1) President Barack Obama is a good example of the
A) complexity of ethnic identity in the United States.
B) confusion over ethnicity and race in Kenya.
2) What was apartheid?
A) the dialect of Dutch which is spoken in South Africa
B) South Africa's governmental system
C) the existence of landlocked states in southern Africa
C) biological basis for classifying humans.
D) principle of the distribution of persons of color.
D) the legal system of separating races in South Africa
E) the kinship system of Sub-Saharan Africa
3) The most numerous ethnicity in the United States is
A) African Americans.
B) Asian Americans.
C) Latinos/Hispanics.
D) American Indians and Alaska Natives.
E) Australo-Asian.
4) Which best describes the distribution of ethnicities in the United States?
A) regional concentrations
D) all of the above
B) concentrations within cities
E) B and C
C) concentration in cities
5) African Americans are clustered in what area of the United States?
A) Southeast
B) Southwest
C) Plains states
Northeast
D) Pacific Northwest
E)
6) Latinos and Hispanics are clustered in what areas of the United States?
A) Northeast, cities
C) Southwest, Southeast
B) West, Southwest
D) Pacific Northwest, Plains states
7) The largest Hispanic/Latino groups in the United States are from which two countries?
A) Guatemala and Mexico
D) Puerto Rico and Cuba
B) Cuba and Mexico
E) Dominican Republic and Cuba
C) Puerto Rico and Mexico
8) Native Americans and Alaska Natives together make up what percentage of the total United States population?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 5
E) 8
9) Ethnic identity for descendants of European immigrants is primarily preserved through
A) neighborhoods and locations.
D) religion and food.
B) schools and education.
E) political affiliation.
C) language.
10) Which of the following is NOT an element of cultural diversity?
A) language
B) religion
C) ethnicity
D) race
11) Which is the most dramatic change in the geographic distribution of African Americans in the United States?
A) rural to urban within the state
D) movement out of inner-cities
B) change to sharecropping
E) relocation to coastal cities
C) relocation to northern cities
12) The Plessy v. Ferguson court decision resulted in
A) the abolition of discriminatory lending practices and restrictive covenants.
B) the "separate but equal" doctrine of racial equality.
C) the required integration of schools.
D) "Jim Crow" laws across the American South.
E) B and D.
13) The Brown v. Board of Education court decision ruled
A) separate schools for blacks and whites were unconstitutional.
B) "white flight" was illegal but there was no way to prove a move was motivated by racism.
C) discriminatory lending practices and restrictive covenants were unconstitutional.
D) separate facilities for blacks and whites were acceptable so long as they were of the same quality.
E) B and D.
14) Race is
A) characterized by Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic/Latino.
B) self-identification with a group sharing a biological ancestor.
C) determinable from physical characteristics.
D) evenly distributed around the world.
E) defined by statute in most states.
15) Racism is belief in
A) the biological classification of people.
B) superiority of some groups because of racial identity.
C) inferiority of other groups because of racial identity.
D) all of the above
E) B and C
16) People who were restricted by covenants in deeds included all EXCEPT
A) Caucasians.
B) Jews.
C) Blacks.
B.
D) Roman Catholics.
E) A and
17) White flight is
A) movement of whites from northern cities.
B) movement of whites from southern cities.
C) establishment of suburbs.
D) decrease in percent whites because of black migration from the Southeast.
E) emigration of whites from an area blacks were anticipated to move to.
18) Neighborhood changes in ethnicity are sometimes caused by the illegal practice of
A) segregation.
B) separate but equal.
C) blockbusting.
E) red lining.
D) self-identification.
19) A nationality is
A) a group of people tied to a place through legal status and tradition.
B) a country.
C) ethnic identity.
D) any cohesive group of people.
E) a group with shared religion, language, and origin of birth.
20) The concept that nationalities have the right to govern themselves is known as the right of
A) centripetal force.
D) sovereignty.
B) nation-state.
E) ethnic identity.
C) self-determination.
21) Denmark is a close example of a nation-state because
A) nearly all Danes speak Danish and live in Denmark.
B) Danish and German nationalities intermingle in Schleswig-Holstein.
C) the people living on the Faeroe islands, which are controlled by Denmark, speak Faeroese.
D) Denmark consolidated its boundaries by giving Greenland to Norway.
E) all of the above
22) Which of the following is NOT a strong centripetal force in the United States?
A) network television
D) "The Star Spangled Banner"
B) the flag
E) baseball
C) the many ethnic groups living in the United States
23) Loyalty and devotion to a state that represents a particular group's culture is
A) nationalism.
B) nation-state.
C) nation.
D) state.
24) In the United States, which is shared by all Americans?
A) nationality
B) language
C) ethnicity
25) Conflict in Africa is widespread because of
A) colonial boundaries.
B) numerous ethnic groups.
C) rapid economic development.
E) multiculturalism.
D) race
E) gender
D) all of the above
E) A and B.
26) Large-scale migration occurred in South Asia after 1947 primarily because of the
A) boat people.
D) separation of religious groups.
B) communist victory.
E) new mobility provided by railway construction.
C) failure of the monsoon rains.
27) The Kurds
A) are living in a new country created for them between Iraq, Iran, and Turkey.
B) are a group which long ago migrated from Anatolia to the Balkans.
C) have no wish to become a nationality, only to remain an ethnicity.
D) have a large population but are divided among enough countries that they are a minority in every one.
28) As Sudan's religion-based civil war was winding down, an ethnic war erupted in the region of
A) Eritrea.
B) Tigre.
C) Darfur.
D) Amhara.
E) Oromo.
29) Balkanization refers to
A) the creation of nation-states in southeastern Europe.
B) the breakdown of a state due to conflicts among nationalities.
C) a small geographic area that cannot successfully be organized into states.
D) ethnic cleansing.
E) religions splintering into opposing groups.
30) The breakup of Yugoslavia during the 1990s was caused by
A) ethnic cleansing.
B) the assassination in Sarajevo of the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary.
C) rivalries among nationalities.
D) NATO.
E) espionage by Russian agents.
31) After World War II ended, millions of people were forced to migrate because of
A) Soviet repatriation of Gypsies and Jews.
B) counterattacks by the Allies.
C) German expansion.
D) return of defeated German soldiers to their homes.
E) changes in the boundaries of states.
32) The process when a group forcibly removes another group is called
A) war.
B) migrational push factors. C) racism.
D) ethnic cleansing. E) white flight.
33) Race is
A) biologically based.
B) socially constructed.
C) composed of three major skin color groups.
D) the same as culture.
34) The most populous country NOT a member of the UN is
A) Taiwan.
B) North Korea.
C) Switzerland.
D) Monaco.
35) An area organized into an independent political unit is a
A) colony.
B) nationality.
C) satellite.
D) state.
E) suburb.
36) A state with control over its internal affairs has
A) centripetal forces.
B) nationality.
ethnicity.
C) suffrage.
D) sovereignty.
E)
37) Over the past half century, the number of sovereign states in the world
A) has remained approximately the same.
D) has increased by more than a hundred
B) has increased by a couple of dozen.
E) has increased by more than a thousand.
C) has decreased by a couple of dozen.
38) The world's largest state is
A) China.
B) Canada.
C) Russia.
39) Korea is a good example of a
A) sovereign state.
B) nation-state.
C) ethnicity divided between more than one state.
D) Alaska.
E) India.
D) colony.
E) patron-state.
40) The only large land mass not part of a sovereign state is
A) Antarctica.
B) the Arctic.
C) Greenland.
Borneo.
D) Siberia.
E)
41) A territory tied to a state rather than being completely independent is a
A) nation.
B) state.
C) nation-state.
D) colony.
E) patron-state.
42) The first widespread use of the nation-state concept came in
A) Mesopotamia. B) the Roman Empire.
C) Western Europe. D) the United States.
E) Southeast Asia.
43) There are some extremely small states in the world that have all of the following characteristics EXCEPT?
A) Many are islands.
D) All are smaller than 1,000 square kilometers.
B) They are called microstates.
E) Many of the island nations are former European colonies.
C) Most are in the southern hemisphere.
44) Elongated states may suffer from poor internal communication and difficulty defending its borders. Which of the
following is not an elongated state?
A) Malawi
B) Gambia
C) Poland
D) Chile
E) Vietnam
45) A frontier, in contrast to a boundary,
A) separates two states.
B) is an area rather than a line.
C) has become a more common means to separate states.
D) is a region of ethnic conflict.
E) all of the above
46) Which shape most easily fosters the establishment of effective internal communications for a state?
