unit 4 exam

29. which of the following events could be a threat to a states sovereignty at national scale, while holding a region together at the global scale?

C. admittance into a supernatural organization such as the European union

32. which of the following correctly lists the usual hierarchy of political- administrative units in order from the largest to the smallest?

C. empire, nation-state, providence, country

23. based on the map, which of the following best explains the implications of physical geography as the kurds continue to struggle for an independent state in their homeland?

C. most areas with a Kurdish majority population are landlocked and therefore dependent on good relationships with their neighbors in order to acsess trade and prosper economically

33. which of the following is an example of a shatter belt region?

A. Eastern Europe

8. the Philippines and Malaysia lay claim to resources under and around the spratly islands. which of the following best explains how the united nations convention on the law of the sea influences claims to the islands by both countries?

A. The claim to the spratly islands by both the Philippians and Malaysia overlap due to exclusive economic zones up to 200 nautical miles from their coasts.

18. historically, Iceland had only one period of human migration. the country had never been invaded and processes a common culture and language. as a result Iceland is regarded as a good example of which of the following concepts?

A. nation-state

9. crossing which of the following borders requires few, if any, formalities and thus encourages the free flow of people and products.

A. the Netherlands- Belgium

21. most of Africa boundaries were originally drawn by?

B European colonial powers in the late 19th century.

11. which of the following describes a unitary form of governance?

B. a state has a strong central government with no power given to religions.

26. the boundaries of congressional districts of the united states are

B. redrawn every 10 years

14. which of the following is the correct organizational scale for the economic community of west African states?

B. supernational

24. based on the information in the map, what is the most likely outcome of the possible establishment of an independent Kurdistan for the Kurdish people?

B. the Kurdish people, seeking a sate of their own with a majority Kurdish population might secede from or rebel against the states labeled on the map.

5. boundaries based on the median-line principle are generally associated with..

D. bodies of water

17. which of the following compares the impact of increased global communications technology to the impact of state-controlled media?

D. both global communications technology and state- controlled media act as centrifugal forces because they give citizens access to concepts or ideas that may inspire dissent.

13. based on the data in the table, which of the following is a possible impact of ethnic and religious diversity in Iraq?

D. ethnicity and religion lead to devolutionary pressures in the country by politically dividing regions.

1.based on the map, which of the following can be identified as a true statement about northern Ireland?

D. it is physically separate from the rest of the united kingdom, a multinational state.

25. which is an example of a superimposed boundary?

D. the geometric boundary between Iraq and and Saudi Arabia

30. what is the source of dispute between Canada, Russia, Norway,Denmark and the United States over political boundaries in the arctic ocean and ownership of the North pole?

D. the northern polar region has the same international treaties that govern land use and resources in Antarctica.

16. which of the following best explains the governance of the shaded areas shown on the map?

D. these areas show where indigenous peoples have limited amount of self-government at a national scale.

3.At some point in their recent history, all of the following countries became divided into two political entities a result of cultural or ideological conflict EXCEPT..

E. Japan

7. which of the following describes typical characteristics of federal states.

E. a large land area and multiple ethnic groups

4.the Berlin conference established the borders of North African countries including Egypt, Libya, and Sudan. The landscape of these countries influenced the types of boundaries imposed by the European colonial powers. Which of the following boundary type best explains the influence of landscape on the political borders of the north African region.

E. geometric, with straight lines disregarding physical features or tribal or cultural differences of the areas.

22. in the united states house of representatives there are a fixed number of 435 seats divided among the states based upon each states relative population size. changes of the number of representatives, as shown on the map, affect politics at which of the following scale?

E. national