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Chapter 8 - Political Geography
Chapter 8 - Political Geography
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1
Listed among the challenges to the state in the 21 century are all the following EXCEPT
Economic globalization
Nuclear weapons
increased cultural commuincation
The United Nations
2
True or False: NAFTA is as North American supranational association for mutual economic benefit
True
False
3
Wallterstein's views express in world systems theory hold that the global integrating force was
the rise of the U.N
Colonial independence movements
captialism
Socialism
4
The European State idea spread throughout the world through
League of Nations Planning
European Colonialism
Contagious Diffusion
economic development
5
The present number of countries and territories in the world is around
400
200
350
300
6
supranationalism
refers efforts by _ or more states to forge associations for common advantage
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2
1
4
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T or False:Once a body of people is incorporated within a political boundary they are a nation
True
False
8
Globalizations includes all of the following
EXCEPT
stronger transnational corporations
more powerful financial markets
more isolated states
weaker state sovereignty
9
Yugoslavia was a prime example of a
multi-state nation
stateless nation
nation-state
multi-nation state
10
NAFTA is a North American Supranational association for mutual economic benefit
True
False
11
T or F? According to Hartshorne, centrifugal forces work to build a nation-state
True
False
12
As of 2005, which major European Union nation has not entered the Euro Monetary Zone?
Italy
Great Britain
Germany
France
13
Places where core & periphery both occur, exploited by the core &exploiting the periphery
Splitting
Semi Periphery
Demoncracy
Core
14
The idea that people are the ultimate sovereign, or ultimate say
Captialism
Democracy
Communisim
Dictator
15
Which is an example of an allocational boundary dispute
over boundaries not covered by a treaty
over the function of a boundary with regard to migration
over rights to resources crossed by international bounadires
over interpretation of boundary treaty terminology
16
The redrawing of political districts for political gain is termed what?
Immigrant Statehood
Gerrymandering
Reapportionment
Electoral Regions
17
Which is not a characteristic of unitary state governments?
highly centralized
concerned with fostering diversity of regional culture
suppression of regional subcultures
capital city functions as core of power
18
When borders follow an agreed upon feature in the geographic landscape
Physical Boundary
Geometric boundary
Boundary
Physical Political boundaries
19
Participation in the United Nations serves the useful purpose of committing states to
agreeing to world laws
respect and accept present political boundaries
international standards of behavior
loan money to poorer ones
20
Adjusting of the # of reps in the US House of Reps to reflect shifts in population patterns is
Gerrymandering
Territorial Representation
Electoral Geography
Reapportionment
21
A boundary between countries is a
point of separation on and below the surface only
vertical plane that cuts through the rocks below & air above
line shown only on maps
line on the ground only
22
Which is an example of stateless-nation?
Kurds
Hungary
Switerland
Korea