 1900s
Up until the 1600s
Up until the 1800s
Up until the 1400s
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acts as a buffer state between Russia and China who have had border conflicts for centuries.
India
Mongolia
Bhutan
North Korea
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"Shatter belts" are geographical zones where tensions often explode based on
functional boundaries
physical boundaries
cultural boundaries
economic boundaries
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The major types of alliances include all of the following EXCEPT
Economic
Partition
Military
Cooperative
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Which of the following is not a supranational organization?
Organization of American States
U.S. Republican party
NATO
the European Union
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Is the area of a state where political or economic strength is located
Capitol
Hinterland
Core
Coast
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Is a state or group of states that are influenced by other larger competing states.
A buffer state
A satellite state
A colony
A shatterbelt
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Communication problems with the state capital would most likely be a problem within a
Perforated state
Landlocked state
Elongated state
Compact state
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formally independent state but under heavy military, economic, and political control by another
A stateless nation
A shatterbelt
A buffer zone
A satellite state
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Easing tensions within boundaries by transferring power from a central government downward
evolution
anarchy
devolution
revolution
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A stateless nation includes all except
Western Sahara
Basques
Kurdistan
Palestine
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Which of the following is the best example of a multicore state?
Japan
Mexico
France
Nigeria
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A Nation is a group of people with everything except
shared homeland
self determination
shared cultural heritage
soveriegnty
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policy of extending a country’s influence to areas already developed by an indigenous society.
Imperialism
Territorialism
Mercantilism
Colonialism
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Established what we know of as the modern “state system” in Europe
In 1648, the Peace of Westphalia
In 1648, the Peace of Eastphalia
In 1848, the Peace of Eastphalia
In 1748, the Peace of Westphalia
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Establishing political dominance over a people for economic, political, and territorial gain.
Territorialism
Imperialism
Mercantilism
Colonialism
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A countertrend to fragmentation in global interactions today is
privatization
radicalism
globalization
democratic consolidation
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A frontier is not a
tangible geographic area
area where states on each side have no control
colony
zone separating two states
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The reasons Europeans colonized around the world include all EXCEPT
Gifts
God
Gold
Glory
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Boundaries were redrawn in Europe after WWI according to the...
Distribution of language
Religions
Power
Geography
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The only large landmass that is not part of a sovereign state is...
Antartica
Greenland
Siberia
Iceland
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The overthrow of colonial powers, called ______, has created more states than any other reason.
decolonization
devolution
evolution
colonization
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A landlocked state faces all of the following problems except...
Problems with costs of trade
Less ability to trade
Less access to the ocean
Having nearby countries for support
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Countries are considered to be _____________ when their people allow the government to rule.
Dictatorships
internally legitimate
Democracies
Externally legitimate
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The triangle trade sent rum to ______________ and ___________ to Africa
Europe: Tobacco
Americas: Rum
Europe: goods
Goods: Slaves
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Lasted from the early 15th century until the early 19th century, and spread European colonies
The Age of Discovery
The Rennaisance
The plague
The Dark Ages
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The process of redrawing legislative boundaries to benefit the party in power is called?
Blockbusting
Redrawing
Redistricting
Gerrymandering
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Recognition of power by other countries.
Territoriality
Sovereignty
Legitimacy
Nationalism
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study of the relationship between people, political units, and territory at various scales.
Political Geography
Political Education
Human Geography
Political Ecology
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Multinational state is a state that includes more than one nation within its borders. Examples
United States, Iceland, Great Britain
Canada, United States, Russian Federation
Canada, Russian Federation, Japan
Denmark, Iceland, Japan
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Argentina and Chile are separated by what type of physical boundary
mountains
ocean
desert
river
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How the people who hold the power in government are chosen
Elections
Government
Gerrymandering
Politics
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The world's largest state is...
China
Russia
USA
Brazil
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States having a projecting area, which may provide access to a resource or ocean
Fragmented State
Compact State
Elongated State
Prorupted State
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A group of people in a given geographical area with common heritage and culture is a
nation
frontier
nation-state
micro-state
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This country owned or controlled the most colonies on the African Continent
France
Germany
Great Britain
United States
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12-miles of territorial sea and 200 miles of Exclusive Economic Zone.
Geometric boundaries
Choke points
Median Boundaries
Maritime Boundaries
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A State is a political unit with all of the following except:
a government
Defined territory
same ethnicities
Permanent Population
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What did the British like to say about their Empire?
The sun never set on the British Empire
The new world was under the British control
The Americas belonged to them
They owned the world
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Devolution results from
power being given to a ruler
a sovereign state transferring power to lower levels
establishing more settlements
people passing authority to the government
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A nation-state is a state with primarily only one nation within its borders. Examples include
Japan, Denmark, Germany
Iceland, Denmark, Germany
Iceland, Denmark, Japan
Iceland, Japan, Germany
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The boundary types include all the following EXCEPT
Physical
Cultural
Geometric
Maritime
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Created in Africa, but were not based on cultural groupings, based on resource availability.
Capitols
Railways
Ports
Borders
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Geographers study the relationship between people, and territory at all scales except
Supranational
Global
Regional
Village
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Boundaries that are physically there (Berlin Wall) but no longer function
Forcible boundaries
Superimposed boundaries
Relic boundaries
Antecedent boundaries
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The oldest ancient political system was located in
Huang He River Valley
Nile River Valley
Indus River Valley
Mesopotamia
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Unitary states concentrate power
in several local governments
in no federal government
In several State governments
in one federal Government
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The effort to control pieces of the earth’s surface for personal, political, or social ends.
Territoriality
Nationalism
Sovereignty
Legitimacy
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The power that a government has to control its own territory.
Territoriality
Legitimacy
Nationalism
Sovereignty
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The Heartland theory is to Rimland theory as
Sea is to land
Continents are to islands
Land is to sea
trucks are to boats
