ap_review_questions_unit_4_political - Review Questions Unit 4 Political

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Unit 4 political review questions covering state types and boundary concepts, including ethnic versus geometric or religious explanations, enclaves/frontiers and shatterbelt ideas, and distinguishing compact, elongated, prorupted, and federal forms of government. The set also addresses Europe’s historical progression of governance, European colonial motivations with one exception, capital directionality and national-state classifications (nation-state, multiethnic, multinational, and multistate nation). Additional items cover devolved governments, maritime zones under UNCLOS, urban change and segregation processes, supranational oil-focused organizations, and economic/social theory terms such as heteronormative reinforcement of beliefs.

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Political Review Questions - Unit 4

1. The boundary between the United States and Canada is both A) ethnic and religious B) ethnic and geometric C) geometric and religious D) geometric and physical E) linguistic and religious 2. Two different ethnicities are most likely to come into conflict when they are separated by a(n) A) enclave B) frontier C) rimland D) shatterbelt E) wall 3. Chile is most commonly thought of as a(n) state. A) compact B) elongated C) fragmented D) perforated E) prorupted 4. A state the divides power between a central government and several regional governments has a form of government. A) compact B) confederal C) fragmented D) federal E) unitary 5. Which of the following is in the correct order in Europe beginning furthest in the past and ending with the most recent? A) City-states, nation-states, Roman Empire B) City-states, Roman Empire, nation-states C) Nation-states, city-states, Roman empire D) Roman Empire, city-states, nation-states E) Roman Empire, nation-states, city-states 6. European sought colonies in the sixteenth thoughthe nineteenth centuries for all of the following reasons EXCEPT A) captive markets B) egalitarianism C) nationalism D) raw materials E) religion 7. Which of the following has a forward capital? I. Brazil II. Canada III. Mexico IV. USA A) I and III B) I and IV C) II and III D) I, II, and IV E) II, III, and IV 8. Which of the following is best described as a nationstate? A) Cyprus B) Japan C) South Africa D) United Kingdom E) United States 9. Which of the following is best described as a multiethnic state? A) Canada B) Denmark C) Iraq D) Ireland E) United States 10. Which of the following is best described as a multinational state? A) Australia B) Belgium C) Korea D) Poland E) Saudi Arabia 11. Which of the following is best described as a multistate nation? A) France B) Israel C) Korea D) Russia E) United States 12. Which of the following is an example of a devolved government since 1990? A) Brazil B) China C) South Africa D) United Kingdom E) Yugoslavia 13. The provisions of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea set laws, regulate use, and use any resource in which of the following zones? A) The continental shelf B) Exclusive economic zones C) Internal waters D) Twelve-nautical-mile territorial sea zone E) Two-hundred-nautical-miles off the coast of a state 14. The map below illustrates A) an elongated state B) a prorupted state C) gerrymandering D) a rimland E) a zone of disamenity 15. Who produces 70% of the food on Subsaharan Africa? A) men B) women C) children D) agribusiness E) immigrants 16.“Barrioization” refers to A) the increasing political influence of Mexican immigrants in big-city politics B) the replacement of Anglo street names with Spanish street names C) neighborhoods, especially in Los Angeles, where the Hispanic population rapidly displaces the original residents. D) the gerrymandering of voting districts to provide Hispanic representation. E) states where Hispanics will represent a majority population in the next 20 years. 17. Which supranational organization focuses on the production of oil? A) ASEAN B) OPEC C) EU D) NAFTA E) NATO 18. In New York, Puerto Ricans took over Jewish neighborhoods in a process geographers call A) residential segregation B) urban renewal C) residential transition D) blockbusting E) Invasion and succession 19. What would happen to the world’s gross national income if the work women do at home was calculated at market value and included? A) there is no way to accurately estimate the value of such work B) global GNI would remain the same C) global GNI would actually decline D) global GNI would grow by 10% E) global GNI would grow by one-third 20. What is a term used in discussion of sexual behavior, gender, and society, prim

FAQs

What government form divides power between a central government and regional governments?

A federal form of government divides power between a central government and several regional governments.

How are nation-state and multiethnic or multinational states distinguished?

A nation-state is best described by one nation aligning with state identity, while a multiethnic state contains multiple ethnic groups; a multinational state involves multiple nations within one state.

Which UNCLOS zones regulate laws and resources for a state?

The questions point to exclusive economic zones and other maritime areas, including the continental shelf and internal waters, as zones where laws, regulation, and resource use apply.

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