PLEASE DO NOT WRITE ON THIS TEST BOOKLET. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

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1 Unit 4 Assessment - Political Geography PLEASE DO NOT WRITE ON THIS TEST BOOKLET MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) The world's largest state in terms of territory is A) India. B) Canada. C) Alaska. D) China. E) Russia. 2) Approximately how many independent states exist in the world today? A) 75 B) 100 C) 200 D) 400 E) 500 3) Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics of a state? A) Defined borders B) Political sovereignty C) Abundant resources D) Permanent population E) Functioning government 4) The attempt by one country to impose political control over another territory and rule it as if it were its own is called A) colonialism. B) self-determination. C) suffragism. D) constitutionality. E) sovereignty. 5) A territory organized into an independent political unit is a A) satellite. B) nationality. C) colony. D) state. E) county. 6) The first widespread use of the nation-state concept came in A) the Roman Empire. B) Southeast Asia. C) the United States. D) Mesopotamia. E) Western Europe. 7) A state with complete control over its internal affairs has A) ethnicity. B) nationality. C) suffrage. D) centripetal forces. E) sovereignty. 8) Which of the following is NOT an independent state on the current world map? A) Yugoslavia B) Hungary C) Albania D) Burma (Myanmar) E) Zimbabwe 1

2 9) The two Koreas are a good example of a A) stateless nation. B) patron-state. C) multi-state nation. D) non-sovereign state. E) multi-national state. 10) The Kurds are A) a religious majority in the Middle East. B) a multinational state. C) divided among more than one state. D) a sovereign nation within it's own state. E) all of the above. 11) Which of the following is NOT one of the factors necessary for the success of a state. A) Fair and open elections B) Police corruption C) A sense of national pride D) Postive economic growth E) Clean drinking water and safe food supply 12) Which of the following former colonies is NOT correctly associated with the state that was the colonizer. A) Mexico - Spain B) Philippines - Russia C) Vietnam - France D) Brazil - Portugal E) India - Great Britain 13) Which of the following would NOT be an example of a multinational state? A) Japan B) Nigeria C) India D) Canada E) Belgium 14) Only a few modern colonies remain today. Most of these colonies are similar in that they are A) wealthy members of the global core. B) centers of the world financial system. C) major centers of industrial production. D) popular destinations for migration. E) small islands in the Pacific or Caribbean. 15) Which of the following states likely became independent first? A) Indonesia B) Mozambique C) Nigeria D) Haiti E) Vietnam 16) An example of a perforated state is A) Sahrawi Republic. B) Poland C) Borneo. D) Slovenia. E) Italy. 2

3 17) On the map below, the territory identifed as X would best be classified as a(n) A) prorupt state B) perforated state C) exclave D) fragmented state E) enclave 18) Which shape most easily fosters the establishment of effective internal communications for a smaller state? A) fragmented B) compact C) prolonged D) prorupted E) elongated 19) Elongated states may suffer from poor internal communication and difficulty defending its borders. Which of the following is NOT an elongated state? A) Nepal B) Brazil C) Italy D) Vietnam E) Chile 20) Which of the following correctly sequences the evolution process of boundaries, starting with the first stage and ending with the last? A) Definition, delimitation, demarcation, administration B) Delimitation, demarcation, definition, administration C) Administration, Demarcation, delimitation, definition D) Definition,, administration, demarcation, delimitation E) Demarcation, definition, administration, delimitation 21) Egypt and Ethiopia have developed a tense relationship over the use of water from the Nile River which flows through both states. This conflict can best be described as which type of boundary dispute? A) Operational B) Allocational C) Demarcation D) Definitional E) Locational 22) Barriers are often constructed by states for the purpose of A) restricting the movement of people across the border. B) preventing illegal goods from entering the country. C) providing a sense of security from foreign threats. D) establishing sovereignty over disputed lands. E) all of the above. 23) Which barrier's primary purpose was to limit the ability of people to escape a repressive political system? A) US-Mexican border fence B) Great Wall of China C) DMZ D) Berlin Wall E) Green Wall 3

4 24) The boundary labeled X on the map below would best be described as an example of what type of boundary? A) Geometric B) Physical-political C) Aquatic D) Subterranean E) All of the above 25) Which of the following is NOT an economic consequence of building barriers such as walls or fences between countries? A) There is often a reduction in the trade of goods between communities on opposite sides of the border. B) There are increased financial costs associated with the construction and maintenance of the barrier. C) Family and relatives living in communities along both sides of the barrier can become separated. D) Access to cheaper labor can be lost as movement across the barrier diminishes. E) Opportunites for employment increase in one of the jobs associated with the barrier's construction. 26) A feature of the physical environment commonly used to separate states includes all but which of the following? A) mountains B) lakes C) deserts D) fence E) rivers 27) An example of a superimposed boundary would be the boundaries of which state? A) Spain B) Russia C) France D) Japan E) Israel 28) The Great Wall of China would be considered a relict boundary because. A) it no longer has any cultural significance to the people of China. B) it no longer can be seen as an element of human activity on the landscape. C) it no longer plays an economic role in the greater Chinese economy. D) it no longer acts as a politcal boundary between independent states. E) all of the above. 29) The process of redrawing legislative boundaries to benefit the party in power is called A) redlining. B) hanging chads. C) stacking votes. D) blockbusting. E) gerrymandering. 4