A) compact
B) elongated
C) fragmented
D) prorupted
prolonged
E)
47) The process of redrawing legislative boundaries to benefit the party in power is called
A) gerrymandering. B) stacking votes. C) hanging chads. D) redlining.
E) blockbusting.
48) A feature of the physical environment commonly used to separate states includes all but which of the following?
A) deserts
B) geometrics
C) mountains
D) lakes
E) rivers
49) The boundary between the United States and Canada is best described by which of the following?
A) geometry
B) language
C) water
D) mountain
50) Boundaries were redrawn in much of Europe after World War I according to the
A) distribution of languages.
D) League of Nations.
B) demands of the victorious British and French.
E) North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
E) A and C
C) containment of Nazism.
51) The eastern part of the border between the U. S. and Mexico is delineated by
A) the Rio Grande. B) language differences.
C) the Mojave desert.
D) a fence.
52) An increasing number of states have adopted a federal form of government primarily to
A) grant different ethnicities or nationalities more effective representation.
B) encourage the breakup of the superpower alliances.
C) govern compact states more effectively.
D) deploy scarce resources efficiently.
E) meet all of the above needs.
53) A state which places most power in the hands of a central government is a
A) federal state.
B) nation-state.
C) fragmented state.
state.
D) unitary state.
E) compact
54) Redistricting so that the opposition is spread across many districts as a minority it termed a ________ strategy.
A) wasted vote
B) stacked vote
C) gerrymandering
D) excess vote
55) States cooperate with each other for what kind of reasons?
A) political
B) military
C) economic
C
56) The United Nations is primarily what kind of cooperative effort?
A) political
B) military
C) economic
above
57) The present number of countries and territories in the world is closest to
A) 400.
B) 350.
C) 300.
D) all of the above E) A and
D) cultural
E) all of the
D) 200.
58) The Commonwealth is primarily
A) an economic and cultural alliance of states once part of the British Empire.
B) an organization of culturally homogenous nations that opposed the Warsaw Pact.
C) organized to increase availability of mineral resources in perforated states.
D) a religious entity that sends missionaries to Africa.
59) The growth of the European Union has resulted in member states
A) having greater control of their internal finances
B) adopting a common currency and freer travel
C) enacting tighter borders and travel policies
D) participating in the world's wealthiest market.
E) B and D
60) What term refers to efforts by three or more states forging binding associations in pursuit of common goals.
A) supranationalism
B) colonialism
C) mercantilism D) supernationalism
E) internationalism
61) In world-systems theory, the core exhibits
A) high levels of education B) more technology
C) high salaries
D) all of the above
62) Sir Halford Mackinder based his geopolitical theory on
A) the importance of sea power in controlling the world
B) the eventual dominance of the world by a land-based power
C) the Cold War between Communist and non-Communist powers
D) the coming strength of China
63) The first political geographer who studied the state in detail was Friedrich Ratzel who postulated that the state
resembles a biological organism. His organic theory identified ______________ as a state's essential life giving force.
A) religion
B) a strong military
C) space
D) mobility
64) What was the largest attack committed by a domestic terrorist in United States history?
A) the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
B) the April 19, 1995 attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.
C) the attack on the Waco compound of the religious group led by David Koresh
D) the 1993 bombing in the World Trade Center garage.
65) Malawi, Bolivia, Austria and Mongolia are all examples of ___________________ states.
A) perforated
B) elongated
C) landlocked
D) fragmented
Match the example with the state shape it represents.
