Unit 4 Political Geography

Currently there about how many countries in the world 

This would likely be a centrifugal force!

Territorial morphology! What shape state? 

Mahan believed that a country would do best if they can control what?

Political states which have a religious government are known as

All of the following would be a centripetal force within a country EXCEPT?

Distance, remoteness and marginal location enhance the potential for devolution, this is called

In which morphology is circulation,contact or other distance friction most likely a problem?

Why might a country elect to develop a 'Forward Capital'? 

Most African Nations gained their independence?

Organic State theory was created by? 

An otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension is called a ? 

Which country would most accurately satisfy the definition of a nation-state?

Which does not belong in Wallerstein's theory?

The border between the U.S and Canada west of the Great lakes is a ??

Exclaves are often created for which of the following reasons? 

The meeting in Europe that established the borders of newly formed African states? 

A region caught between powerful forces whose boundaries are often redefined ? 

The movement of power from the central government to regional governments is called?

A territory that is completely surrounded by a foreign state.

Which is not a characteristic of a unitary state governments?

Gerrymandering adjusts voting district boundaries in order to? 

Which Brazilian city was made into a forward capital? 

Who is a stateless nation?

Nafta is an example of a ?

Name the overly talented one!

A group of people who occupy an area and have a strong sense of unity based on shared beliefs

By having control of its external and internal affairs, a territory is said to have:

UNCLOS set the territorial extension of a country, how many miles out to sea? 

This helped create the modern state system 

A state in which power has coalesced into a primate city is probably?

If this shape was a state, it would be considered? 

Which would not be a characteristic of the "modern state"? 

The country mentioned below would be a ?

Purifying a region by killing or forcing people out is called? 

Not having any access to the sea, body of water or a port is called? 

Blast from the past: The fusion of cultural traits? 

A territory with a permanent population, recognized by an outside entity, and defined land? 

Supranationals are made of how many states? 

A charismatic leader would most like be a? 

Largest state in the world by area? 

The image represents what kind of state? 

The theorist who posited that conflict was inevitable wherever civilizational borders met?

Ratzel's organic theory stated that like an organism a state needs ??

A state is defined by all of the following EXCEPT?

Which of the following best describes the effects of globalization related to state sovereignty

Italy fought against Austria to annex Italian speaking regions controlled by Austria. This is ?

The global integrating force in Wallerstein's theory is?

The process of adjustment of the number of representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives