Unit 4 Test Review

Political practice of adjusting voting district boundaries in order to benefit the interest of one political group is

called:

A. DevolvingB. TerritorializingC. GerrymanderingD. MorphologyE. Minority-majority districting

Which of the following is an example of a fragmented state?

A. ChileB. ChinaC. GermanyD. IndonesiaE. Nigeria

Kurds living in Syria, Iraq, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran is an

example of:

A. Multi-nation stateB. Unitary stateC. MicrostateD. Fragmented stateE. Stateless nation

All of the following are characteristics of most of the world’s dependencies

except:A. Most are remnants of empiresB. Most are located in relatively isolated areasC. Most have small populationsD. Most are islandsE. 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 policiesD. Common domestic and healthcare policies

Who established the Organic Geopolitical theory?

A. Friedrich RatzelB. Nicholas SpykmanC. Sir Halford MackinderD. Alfred Mahan E. Immanual Wallerstein

Which of the following types of political organizations most directly reflects the

current trend toward integration?

A. Illiberal democraciesB. Unitary governmentsC. Supranational organizationsD. National legislaturesE. Confederal governments

Which of the following is an example of a centrifugal forces within a nation state?

A. Ethnic homogeneityB. Strong national economyC. Strong sense of nationalismD. Economic equality among regionsE. Development of factions

States with the ability to carry out actions or policies within their borders independently from

interference are said to have:

A. NationalismB. Liberal democracyC. Traditional legitimacyD. SovereigntyE. Government

A group of people bound together by a common identity?

A. StateB. NationC. RegimeD. InstitutionE. Political system

Washington, DC is not a good example of a primate city because it is:

A. Not a forward capitalB. Not a capital cityC. Close to the geographic center of the U.S.D. Not disproportionately larger in relation to

other U.S. citiesE. Not located in a core area of the U.S.

“Shatterbelts” are geographical zones where tensions often explode based on:

A. Economic boundariesB. Cultural boundariesC. Physical boundariesD. Geometric boundariesE. Functional boundaries

Which of the following is not a landlocked state?

A. Czech RepublicB. SwitzerlandC. AfghanistanD. KazakhstanE. 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. TerritorialityB. DevolutionC. Economic imperialismD. IrredentismE. Integration

According to Halford Mackinder’s theory, which of the following countries would

mostly dominate the world?

A. JapanB. United StatesC. United KingdomD. Soviet UnionE. India

A functional boundary dispute arises when neighboring states cannot agree on:

A. Natural resources that lie in border areasB. Policies that apply in a border areaC. The ownership of a region around mutual

bordersD. Where the border actually isE. Where citizen from one or both states may

settle

Which of the following is not a supranational organization?

A. European UnionB. NATOC. NAFTAD. United NationsE. U.S. Republican Party

People of French heritage who live in the province of Quebec have created

devolutionary forces in:

A. AustriaB. SpainC. CanadaD. FranceE. Switzerland

An example of a state with a federal system is (was):

A. BritainB. FranceC. Confederate States of AmericaD. United StatesE. Germany

Thailand is to a _____ state as South Africa is to a _____ state.

A. Fragmented / ProruptedB. Prorupted / PerforatedC. Perforated / ElongatedD. Fragmented / CompactE. Compact / Prorupted

AnswersSlides – 2 – C 10 – E 18 - D3 – D 11 – D 19 - B4 – E 12 – B 20 - E5 – E 13 – D 21 - C6 – B 14 – B 22 - D7 – D 15 – E 23 - B8 – A 16 – N/A9 – C 17 – D