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1
Which congressional district do we belong to?
36th CA Congressional District
50th CA Congressional District
25th CA Congressional District
52th CA Congressional District
2
The shape of North Carolina’s Twelfth Congressional District, shown above, is most likely the result of
watershed boundaries
county boundaries
war
gerrymandering
3
How many congressional districts does CA have?
52
55
50
54
4
Boundaries based on the median-line principle are generally associated with
converging ethnic territories
unsettled frontier zones
bodies of water
major highways
5
How often does the Census happen?
every 5 years
every 20 years
every 10 years
every year
6
How do we elect the president of the United States?
Popular vote
By calling 1-800-Vote
Run-off voting
Electoral College
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Which of the following is the name of political redistricting that produces unusual shapers for political advantage?
gerrymandering
redlining
politicization
zoning
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How many congressional districts do we have in the U.S?
538
400
435
54
9
What do the maps indicate regarding the political geography of the Aegean Sea?
Greece controls most of the islands in the Aegean Sea
Turkey controls most of the islands in the Aegean Sea.
Turkey and Greece share control of most of the islands in the Aegean Sea.
Turkey controls all access from the Dardanelles to the Mediterranean Sea.
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In cases where countries are less than 400 nautical miles between two states under UNCLOS, how is the boundary set?
Both countries will follow the median-line principle.
Neither country can claim the area as an exclusive economic zone
Both countries will receive increased territorial sea claims up to 24 miles
Both countries will share all of the water area.
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Which of the following terms identifies the type of regions shown in the dark gray-shaded areas on the map?
semiautonomous nation
nation-state
physical region
state
12
Who is our representatives to the House of Representatives?
Nancy Pelosi
Gavin Newsom
Raul Ruiz
Joe Biden
13
Which of the following would be true for a Turkish-owned oil tanker sailing into Greek Territorial Waters?
ship would b charged tolls 4 sailing through Greek canals & internal waters
stopped by Greece’s Coast Guard 4 safety & environmental inspections.
ship could be sunk by the Greek Navy for entering Greece’s waters.
ship & its cargo would be confiscated 4 violating a United Nations treaty.
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Changes in the number of representatives affect politics at which of the following scales?
county
City
state
national
15
Most of Africa’s political boundaries were originally drawn by
seventeenth-century European explorers
the Bandung Conference of 1955
European colonial powers in the late-nineteenth century
decolonization movements of the 1950s and 1960s
16
Which of following terms refers 2 an area of instability located between regions w/ opposing political & cultural views?
shatter belt
rimland
heartland
choke point
17
Based on the map, which of the following can be identified as a true statement about Northern Ireland?
physically separate from rest of the United Kingdom, a multinational state.
forms its own sovereign nation-state predominately made up of the Irish
It is a frontier that is not formally part of a state
united with the rest of the island to form a sovereign nation-state.
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Iceland had only 1 period of human migration The country has a common culture and language. Iceland is a good example of
multination state
nation
nation-state
exclave
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How are electoral votes determined?
number of people + senators
each state gets one vote
#of representatives + Senators
20
Berlin Conference 1884–1885 changed borders in Africa reflected in world map. What type of political boundary r they?
Relict boundaries
Superimposed boundaries
Consequent boundaries
Antecedent boundaries
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Culturally defined political boundaries such as those determined by the spatial patterns of religion and language
consequent
antecedent
natural
geometric
22
United Nations recognition of a state's "exclusive economic zone" allows the state to
form limited economic alliances with other countries
establish economic free trade zones within territory of other states
limit importation of competitive goods and services from other countries
claim economic jurisdiction over 200 miles of water extending from coast
23
Which of the following explains why Korea and Vietnam were viewed as shatterbelts during the Cold War?
Korea & Vietnam experienced conflict due 2 dispute between global powers.
Korea and Vietnam were politically controlled by regional powers.
Korea and Vietnam tried to control land and sea areas around their states.
Korea and Vietnam fragmented into new states due to internal tensions.
24
former international border between East Germany and West Germany is best described as
a relict boundary
a demilitarized zone
open border
an antecedent boundary
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The boundaries of congressional districts of the United States are
redrawn every ten years
redrawn after every presidential election
redrawn whenever a member of Congress feels his constituency has changed
set according to a process developed by the writers of the U.S.Constitution
