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Human Geo unit 8 test 4

Frage 1 von 56

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The best example of a state among the following is

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • A mountainous region inhabited by heterogeneous ethnicities and divided up administratively among various independant countries

  • A mountainous region inhabited by heterogeneous ethnicities which share responsibility for maintaining an independent government and a standing army

  • A group of islands inhabited by a homogenous ethnicity, although the westernmost islands pertain to the territory of one country whereas the easternmost islands pertain to another country

  • a mountainous region inhabited by a mixture of peoples but inhabited by a european nation-state

  • an island with a long history of self-rule and a homogenous ethnic identity, although the island has been under the control of a colonial power for the last 30 years

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Frage 2 von 56

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Which of the following is an example of an enclave in the United States?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Colorado

  • Washington DC

  • Alaska

  • Florida

  • California

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Frage 3 von 56

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The Kurds are

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • the majority population of Iraq

  • a multinational state

  • trying to unite with Turkey

  • divided among more than one state

  • a religious minority in the Middle East

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Frage 4 von 56

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What type of border dispute is this?
Canada and the United States are historic allies but disagree on how to implement a plan for a "secure and smart border" that would protect against terrorists attacks while 200,000 vehicles cross the border each day, mostly trucks involved in a steady stream of trade. Agreements must be made on whether or not to inspect each truck and how to track the flow of individuals back and forth along the 4,000-mile border

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • functional/operational dispute

  • resource dispute

  • religious dispute

  • ethnic dispute

  • positional/locational dispute

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Frage 5 von 56

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The concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves is known as

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • nationalism

  • universal suffrage

  • self determination

  • sovereignty

  • centripetal determination

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Frage 6 von 56

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Which of the following is the best example of a core area for an entire state?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • St. Petersburg, Russia

  • Japan's Kanto Plain

  • Lagos, Nigeria

  • Brasilia, Brazil

  • Washington, D.C.

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Frage 7 von 56

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Which shape most easily fosters the establishment of effective internal communications for a smaller state?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Prolonged

  • Compact

  • Prorupted

  • Elongated

  • Fragmented

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Frage 8 von 56

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The most fragmented Southeast Asian state is

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Malaysia

  • Thailand

  • Indonesia

  • Brunei

  • East Timor

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Frage 9 von 56

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Cultural Boundaries include all but which of the following?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • religious

  • linguistic

  • geomorphic

  • ethnic

  • geometric

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Frage 10 von 56

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Which of the following nations is considered a stateless-nation?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Jewish

  • French

  • Spanish

  • Polish

  • Kurdish

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Frage 11 von 56

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An example of a modern day city-state is

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Panama Canal

  • Singapore

  • German

  • Paris

  • New York

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Frage 12 von 56

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The two Germanys

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • were divided by proto-Germanic languages

  • were divided by economic and cultural boundaries until 1871

  • were on opposite banks of the Rhine River

  • are the newest UN member states in Europe

  • existed separately from 1949 to 1990

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Frage 13 von 56

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Which of the following is the best description of the geographic distribution of power within states today?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • states with confederal systems are about equal in number to states with unitary systems

  • most states are federal systems

  • most states are confederal systems

  • most states are unitary sysyems

  • states with federal systems are about equal in number to states with unitary systems

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Frage 14 von 56

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Which two countries are not members of the European Union?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Portugal and Austria

  • Finland and Sweden

  • Germany and Denmark

  • Spain and France

  • Norway and Switzerland

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Frage 15 von 56

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The world's largest state is

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Canada

  • Russia

  • Alaska

  • India

  • China

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Frage 16 von 56

1

key challenges to establishing a representative government in Iraq after Saddam Hussein are

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • sectarian conflict between the Shiite and Sunni muslims

  • Al-Qaeda insurgents opposed to a secular state with US ties

  • tribal and ethnic differences between provinces

  • geometric boundaries established by British and French treaties

  • all of these

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Frage 17 von 56

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The United Nations is primarily what kind of cooperative effort?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • cultural

  • environmental

  • military

  • economic

  • political

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Frage 18 von 56

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The boundaries between which set of countries were established primarily to separate different religions?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • France and Germany

  • India and Pakistan

  • Russia and Ukraine

  • Libya and Chad

  • Mexico and the United States

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Frage 19 von 56

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Which of the following states use desert as a boundary?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Iraq and Kuwait

  • Turkey and Syria

  • China and India

  • Canada and the United States

  • Brazil and Peru

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Frage 20 von 56

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A true nation-state

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • is relatively uncommon

  • is best exemplified by the United States

  • gives sovereignty to each nation within its borders

  • often contains two or more sizable nations within it

  • is best exemplified by France

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Frage 21 von 56

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Over the past half century, the number of sovereign states in the world

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • has decreased by a couple of dozen

  • has remained approximately the same

  • has increased by more than a thousand

  • has increased by a couple of dozen

  • has increased by more than a hundred

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Frage 22 von 56

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Terrorism differs from assassinations and other acts of political violence because

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • attacks are aimed at military targets or political leaders

  • attacks are aimed at ordinary people

  • attacks use only personal and improvised weapons

  • attacks are typically made without regard for political goals

  • attacks are never well coordinated

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Frage 23 von 56

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The boundary between the US and Canada is best described by which of the following?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • water and linguistic

  • mountain and water

  • water and geometric

  • geometric only

  • linguistic and religious

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Frage 24 von 56

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To be considered a nation, a group of people must

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • be sovereign and self-determined

  • share a sense of nationalism

  • share cultural elements like religion, language, history, and politics

  • reside in the same territory

  • have their own country

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Frage 25 von 56

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Which of the following states have and enclave?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Brazil

  • Italy

  • Egypt

  • Australia

  • France

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Frage 26 von 56

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Of the following , the United States is best characterized as a

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • nation-state

  • monarchy

  • confederation

  • supranational organization

  • republic

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Frage 27 von 56

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A Southeast Asian country with a partly elongated or prorupted state is

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Thailand

  • Cambodia

  • Pakistan

  • Indonesia

  • China

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Frage 28 von 56

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Neocolonialism

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • allows core states to continue exploiting periphery states

  • pre-dates European interest in North America

  • peaked near the end of the 19th century

  • is still relevant in Africa, but not in other parts of the southern hemisphere

  • has in general been anticapitalist

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Frage 29 von 56

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Which of the following is not one of the states that formed from the Soviet Union after its breakup?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Kazakhstan

  • Chechnya

  • Russia

  • Estonia

  • Ukraine

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Frage 30 von 56

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Which of the following is not true of al-Qaeda?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • finance, media, legal-religious policy and military committees report to a council called Majis al Shura

  • Al-Qaeda has been implicated in several bombings since the attack on the US in 2001

  • Al-Qaeda grew out of the war against the soviet union in afghanistan

  • Most al-Qaeda members have lived in ordinary society, supporting themselves with jobs or crime

  • Al-Qaeda is a single unified organization

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Frage 31 von 56

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In the 1980s, the US send bombers to attack ___ in a failed attempt to kill colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi, in retribution for his country's support of terrorism

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Iran

  • Egypt

  • Israel

  • Libya

  • Iraq

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Frage 32 von 56

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Halford Mackinder, developer of the heartland theory, thought that this country was most likely to make a bid for world domination:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The United States

  • Russia

  • Britain

  • Japan

  • France

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Frage 33 von 56

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Despite the independence of India, Rwanda, and Algeria, the continuing effects of colonialism are still seen in

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • the loss of all cultural identity

  • the large secondary (manufacturing) sector of the economy

  • their incorporation into the world system core

  • English as the official language or lingua franca

  • violent conflicts involving territory and power

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Frage 34 von 56

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Which of the following pairs best represent nation-states?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • India and Russia

  • the Basque region and Kurdistan

  • Japan and Iceland

  • the United States and Canada

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Frage 35 von 56

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A region that historically is caught between stronger colliding external forces. The region is often shattered and splintered politically and ethnically. This is an example of a(n)

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • primate state

  • shatterbelt

  • core

  • periphery

  • insurgent state

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Frage 36 von 56

1

The fall of the Berlin Wall symbolizes the

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • triumph of capitalism over communism

  • the end of the cold war

  • beginning of the "new world order"

  • all of these answers

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Frage 37 von 56

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With globalization and the increasing importance of trade-facilitating organizations, states are

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • growing as containers of political and economic power

