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Unit 4 Content Review
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1
What is an example of a relic boundary?
Berlin Wall
The Sahara Desert
Andes Mountains
The U.S.-Canada border at Washington and British Columbia
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What is Gerrymandering?
The amount of people vote
Drawing borders to give a political party an advantage
Voting in multiple districts
When Gerry gets lost
3
What is devolution
Whole transfer of power from one State to another
Downgrade of power from one body to another
Ultimate power to an executive
The state recieving more sovereign power
4
All of the following are examples of Stateless Nations EXCEPT
Cubans
Kurds
Basques
Palestinians
5
Define subsequent boundaries
Changes after settlement with cultural landscape and events
Existed before settlement, based on the natural landscape
Straight lines
Created by colonizing powers, doesn't consider current cultures
6
Which example below is an example of Irredentism?
Japan vs. US (WWII)
Korean War
Russia vs Ukraine (current)
Cuban Missile Crisis
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What is a Unitary System?
led by a small group of people
Power is maintained by force
Sovereignty rests in a single, national government
ruled by a dictator (single ruler)
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The boundaries of Africa are considered
subsequent
relic
superimposed
consequent
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What is self-determination
The right to sovereignty for your nation.
A formal agreement between one nation and another.
The responsibility to protect yourself or your nation.
The motivation to control your own life and nation.
10
Define geometric boundaries
Created by colonizing powers, doesn't consider current cultures
Created using straight lines
Existed before settlement, based on the natural landscape
Changes after settlement with cultural landscape and events
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what is the difference between shatterbelts and choke points? (2 answers)
choke point is is a narrow waterway between two larger bodies of water
choke point is a region caught between stronger feuding political forces
shatterbelt is a narrow waterway between two larger bodies of water
shatterbelt is a region caught between stronger feuding political forces
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(4.5) Boundaries are defined, delimited, and demarcated. What is going on here?
Defining a boundary
Delimiting a boundary
Nothing
Demarcating a boundary
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What are maritime boundaries?
Conceptual division of the waters surface
Boundaries in outer space
Conceptual division of land area
Splitting up food to citizens
14
Boundaries based on the median-line principle are generally associated with
bodies of water
gerrymandering
mountain ranges
major highways
15
Define a consequent boundary
Territorial subdivision for electing members to a legislative body
A boundary line that coincides with a cultural divide like religion, etc
A geographical feature with significant strategic importance
A boundary that no longer functions, but is still visible
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How many nautical miles does the exclusive economic zone extend to, according to UNCLOS?
150
250
100
200
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How did the Berlin Conference of 1884 affect Africa?
African nations drew boundary lines between tribes.
European imperialists divided African lands without consent.
Europeans declared war over resources in Africa.
European businesses divided land and resources in Africa.
18
Which of the following is NOT an example of a multination state?
Japan
United States
Canada
Russia
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Which of the following is NOT a requirement to be a state
All of these are required
Territory with borders
Sovereignty
Recognition from other states
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How far do exclusive economic zones extend according to the UNCLOS? (in nmi = nautical miles)
100 nmi.
300 nmi.
400 nmi.
200 nmi.
21
Which one of these is
not
an aim of the Arctic Council?
Extracting all of the oil from the polar .
Protecting Arctic fauna and flora (biodiversity)
Protecting Arctic waters
Protecting Arctic people
22
All of the following are supranational organizations except
The United Nations
North American Free Trade Agreement
European Union
US Supreme Court
23
What is redistricting?
The process of moving legislative districts
The process of making legislative districts
The process of confirming legislative districts
The process of redrawing legislative districts
24
Balkanization is
similar to decolonization
when large states such as Yugoslavia breaks up
when states are too bulky
when a country expands
25
Forces that lead to devolution?
All of the above
Irredentism
Ethnic separatism
Physical geography
26
What country below is not an example of a federal government?
india
mexico
cuba
united states
27
The laws determined by UNCLOS govern
Antarctica
The oceans
Space
Colonial territories
28
Define neocolonialism
When a country takes people as slaves from other countries
Type of imperialism where people settled into the land of another country
When a country builds churches in another area to spread their religion
An indirect form of control through economic/political pressure
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States that have predominately the same culture and ethnicity are referred to as
multistate nations.
unitary systems.
nation-states.
multination states.
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Define antecedent boundaries
Changes after settlement with cultural landscape and events
Created by colonizing powers, doesn't consider current cultures
Existed before settlement, based on the natural landscape
Straight lines