A) Italy
B) South Africa
C) Namibia
E) Indonesia
D) France
66) Perforated
67) Elongated
68) Prorupted
69) Compact
70) Fragmented
Vocabulary from the Poli Sci Unit
Nationality, multi-national state, stateless nation, substate level, superimposed borders, antecedent and subsequent borders,
federal and unitary, centripetal and centrifugal forces (apply to countries), multi-state nation, intra and inter national, irredentism
Definitions
Customs Union
EU- trade as a group
Free Trade Agreement
NAFTA- free trade with Mexico and Canada
Nation
Ethnic group- wants some political empowerment
Centripetal and Centrifugal Applies to a state
Multi-national state
Many nations – Federal – Growing as a form of government
Stateless nation
Nation or ethnic group that does not have a country of its own
Multi-State nation
They exist in several countries
Refugee versus IDP
Crossing a border – ME and Africa
Sovereignty
Country
Self-Determination
Right of a group of people
Nation-State
Ethnic group makes up the county
Irredentism
Reclaim a lost area that you see as part of your ethnic homeland
Devolution
Break up or giving more power to provinces
Superimposed Boundary
Colonial boundaries
Enclave
Exclave
Forward Capital
move cap to center
Neocolonialism
Supernationalism
when 3 or more countries join an organization and give up some of their sovereignty to that
organization
Which does dictatorship have sovereign self determination
How does Racism work – what makes something racists? Discussing race – government questions on race
Aspects of
Federal multinational trend tend to versus always
Unitary nation dictatorship
Core-Multi-Core States (to a small degree)
Organic, Rimland, Heartland, Domino
Dependency theory – Core-Periphery
State Shapes and landlocked or not compact – lines of communication, defencse, easier for governing landlocked
UN – official languages, security council, major parts, main missions (maintaining peace and boundaries) languages have
more countries and / or more people
EU –border, currency, business laws,
Question on the languages of the UN
Biggest costs / missions of the UN
landlocked
Question on the members of the security council
Difference between a multiethnic and a multinational state with examples
Specific country questions
Yugoslavia – ethnic groups and religions
Russia – ethnic groups in which countries that have caused conflict –when did it happen –what groups are left
(Irrendentism with Ukraine and Georgia)
Armenians
India and Pakistan
Which demographics make the most sense for Los Angeles
A. 50% African American 0% Asian 30% Non-Hispanic White 50% Hispanic
B. 35% African American 5% Asian 30% Non-Hispanic White 30% Hispanic
C. 10% African American 30% Asian 30% Non-Hispanic White 10% Hispanic
D. 10% African American 10% Asian 30% Non-Hispanic White 50% Hispanic
E. None of the Above
Which demographics make the most sense for Milwaukee?
30% African American 10% Asian 30% Non-Hispanic White 30% Hispanic
40% African American 5% Asian 35% Non-Hispanic White 15% Hispanic
10% African American 30% Asian 30% Non-Hispanic White 10% Hispanic
10% African American 10% Asian 30% Non-Hispanic White 50% Hispanic
None of the Above
Which demographics make the most sense for Memphis?
30% African American 10% Asian 30% Non-Hispanic White 30% Hispanic
40% African American 5% Asian 35% Non-Hispanic White 15% Hispanic
60% African American 2% Asian 30% Non-Hispanic White 5% Hispanic
10% African American 10% Asian 30% Non-Hispanic White 50% Hispanic
None of the Above
Which Demographics make the most sense for Seattle
30% African American 10% Asian 30% Non-Hispanic White 30% Hispanic
40% African American 5% Asian 35% Non-Hispanic White 15% Hispanic
60% African American 2% Asian 30% Non-Hispanic White 5% Hispanic
8% African American 15% Asian 65% Non-Hispanic White 7% Hispanic
None of the Above
1. The end of a powerful dictatorship in a multi-national state to a government that empowers provinces in the country and gives
the people in the provinces more self-determination could best be described as a change to a
a) federal government b) pluralism. c) democratization. d) devolution.
e) all of the above
2. Which country has not experienced violent devolution?
a) Yugoslavia b) Ukraine c) Czechoslovakia d) Turkey
e) none of the above
3. The process of adjustment of the number of representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives to reflect shifts in population
patterns is known as
a) gerrymandering.
b) territorial representation. c) electoral geography. d) reapportionment.
e) none of the above
4. A series of concrete pillars _________ the northern boundary of Kuwait with Iraq.
a) defines b) delimits c) demarcates d) determines
e) none of the above
5. A boundary between countries is a
a) line on the ground only.
b) line shown only on maps.
c) point of separation on and below the surface only.
d) vertical plane that cuts through the rocks below and air above.
