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Chapter 8 - Political Geography (Mr. Brooks)
Chapter 8 - Political Geography (Mr. Brooks)
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1
True or False: NAFTA is as North American supranational association for mutual economic benefit
False
True
2
T or F? According to Hartshorne, centrifugal forces work to build a nation-state
False
True
3
Ratzel's ideas of geopolitics/organic theory helped country in their philosophy of expansion?
Britain
Japan
France
Nazi Germany
4
The present number of countries and territories in the world is around
200
300
350
400
5
What country do members of the European community worry will dominate the entire group?
Turkey
UK
france
Germany
6
A boundary between countries is a
vertical plane that cuts through the rocks below & air above
point of separation on and below the surface only
line shown only on maps
line on the ground only
7
Wallterstein's views express in world systems theory hold that the global integrating force was
Socialism
the rise of the U.N
captialism
Colonial independence movements
8
Participation in the United Nations serves the useful purpose of committing states to
loan money to poorer ones
respect and accept present political boundaries
agreeing to world laws
international standards of behavior
9
Which is an example of stateless-nation?
Switerland
Korea
Hungary
Kurds
10
Which "Nation" are you apart of??
Dolphins
Jaguars
Buccaneers
Another team
11
Which is not a characteristic of unitary state governments?
concerned with fostering diversity of regional culture
highly centralized
suppression of regional subcultures
capital city functions as core of power
12
A countries sense of property, and determination to keep it safe and strongly defended:
Territorial Integrity
Territoriality
Splitting
Sovereignty
13
When borders follow an agreed upon feature in the geographic landscape
Boundary
Physical Boundary
Physical Political boundaries
Geometric boundary
14
Which is an example of an allocational boundary dispute
over interpretation of boundary treaty terminology
over rights to resources crossed by international bounadires
over the function of a boundary with regard to migration
over boundaries not covered by a treaty
15
The redrawing of political districts for political gain is termed what?
Immigrant Statehood
Gerrymandering
Electoral Regions
Reapportionment
16
Adjusting of the # of reps in the US House of Reps to reflect shifts in population patterns is
Territorial Representation
Reapportionment
Electoral Geography
Gerrymandering
17
Yugoslavia was a prime example of a
nation-state
multi-nation state
multi-state nation
stateless nation
18
The idea that people are the ultimate sovereign, or ultimate say
Dictator
Democracy
Communisim
Captialism
19
The European State idea spread throughout the world through
League of Nations Planning
Contagious Diffusion
economic development
European Colonialism
20
T or F:Once a body of people is incorporated within a political boundary they are a nation
False
True
21
Mackinder's views led to which American containment policy?
NAFTA
UN
NATO
EU
22
As of 2005, which major European Union nation has not entered the Euro Monetary Zone?
France
Italy
Germany
Great Britain
23
Places where core & periphery both occur, exploited by the core &exploiting the periphery
Core
Splitting
Demoncracy
Semi Periphery
24
Listed among the challenges to the state in the 21 century are all the following EXCEPT
Nuclear weapons
Economic globalization
The United Nations
increased cultural commuincation