AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY Unit 4: Political Geography

Kurdistan is an example of a(n)

The smallest political-administrative unit.

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

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

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

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

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

A primate city.

The Law of the Sea (1982) standardized

Best example of a Nation-state.

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

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

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

NOT a land-locked state?

Boundaries most clearly symbolize the political principal of...

Best example of voluntary segregation.

Example of a superimposed boundary created by the Communist Europe.

The civil war in Rwanda is most closely an example of...

NOT a centripetal force in a nation-state.

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

An enclave state.

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

The Kashmir region of India is primarily known for

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

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

Largest territory in the world in terms of population.

A state with the best relative location.

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

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

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

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

The countertrend to fragmentation in global interactions today.

NOT a supranational organization.

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

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

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

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

Example of a geometric boundary.

Boundary dispute between the U.S. and Mexico.

NOT an institution commonly found in modern states.

Allocational boundary disputes involve

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A recent global trend in domestic economic policies.

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

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

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

Best example of a city-state.

NOT a primary purpose of the EU.

A group uses violence to intimidate governments.

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

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

Example of a multicore state.

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

Chilean Navy ship 100 miles of its coast can legally

Largest stateless nation in the world.

Supranationalism has come at the expense of what geopolitical concept?

The French empire in West Africa collapsed, the region split into 8 different countries.

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

North Korea is one of the few remaining examples of a

Which event symbolically marked the end of the Cold War?

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

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

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