6. Following the disintegration of the former Soviet Union the only surviving superpower was
a) China. b) the United States. c) Great Britain. d) France.
e) none of the above
7. Technically supranationalism refers to efforts by ______ or more states to forge associations for common advantage and
in pursuit of common goals.
a) 2 b) 4 c) 5 d) 3 e) 0
8. South Sudan, after independence, is still likely to have a problem with
A) Tribalism
B) An evenly split population of Muslims and Christians
C) The lack of an official language
D) a rapid increase in development causing a surge in the rural to urban movement
E) refugees from neighboring Chad
9. The Palestinians are
A a multi-state nation B a stateless nation C a multi-national state
D a sovereign nationality E both A and B
10. Which country has not experienced devolution recently
A Sudan B Yugoslavia C United Kingdom D Czechoslovakia E Portugal
11. Palestinians are located in the territory of Palestine also known as
A the West Bank B Lebanon C Jordan D the Gaza Strip E both A and D
12. NAFTA changed what aspect of the border between the US and Mexico
A Definitional B Locational C Operational D Allocational E None of the above
13.The EU changed what aspect of the borders of EU countries
A Definitional B LocationalC OperationalD AllocationalE None of the above
14) An example of a country fostering diversity through its decentralized government
A) Japan
B) France
C) Ireland
D) Nigeria
E) none of the above
15 Mr. Lewis
A wears depends so he never has to go to the washroom
B thinks that pop should count as his vegetable intake since it includes corn
C is starring at you right now
D made all of the answers on this exam the letter B just to mess with your head
E all of the above
16. Ethnicity implies
A you have a common ancestry
B they identify themselves as a group
C you share a common cultural heritage
D you share a common hearth area
E all of the above
17. which is not an element of cultural diversity
A language B religion C ethnicity D race E art
18 A concentrated into certain regions of the country
B concentrated into certain regions of states
C concentrated into certain neighborhoods in cities
D some states have virtually no ethnic groups
E all of the above
19) What one word best describes the ethnic distribution in Chicago?
A) dispersed
B) clustered
C) diverse
D) contiguous
E) inverted
At all levels concentrated into certain areas
20 Just previous to 1950s, diversity in Northern cities in the US
A meant having many differing types of Europeans
B was primarily differing European groups and African Americans
C meant that cities were often 1/3rd Hispanic, 1/3rd African America and 1/3rd of European descent
D meant that cities were mainly minorities (Hispanics, Asians and African Americans)
E none of the above
Years of great migration
21) African Americans migrated out of the U.S. South partly as a consequence of
A) the removal of travel visa requirements for people of color.
B) increased farm mechanization leading to a decreased demand for farm labor.
C) the development of better airports, allowing for rapid and efficient travel.
D) increasing opportunities to work in northern coal mines and the California gold rush.
E) the growth of agriculture in the U.S. North.
1910-1970
22) From 1910 to 1950, population density of African Americans in ghettos in Northern cities
A) increased.
B) remained the same.
C) decreased.
D) briefly increased before decreasing.
E) fluctuated.
23) What was apartheid?
A) the dialect of Dutch which is spoken in South Africa
B) South Africa's governmental system
C) the existence of landlocked states in southern Africa
D) the geographic separation of races in South Africa
E) the kinship system of Sub-Saharan Africa
24) According to the United States Census Bureau, a Mexican American might also be considered a member of which races?
A) Japanese, Cuban, or another
B) Black, Mexican, or another
C) Black, White, or another
D) White, Guatemalan, or Mexican
E) White only
25) An example of white flight is the
A) movement of whites from northern cities like Chicago and New York to southern cities.
B) movement of whites from southern cities like New Orleans to western cities like Los Angeles.
C) establishment of suburbs around Los Angeles.
D) decrease in the percent of whites remaining in the Southeast because of black migration from the Southeast.
E) emigration of whites from central Los Angeles as blacks were arriving.
26) Which pair of concepts or entities from South Africa and the United States is the best match?
A) apartheid—"Jim Crow" laws
B) homelands—blockbusting
C) South African Nationalist Party—U.S. Tea Party
D) Nelson Mandela—white flight
E) apartheid—U.S. Libertarian Party.
27) Ethnic identity for U.S. descendants of European immigrants is primarily preserved through
A) neighborhoods and locations.
B) schools and education.
C) language.
D) religion and food.
E) political affiliation.
28 The Kurds
A) are living in a new country created for them between Iraq, Iran, and Turkey.
B) are a group which long ago migrated from Anatolia to the Balkans.
C) have no wish to become a nationality, only to remain an ethnicity.
D) have a large population but are divided among enough countries that they are a minority in every one.
E) are not targeted as potential rebels by the Turkish government.
29) Sri Lanka has continuing ethnic conflict between
A) Sinhalese Buddhists and Tamil Hindus.
