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AP Human Geography Chapter 8 Political Geography
AP Human Geography Chapter 8 Political Geography
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study of the relationship between people, political units, and territory at various scales.
Political Geography
Human Geography
Political Ecology
Political Education
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12-miles of territorial sea and 200 miles of Exclusive Economic Zone.
Geometric boundaries
Choke points
Median Boundaries
Maritime Boundaries
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States with projecting area, which may provide access to a resource or cut off part of nation
Elongated State
Prorupted State
Fragmented State
Compact State
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This country owned or controlled the most colonies on the African Continent
Great Britain
Germany
France
United States
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policy of extending a country’s influence to areas already developed by an indigenous society.
Territorialism
Colonialism
Mercantilism
Imperialism
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The effort to control pieces of the earth’s surface for personal, political, or social ends.
Territoriality
Nationalism
Sovereignty
Legitamacy
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The triangle trade sent goods to ______________ and ___________ to Africa
Europe: Tobacco
Americas: Rum
Europe: Rum
Goods: Slaves
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Established what we know of as the modern “state system” in Europe
In 1648, the Peace of Eastphalia
In 1648, the Peace of Westphalia
In 1748, the Peace of Westphalia
In 1848, the Peace of Eastphalia
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Geographers study the relationship between people, and territory at all scales except
Supranational Scale
Regional
Global
State
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Unitary states concentrate power
in several local governments
in no federal government
in one federal Government
In several State governments
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Is a state or group of states are influenced by other larger competing states.
A shatterbelt
A satellite state
A buffer state
A colony
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Easing tensions within boundaries by transferring power from a central government downward
revolution
devolution
evolution
anarchy
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Created in Africa, but were not based on cultural groupings but based on resource availability.
Ports
Railways
Borders
Capitols
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The major types of alliances include all of the following EXCEPT
Miltary
Partition
Co-op
Economic
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Establishing political dominance over a people for economic, political, and territorial gain.
Imperialism
Colonialism
Territorialism
Mercantilism
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A stateless nation include all except
Kurdistan
Western Sahara
Basques
Palestine
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The power that a government has to control its own territory.
Sovereignty
Territoriality
Legitamacy
Nationalism
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Multinational state is a state that includes more than one nation within its borders. Examples
United States, Iceland, Great Britain
Denmark, Iceland, Japan
Canada, United States, Russian Federation
Canada, Russian Federation, Japan
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A Nation is a group of people with everything except
shared homeland
shared cultural heritage
self determination
soveriegnty
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The three reasons Europeans colonized around the world include all EXCEPT
Gold
Gifts
Glory
God
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A State is a political unit with all of the following except:
same ethnicities
Permanent Population
Defined territory
a government
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formally independent state but under heavy military, economic, and political control by another
A shatterbelt
A stateless nation
A buffer zone
A satellite state
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acts as a buffer state between Russia and China who have had border conflicts for centuries.
India
North Korea
Bhutan
Mongolia
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The overthrow of colonial powers, called ______, has created more states than any other reason.
decolonization
evolution
colonization
devolution
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Recognition of power by other countries.
Sovereignty
Territoriality
Legitamacy
Nationalism
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political power was in large, borderless empires, city-states, tribal systems and feudal areas.
Up until the 1900s
Up until the 1500s
Up until the 1800s
Up until the 1600s
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Countries are considered to be _____________ when their people allow the government to rule.
Externally legitimate
Democracies
Dictatorships
internally legitimate
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Lasted from the early 15th century until the early 19th century, and spread European colonies
The Dark Ages
The plague
The Rennaisance
The Age of Discovery
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The boundary types include all the following EXCEPT
Cultural
Maritime
Physical
Geometric
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Is the area of a state where political or economic strength is located
Capitol
Coast
Core
Hinterland
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A nation-state is a state with primarily only one nation within its borders. Examples include
Iceland, Denmark, Germany
Iceland, Denmark, Japan
Japan, Denmark, Germany
Iceland, Japan, Germany
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The Heartland theory is to Rimland theory as
Continents are to islands
Sea is to land
Land is to sea
trucks are to boats
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How the people who hold the power in government are chosen
Gerrymandering
Government
Elections
Politics
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The oldest ancient political system was located in
Mesopotamia
Indus River Valley
Huang He River Valley
Nile River Valley
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Boundaries that are physically there (Berlin Wall) but no longer function
Forcible boundaries
Superimposed boundaries
Antecedent boundaries
Relic boundaries