  • becoming irrelevant

  • disappearing

  • trying to spread the benefits of globalization

  • becoming sites of transnational flows and connections

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Frage 38 von 56

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A state with control over its internal affairs has

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • ethnicity

  • centripetal forces

  • nationality

  • suffrage

  • sovereignty

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Frage 39 von 56

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An area organized into an independent political unit is a

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • nation

  • colony

  • territory

  • nationality

  • state

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Frage 40 von 56

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The heartland theory held that

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • sea power was the dominant form of military advantage

  • Britain should give its colonies independence

  • North America was the best place from which to launch a campaign for world domination

  • all of these

  • none of these

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Frage 41 von 56

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Which of the following is NOT a land-locked state?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Nepal

  • Rwanda

  • South Africa

  • Mongolia

  • Uzbekistan

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Frage 42 von 56

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Which of the following is considered a sovereign state?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Alaska

  • Spratly Islands

  • Antarctica

  • India

  • Hong Kong

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Frage 43 von 56

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Which of the following is NOT an example of supranationalism?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • the United Nations

  • Russia

  • the Arab League

  • the Organization of American States

  • the European Union

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Frage 44 von 56

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During which time period were the most new states created in the world?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • 1945-2000

  • 1900-1925

  • 1750-1825

  • 1825-1900

  • 1925-1945

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Frage 45 von 56

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Which of the following is true for land-locked states?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • relations with their neighbors are not as important as for maritime countries

  • they are likely to be the wealthiest state in their region

  • there are more land-locked states in the world than maritime states

  • interior locations are more difficult to defend

  • they are at a commercial and strategic disadvantage

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Frage 46 von 56

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With a few small exceptions, the countries of the European Union share all of the following except

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • an EU court system

  • a European Union constitution

  • free movement of goods, services, and people across their boundaries

  • an EU parliament

  • a common currency

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Frage 47 von 56

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Which cultural hearth is credited with the creation of city-states, which eventually led to the creation of the concept of nation-state?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Mayan

  • Greece

  • Roman Empire

  • Mesopotamia

  • Northern India

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Frage 48 von 56

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In which form of government is significant power given to smaller units of government within the state?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • organic state

  • democratic state

  • confederate state

  • federal state

  • unitary state

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Frage 49 von 56

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The recent fragmentation of a region into smaller political units is known as

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • politicization of religion

  • irredentism

  • perforation

  • balkanization

  • proruption

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Frage 50 von 56

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According to Halford Mackinder's Heartland Theory, the 'geographical pivot' from which world conquest could be controlled includes the area of

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • the Arabian peninsula

  • Eurasia, including Iran, Afghanistan, and Central Asia

  • Europe from Italy to Holland

  • Southeast Asia, including Indonesia

  • North America from Chicago to Montreal to Washington, DC

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Frage 51 von 56

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The best example of a nation among the following is

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • a group of islands inhabited by a homogenous ethnicity, although the westernmost islands pertain to the territory of one country whereas the other islands pertain to another country

  • a mountainous region inhabited by heterogeneous ethnicities and divided up administratively between various independent countries

  • a mountainous region inhabited by heterogeneous ethnicities which share responsibility for maintaining an independent government and standing army

  • a mountainous region inhabited by a mixture of peoples but recently colonized by a european nation-state

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Frage 52 von 56

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The type of boundary line is established before an area is well populated

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • natural boundary

  • geometric boundary

  • linguistic boundary

  • antecendent boundary

  • subsequent boundaries

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Frage 53 von 56

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The boundary between Argentina and Chile is an example of a

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • cultural frontier

  • physical boundary

  • perforated boundary

  • geometric boundary

  • prorupted boundary

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Frage 54 von 56

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Which type of countries usually encompass diverse types of climates, resources, and peoples?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • elongated

  • perforated

  • fragmented

  • compact

  • prorupt

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Frage 55 von 56

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A federal state (or federation) is one in which

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • administered by the Federal government, like Washington, DC

  • countries unite toward a common economic, or sometimes military, goal

  • local units of government work to adopt uniform rules and regulations

  • government power and control is centralized

  • government power is dispersed to local units

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Frage 56 von 56

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Drawing from social darwinism, Friedrich Ratzel's model of the state- in which state growth and change were 'natural' and inevitable- portrayed the state as a

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • soldier

  • snowball

  • volcano

  • biological organsim

  • religion

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