B) Dravidian animists and Hindu rebels.
C) Jacobites and Assyrians.
D) Urdu separatists and Kashmir rebels.
E) Hutus and Tutsis.
30 The Palestinians
A) are living in a new country created for them out of Israel.
B) are a group which long ago migrated from Anatolia to the Balkans.
C) have no wish to become a nationality, only to remain an ethnicity.
D) have a large population but are divided among territories and countries near Israel.
E) are not often targeted as potential terrorists by the Israeli government.
Israel
31) Ethnicities in the same country come into conflict partly because
A) they have conflicting traditions of self-rule.
B) they share a language.
C) minority ethnicities are officially recognized.
D) their national identity is shared.
E) the national wealth is evenly distributed.
32) Most of the conflict in Africa is widespread because of
A) colonial boundaries clearly demarcating the various ethnic and national populations.
B) numerous ethnic groups living in perpetual peace and understanding.
C) rapid economic development for the poor at the expense of the rich.
D) gradual economic development favoring the poor over the rich.
E) colonial boundaries in the midst of numerous ethnic and national groups.
33) Balkanization refers to
A) the creation of nation-states in southeastern Europe.
B) the breakdown of a state due to conflicts among nationalities.
C) a small geographic area that cannot successfully be organized into states.
D) ethnic cleansing.
E) religions splintering into opposing groups.
34) A frontier, in contrast to a boundary,
A) separates two states.
B) is an area rather than a line.
C) has become a more common means to separate states.
D) is a region of ethnic conflict.
E) is the westernmost part of a state.
When for each boundary / frontiers and why
Earlier in history
Definition of a boundary
35) The boundary between Argentina and Chile is an example of a
A) prorupted boundary.
B) geometric boundary.
C) physical boundary.
D) cultural frontier.
E) perforated frontier.
36) The eastern part of the border between the United States and Mexico is delineated by
A) the Rio Grande.
C) the Mojave desert.
E) the Rocky Mountains.
B) the Gulf of Mexico.
D) the Mississippi River.
37) A South American country with an elongated shape is
A) Bolivia.
B) Colombia.
C) Brazil.
D) Chile.
E) Ecuador
35) The western boundary between Canada and the US is best described as
A) prorupted boundary.
B) geometric boundary.
C) physical boundary.
D) cultural frontier.
E) perforated frontier.
36) Swaziland makes ________ into a perforated state.
A) Madagascar
B) the United Kingdom
C) Italy
D) South Africa
E) Zimbabwe
37) The most fragmented Southeast Asian state is
A) Brunei.
B) Malaysia.
C) East Timor.
D) Indonesia.
E) Thailand.
38) A state with control over its internal affairs has
A) centripetal forces.
B) nationality.
C) suffrage.
D) sovereignty.
E) ethnicity.
39) The concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves is known as
A) centripetal determination.
B) nationalism.
C) universal suffrage.
D) self determination.
E) sovereignty.
Nations / nationalities What are the different terms for right to govern for ethnicity and nation
40) Which shape most easily fosters the establishment of effective internal communications for a smaller state?
A) compact
B) elongated
C) fragmented
D) prorupted
E) prolonged
41) Which shape most easily fosters the establishment of effective internal communications for a smaller state?
A) compact
B) elongated
C) fragmented
D) prorupted
E) prolonged
42) The ideal shape for an ethnic neighborhood would be
A) anachronic
B) prorupted
C) fragmented
D) elongated
E) compact
43) Poland is
A) a compact state B) a nation-state.
C) was a unitary government when it was under communist rule
D) is a member of the EU
E) all of the above
44) The EU has
A) replaced Comic-Con as the annual conference in Chicago
B) protected Western Europe from a Soviet invasion and improved Europe's environmental protections.
C) promoted economic growth and integration in Europe.
D) closed NATO military bases around the Mediterranean Sea in order to save money since the end of the Cold War.
E) protected Southwestern Asia and North Africa from Muslim incursions.
45) An increasing number of states have adopted a federal form of government primarily to
A) grant different ethnicities the ability to have some self-governance of their own provinces
B) encourage the breakup of the superpower alliances.
C) govern compact states more effectively.
D) deploy scarce resources efficiently.
E) accommodate rightwing political parties and their demands for more representation in national elections.