5 30) The United States conducts a census every ten years. The results of the most recent census determined that the population of Texas grew substantially faster than other states. As a result, Texas gained an additional four seats in the House of Representatives. This change in representation that occurs after each census is referred to as A) gerrymandering. B) splitting. C) reapportionment. D) geopolitics E) electoral reforms. 31) A state which places most power in the hands of a central government is a A) fragmented state. B) unitary state. C) nation-state. D) federal state. E) compact state. 32) An increasing number of states have adopted a federal form of government primarily to A) limit the ability a region within the state to gain autonomy. B) create a uniform system of laws and policies. C) grant different ethnicities or nationalities more effective representation. D) govern compact states more effectively. E) meet all of the above needs. 33) Which of the following is the best example of a centrifugal force? A) An official language adopted for use within the state's borders. B) The operating of a single state-owned news station. C) The use of a common currency throughout the state. D) A campaign of discrimination against an ethnic minority. E) The flying of a national flag during national sporting events. 34) Which of the following factors could be classified as a centripetal force as it relates to the success of the European Union (EU)? A) National identity within member states still takes precedence over any common EU identity. B) Several EU member states have resisted adopting the euro as their national currency. C) Most barriers to trade between EU member states have been eliminated. D) Within the EU, many diverse languages continue to be spoken E) All of the above 35) Which of the following is NOT one of the states created from the former Soviet Union? A) Lithuania B) Belarus C) Russia D) Kasakhstan E) Poland 36) A movement in Scotland to separate from its United Kingdom-based government best exemplifies A) centripetal forces. B) structuralism. C) narginalism. D) neocolonialism. E) devolution. 37) Which of the following states is experiencing ethnocultural forces that could result in the breakup of the state? A) France B) Japan C) Iceland D) Canada E) S. Korea 5

6 38) Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics of mercantilism? A) Colonies were politically and economically dependent on the mother country. B) Colonies provided a source of raw materials for the mother country. C) Colonies were free to trade with countries other than the mother country. D) Colonies were viewed as a source of wealth for the mother country. E) Colonies served as markets of manufactured goods from the mother country. 39) Based on the data below, which country's data is best characteristic of peripheral processes? A) A B) B C) C D) D E) E Country Birth Rates per capita GDP Literacy Rate Healthcare Expenditures A 4.2 $31,000 88% $1900 B 1.5 $54,000 98% $2500 C 8.1 $10,750 73% $750 D 15.5 $1,200 45% $55 E 2.1 $51,000 99% $ ) The global core includes which of the following states? A) USA B) Germany C) Japan D) Australia E) All of the above 41) The global semi-periphery would include each of the following states EXCEPT A) Brazil. B) South Africa. C) Egypt. D) India. E) China. 42) According to the world-systems theory, which of the following countries would be best classified as being in the global economic periphery? A) United Kingdom B) Mexico C) Singapore D) Haiti E) France 43) Which of the following best describes the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the United States, Canada, and Mexico? A) A multinational trade zone in which most tariffs have been eliminated. B) A monetary union with a single currency. C) A protectionist coalition that denies trade access from other countries. D) An economic and security bloc designed to eliminate drug trafficking. E) An open-border region with free movement of labor. 44) Which of the following supranational organizations was created to contain the spread of communism and Soviet power in Western Europe during the Cold War? A) EU B) UN C) OAS D) NATO E) OPEC 6

7 45) The European Union has A) replaced COMECON as the main organization for regional cooperation in Eastern Europe. B) promoted economic growth in Western Europe. C) protected Western Europe from a Soviet invasion. D) closed NATO military bases around the Mediterranean Sea. E) none all of the above. 46) The growth of the European Union has resulted in member states A) adopting a common currency and freer travel. B) enacting tighter borders and travel policies. C) participating in the world's poorest market. D) forcing minority cultures to assimilate to European culture. E) having greater control of their internal finances. 47) Which of the following statements regarding Ratzel's state theory is accurate? A) Control of the world island is the key to global dominance. B) The world economy is organized into a three-tiered structure. C) Once a state is created, it becomes permanent and will always exist. D) States are like living organisms and require territory and resources to survive. E) Two major world powers maintain political and economic influence over all other states. 48) In MacKinder's Heartland Theory, the "heartland" is most closely associated with which country? A) U.S.A. B) India C) Germany D) U.S.S.R. E) China 49) Which of the following regions would NOT be considered essential to Spykman's Rimland Theory? A) Sub-Saharan Africa B) Middle East C) Southeast Asia D) South Asia E) Western Europe 50) A series of states in Eastern Europe, including Poland and Czechoslovakia, were under the political control of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. These states can be referred to as A) domino states. B) satellite states. C) enclaves. D) exclaves. E) superimposed states. 7