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APHUG chapter 9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Political geography | the study of the ways in which the world is organized as a reflection of the power that different groups hold over territory |
| Irredentism | attempt to acquire territories in neighboring states inhabited by people of the same nation |
| Which of the following is an accurate comparison of devolutionary movements in Spain and Canada? | There is an economic aspect to the Catalan independence movement, while the Quebecois focus mainly on cultural differences. |
| Which of the following terms best describes the political entity of the Republic of Ireland? | Nation-state |
| Most of the world's micro-states are remnants of earlier kingdoms (many fuedal) and are located where? | Western Europe |
| Since the end of World War II in 1945, the number of sovereign states in the world | has increased by almost a hundred due in part to decolonization |
| The most important force that created widespread use of the modern nation-state ideal was | Colonialism |