GERRYMANDERING
46) Brazil is an example of a(n)
A) autocracy.
B) anocracy.
C) democratic and sovereign state.
D) a landlocked state
E) failed state.
Puerto Rico
Commonwealth – not totally sovereign
Self-determination
47) Spain is an example of a(n)
A) autocracy.
B) anocracy.
C) partial democracy.
D) full democracy.
E) failed state.
48) The Democratic Republic of the Congo is an example of a(n) Somalia
A) autocracy.
B) anocracy.
C) partial democracy.
D) full democracy.
E) failed state.
49) According to the map of regime types, Chile is now an example of a(n)
A) autocracy.
B) anocracy.
C) partial democracy.
D) full democracy.
E) failed state.
Now an MDC
China
Taiwan
50) Zimbabwe is an example of a(n)
A) autocracy.
B) partial democracy.
C) full democracy.
D) anocracy.
E) failed state.
51) Belarus is an example of a(n)
A) fragmented state
B) partial democracy.
C) full democracy.
D) dictatorship
E) EU state
52) Saudi Arabia is an example of a(n)
A) fragmented state
B) partial democracy.
C) full democracy.
D) country with a low GEM rating / score
E) EU state
53 The process of redrawing legislative boundaries to benefit the party in power is called
A) gerrymandering.
B) stacking votes.
C) hanging chads.
D) redlining.
E) blockbusting.
54) A district drawn to have as many votes as possible for your political party is an example of what kind of votes
A) excess vote
B) red-state rigged
C) stacked vote
D) wasted vote
E) inexcess vote
55) If Republicans only make up 25% of a district, their votes are an example of what
A) excess vote
B) red-state rigged
C) stacked vote
D) wasted vote
E) inexcess vote
56) A district drawn to have as many votes as possible for your political party is an example of what kind of votes
A) excess vote
B) red-state rigged
C) stacked vote
D) wasted vote
E) inexcess vote
57 One district is packed with voters of the democratic party so that the other districts can have only a small number of
democrats. The district with many democrats is an example of _____________
A) excess vote
B) red-state rigged
C) stacked vote
D) wasted vote
E) inexcess vote
58) The two Germanys
A) existed separately from 1949 to 1990.
B) are the newest UN member states in Europe.
C) were divided by proto-Germanic languages.
D) are on opposite banks of the Rhine River.
E) were divided by economic and cultural boundaries until 1871.
59) Ethnicity is important because
A) it provides the only stable basis of political states in the modern world.
B) it opposes nationalism and globalization -Africa.
C) it promotes peace and wellbeing in the face of the globalization of culture.
D) it reinforces diversity in the face of the globalization of culture.
E) it defines citizenship and sovereignty in the political arena.
60) The second most populous minority group in the United States is
A) Latinos/Hispanics.
B) Asian Americans.
C) African Americans.
D) American Indians and Alaska Natives.
E) Austral-Asians.
61) The largest Hispanic/Latino groups in the United States are from which two countries?
A) Guatemala and Mexico
B) Cuba and Mexico
C) Puerto Rico and Mexico
D) Puerto Rico and Cuba
E) Dominican Republic and Cuba
62) The largest numbers of Asian Americans are descended from immigrants from
A) Vietnam.
B) Japan.
C) China. D) the Philippines.
E) Korea.
63) Asian Americans are clustered in what area of the United States?
A) Southwest
B) West
C) Plains states
D) Northeast
E) Southeast
64) Ethnicity is important because
A) it provides the only stable basis of political states in the modern world.
B) it opposes nationalism and globalization -Africa.
C) it promotes peace and wellbeing in the face of the globalization of culture.
D) it reinforces diversity in the face of the globalization of culture.
E) it defines citizenship and sovereignty in the political arena.
65) The second most populous minority group in the United States is
A) Latinos/Hispanics.
B) Asian Americans.
C) African Americans.
D) American Indians and Alaska Natives.
E) Austral-Asians.
67) The largest Hispanic/Latino groups in the United States are from which two countries?
A) Guatemala and Mexico B) Cuba and Mexico
C) Puerto Rico and Mexico D) Puerto Rico and Cuba
E) Dominican Republic and Cuba
68) The largest numbers of Asian Americans are descended from immigrants from
A) Vietnam. Largest refugee group
B) Japan. C) China. D) the Philippines. E) Korea.
