Unit 4 Test Review
Political practice of adjusting voting
district boundaries in order to benefit
the interest of one political group is
called:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Devolving
Territorializing
Gerrymandering
Morphology
Minority-majority districting
Which of the following is an example
of a fragmented state?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Chile
China
Germany
Indonesia
Nigeria
Kurds living in Syria, Iraq, Turkey,
Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran is an
example of:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Multi-nation state
Unitary state
Microstate
Fragmented state
Stateless nation
All of the following are characteristics
of most of the world’s dependencies
except:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Most are remnants of empires
Most are located in relatively isolated areas
Most have small populations
Most are islands
Most are located in the southern hemisphere
A unitary political system is one that:
A. Concentrates policymaking power in the
hands of one individual
B. Concentrates policymaking power in one
geographic place
C. Has only one branch of government – the
executive
D. Does not allow direct elections of public
officials
E. Has only one house in the legislature
Which is not one of the Three Pillars (Spheres
of Authority) of the European Union?
A. Trade and economics united under single
currency and the creation of the European
Central Bank
B. Common authority over justice and
immigration
C. Common foreign and defense policies
D. Common domestic and healthcare policies
Who established the Organic
Geopolitical theory?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Friedrich Ratzel
Nicholas Spykman
Sir Halford Mackinder
Alfred Mahan
Immanual Wallerstein
Which of the following types of political
organizations most directly reflects the
current trend toward integration?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Illiberal democracies
Unitary governments
Supranational organizations
National legislatures
Confederal governments
Which of the following is an example of a
centrifugal forces within a nation state?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Ethnic homogeneity
Strong national economy
Strong sense of nationalism
Economic equality among regions
Development of factions
States with the ability to carry out actions or
policies within their borders independently from
interference are said to have:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Nationalism
Liberal democracy
Traditional legitimacy
Sovereignty
Government
A group of people bound together by a
common identity?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
State
Nation
Regime
Institution
Political system
Washington, DC is not a good example
of a primate city because it is:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Not a forward capital
Not a capital city
Close to the geographic center of the U.S.
Not disproportionately larger in relation to
other U.S. cities
E. Not located in a core area of the U.S.
“Shatterbelts” are geographical zones
where tensions often explode based on:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Economic boundaries
Cultural boundaries
Physical boundaries
Geometric boundaries
Functional boundaries
Which of the following is not a
landlocked state?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Czech Republic
Switzerland
Afghanistan
Kazakhstan
South Africa
During the late 1930s, Germany invaded
Czechoslovakia and Poland, areas with large
numbers of German minorities. This type of
expansionism is called:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Territoriality
Devolution
Economic imperialism
Irredentism
Integration
According to Halford Mackinder’s theory,
which of the following countries would
mostly dominate the world?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Japan
United States
United Kingdom
Soviet Union
India
A functional boundary dispute arises
when neighboring states cannot agree on:
A. Natural resources that lie in border areas
B. Policies that apply in a border area
C. The ownership of a region around mutual
borders
D. Where the border actually is
E. Where citizen from one or both states may
settle
Which of the following is not a
supranational organization?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
European Union
NATO
NAFTA
United Nations
U.S. Republican Party
People of French heritage who live in the
province of Quebec have created
devolutionary forces in:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Austria
Spain
Canada
France
Switzerland
An example of a state with a federal
system is (was):
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Britain
France
Confederate States of America
United States
Germany
Thailand is to a _____ state as South
Africa is to a _____ state.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Fragmented / Prorupted
Prorupted / Perforated
Perforated / Elongated
Fragmented / Compact
Compact / Prorupted
Answers
Slides –
2–C
3–D
4–E
5–E
6–B
7–D
8–A
9–C
10 – E
11 – D
12 – B
13 – D
14 – B
15 – E
16 – N/A
17 – D
18 - D
19 - B
20 - E
21 - C
22 - D
23 - B