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unit 8- ap human geo
test bank w/ answers !
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| As a result of a 1979 Soviet invasion, what country generated one of the world's largest refugee migrations ? | Afghanistan |
| an area organized into an independent political unit is a | state |
| a group of people who occupy a particular area and have a strong sense of unity based on a set of shared beliefs is a | nation |
| a state with control over its internal affairs has | sovereignty |
| over the past half century, the number of sovereign states in the world | increased by more than 100 |
| the world's largest state is | Russia |
| Korea is a good example of a | nation divided between more than one state |
| Two cities in Morocco, Cueta and Melilla, are controlled by what country ? | Spain |
| Which of the following is not true about both China and Taiwan ? | Both now hold seats in the United Nations |
| The Fertile Crescent | all of the above |
| the only large land mass not part of a sovereign state is | Antartica |
| The first states in ancient Mesopotamia were | city-states |
| political unity in the ancient mediterranean world reached its height in | the Roman Empire |
| a territory tied to a state rather than being completely independent is a | colony |
| the first widespread use of the nation-state concept came in | Western Europe |
| the attempt by one country to impose political control over another territory is | colonialism |
| the motives of european states in establishing colonies can be summarized as all but which of the following ? | guilt |
| by 1900, the british could claim all but which of the following about their empire? | their largest colonies had become independent by then |
| the world's smallest colony is | pitcairn |
| a state is a good example of | an organized region |
| a frontier, in contrast to a boundary, | is an area rather than a line |
| which shape most easily fosters the establishment of effective internal communications for a smaller state | compact |
| the germans established the proruption known as the Caprivi Strip in present day Namibia for which of the following reasons ? | a,b and d |
| a feature of the physical environment commonly used to separate states include all but which of the following ? | geometry |
| the boundary between the United States and Canada is best described by which of the following ? | geometry |
| boundaries were redrawn in much of Europe after World War 1 according to the | distribution of languages |
| the aozou strip is a good example of a | geometric boundary |
| the problems experienced by Cyprus during the past four decades include all but which of the following ? | a partition of the island by the british as part of independence |
| with the breakup of the soviet union, most russians | are clustered in russia's western regions |
| conflict is widespread in africa in part because | european colonial powers drew inappropriate boundaries |
| the kurds are a | nationality divided among more than one state |
| in 2002 the organization of african unity was replaced by | the african union |
| an increasing number of states have adopted a federal form of government primarily to | satisfy the demands of competing nationalities |
| what was a distinctive feature of the world's superpowers between the 1940's and 1980's compared to other eras ? | the number of superpowers was much lower than in the past |
| a state which places most power in the hands of a central government is a | unitary state |
| after the fall of communism, poland | delegated more authority to local governments |
| the border between germany and poland established after World War 2 | was further west than the boundary before World War 2. |
| which of the following is not a member of the united nations ? | taiwan |
| the european union has | promoted economic growth in western europe |
| with the end of the cold war | the european union has become the world's leading economic superpower |
| there are soem extremely small states in the world that have all but which of the following characteristics | most are in the southern hemisphere |
| the british created different government structures for its various colonies to | help protect the cultures in their territories |
| the most populous colony is ruled by | the united states |
| elongated states may suffer from poor internal communication and difficulty defending its borders. Which of the following is not an elongated state ? | namibia |
| terrorism differs from assassinations and other acts of political violence | because attacks are aimed at ordinary people |
| which of the following is not true of Al-Qaeda | al-qaeda is a single unified organization |
| cultural boundaries include all but which of the following ? | geomorphic |
| states cooperate with each other for what kinds of reasons ? | all of the above |
| the united nations is primarily what kind of cooperative effort ? | all of the above |
| NAFTA is primarily what kind of cooperative effort ? | economic |
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