Unit 5 ReviewPolitical Geography

TYPES OF POLITICAL ENTITIES

COLONIALISM & IMPERIALISM

GEOPOLITICALINFLUENCES ON THE POLITICAL MAP

Korea

Kurds

China

Denmark

Russia

Navajo

United Kingdom

Nation

State

Nation-state

Stateless Nation

Multinational state

Multistate nation

Autonomous region

Independence movements & democratization have shaped the political map since the end of WWII.

Independence movements & democratization have shaped the political map since the end of WWII.

Independence movements & democratization have shaped the political map since the end of WWII.

Independence movements & democratization have shaped the political map since the end of WWII.

2006 MC #12Which of the following correctly lists the usual hierarchy of political-administrative units in order from the largest to the smallest?

(A) Empire, county, province, nation-state

(B) Province, empire, nation-state, county

(C) Empire, nation-state, province, county

(D) County, nation-state, province, empire

(E) Empire, nation-state, county, province

2006 MC #12Which of the following correctly lists the usual hierarchy of political-administrative units in order from the largest to the smallest?

(A) Empire, county, province, nation-state

(B) Province, empire, nation-state, county

(C) Empire, nation-state, province, county

(D) County, nation-state, province, empire

(E) Empire, nation-state, county, province

PE MC #12Which of the following best illustrates the concept of the nation-state?(A) Canada(B) Russia(C) Belgium(D) Iceland(E) India

PE MC #12Which of the following best illustrates the concept of the nation-state?(A) Canada(B) Russia(C) Belgium(D) Iceland(E) India

HEARTLAND,RIMLAND, &ORGANICTHEORIES

TERRITORIALITY

Hitler’s German Empire

ISIS in the Middle East

UK Navy Power

US Imperialism in S Pacific

Ukraine

Heartland Theory

Rimland Theory

Organic Theory

Buffer Zone

Shatterbelt Region

BOUNDARIES

LAW OF THE SEA

VOTING DISTRICTS

PE MC #45Most of Africa’s political boundaries were originally drawn by (A) seventeenth-century European explorers(B) European colonial powers in the late-nineteenth century(C) the Bandung Conference of 1955(D) decolonization movements of the 1950s and 1960s(E) UN peacekeeping missions in the 1950s and 1960s

PE MC #45Most of Africa’s political boundaries were originally drawn by (A) seventeenth-century European explorers(B) European colonial powers in the late-nineteenth century(C) the Bandung Conference of 1955(D) decolonization movements of the 1950s and 1960s(E) UN peacekeeping missions in the 1950s and 1960s

POLITICALBOUNDARIES

FORMS OF GOVERNANCE

STATE MORPHOLOGY

Political boundaries do not always coincide with patterns of language, religion, ethnicity, nationality, and economy.

Political boundaries do not always coincide with patterns of language, religion, ethnicity, nationality, and economy.

United States

Switzerland

France

Canada

United Kingdom

Denmark

Poland

Unitary

Federal

PE MC #31Which of the following is the best example of a state with a “compact” shape?

(A) Argentina(B) Burma(C) Poland(D) Indonesia(E) New Zealand

PE MC #31Which of the following is the best example of a state with a “compact” shape?

(A) Argentina(B) Burma(C) Poland(D) Indonesia(E) New Zealand

SUPRANATIONALISM

UN

NATO

EU

ASEAN

NAFTA

OPEC

IMF

Economic

Military

Political

DEVOLUTION

ETHNIC SEPARATISM

IRREDENTISM

DEMOCRATIZATION

Nunavut, Canada

Catalonia, Spain

Yugoslavia

Caucasus Region

Crimea, Ukraine

Kurds in Iraq

Physical geography

Ethnic separatism

Terrorism

Economic problems

Social problems

Irredentism

2006 MC #21The term Balkanization refers to the

(A) fragmentation of a region into smaller units(B) introduction of an economic system of free enterprise(C) spread of slavic languages(D) industrial growth in less-developed nations(E) military and economic alliance of a group of countries

2006 MC #21The term Balkanization refers to the

(A) fragmentation of a region into smaller units(B) introduction of an economic system of free enterprise(C) spread of slavic languages(D) industrial growth in less-developed nations(E) military and economic alliance of a group of countries

2006 MC #29The European Union, the Arab League, and the United Nations are all examples of

(A) pressure groups(B) nation-states(C) centrifugal organizations(D) supranational organizations(E) federations

2006 MC #29The European Union, the Arab League, and the United Nations are all examples of

(A) pressure groups(B) nation-states(C) centrifugal organizations(D) supranational organizations(E) federations

2006 MC #75The Canadian government created the new territory of Nunavut in order to

(A) re-create the pre-1912 boundary of Quebec(B) recognize the territorial rights of indigenous people in the area(C) facilitate the exploration of mineral resources in the Northwest

Territories(D) grant autonomy to the Cree and Mohawk people living in eastern

Canada(E) guarantee Canadian fishing rights in the Atlantic Ocean

2006 MC #75The Canadian government created the new territory of Nunavut in order to

(A) re-create the pre-1912 boundary of Quebec(B) recognize the territorial rights of indigenous people in the area(C) facilitate the exploration of mineral resources in the Northwest

Territories(D) grant autonomy to the Cree and Mohawk people living in eastern

Canada(E) guarantee Canadian fishing rights in the Atlantic Ocean