69 Just put down C for this one
70) An examination of the distribution of ethnicities in the United States reveals
A) the family reunification act helped to encourage ethnic neighborhoods
B) chain migration helped to create ethnic neighborhoods
C) when ethnic groups came to America is partly responsible for their current distribution across America
D) ethnic groups tend to cluster in urban areas and in different U.S. Regions.
E) all of the above
10) Which of the following is NOT an element of cultural diversity?
A) language
B) religion
C) ethnicity
D) race
11) Which is the most dramatic change in the geographic distribution of African Americans in the United States?
A) rural to urban within the state
D) movement out of inner-cities
B) change to sharecropping
E) relocation to coastal cities
C) relocation to northern cities
14) Race is
A) characterized by Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic/Latino.
B) self-identification with a group sharing a biological ancestor.
C) determinable from physical characteristics.
D) evenly distributed around the world.
E) defined by statute in most states.
19) A nationality is
A) a group of people tied to a place through legal status and tradition.
B) a country.
C) ethnic identity.
D) any cohesive group of people.
E) a group with shared religion, language, and origin of birth.
20) The concept that nationalities have the right to govern themselves is known as the right of
A) centripetal force.
D) sovereignty.
B) nation-state.
E) ethnic identity.
C) self-determination.
21) Denmark is a close example of a nation-state because
A) nearly all Danes speak Danish and live in Denmark.
B) Danish and German nationalities intermingle in Schleswig-Holstein.
C) the people living on the Faeroe islands, which are controlled by Denmark, speak Faeroese.
D) Denmark consolidated its boundaries by giving Greenland to Norway.
E) all of the above
22) Which of the following is NOT a strong centripetal force in the United States?
A) network television
D) "The Star Spangled Banner"
B) the flag
E) baseball
C) the many ethnic groups living in the United States
23) Loyalty and devotion to a state that represents a particular group's culture is
A) nationalism.
B) nation-state.
C) nation.
D) state.
24) In the United States, which is shared by all Americans?
A) nationality
B) language
C) ethnicity
E) multiculturalism.
D) race
E) gender
26) Large-scale migration occurred in South Asia after 1947 primarily because of the
A) boat people.
D) separation of religious groups.
B) communist victory.
E) new mobility provided by railway construction.
C) failure of the monsoon rains.
27) The Kurds
A) are living in a new country created for them between Iraq, Iran, and Turkey.
B) are a group which long ago migrated from Anatolia to the Balkans.
C) have no wish to become a nationality, only to remain an ethnicity.
D) have a large population but are divided among enough countries that they are a minority in every one.
28) As Sudan's religion-based civil war was winding down, an ethnic war erupted in the region of
A) Eritrea.
B) Tigre.
C) Darfur.
D) Amhara.
E) Oromo.
29) Balkanization refers to
A) the creation of nation-states in southeastern Europe.
B) the breakdown of a state due to conflicts among nationalities.
C) a small geographic area that cannot successfully be organized into states.
D) ethnic cleansing.
E) religions splintering into opposing groups.
52) An increasing number of states have adopted a federal form of government primarily to
A) grant different ethnicities or nationalities more effective representation.
B) encourage the breakup of the superpower alliances.
C) govern compact states more effectively.
D) deploy scarce resources efficiently.
E) meet all of the above needs.
53) A state which places most power in the hands of a central government is a
A) federal state.
B) nation-state.
C) fragmented state.
state.
D) unitary state.
E) compact
Concepts to know:
Great Migration and effect on the spread of African Americans (how and why)
How real estate practices affected the distribution of ethnicities (including restrictive covenants, changes in real estate laws,
redlining, and who was affected) modern times you could argue that property taxes and zoning cause differences
Best examples of nation-states and multi-national states and where to find them
Centripetal and centrifugal forces within America
How WWI and WWII affected the distribution of people throughout Europe
United Nations – how many members and who is not
Largest and most populous states
The difference between nations and states and how to use these with borders (when nations cross borders)
Kurds, Palestinians, K
Microstates – definitions and what they are
Boundaries – and issues what are they and where do we find walls and where have boundaries changed (EU, NAFTA) – what
were boundaries earlier in history and why
-types of boundaries and where we find examples of the types (use America as an example, African countries, Europe)
State Shapes – which are the best and the worst and why
Gerrymandering and redistricitng