State Morphology
Boundaries
Supranational Orgs.
Government
Vocabulary
100
Which of the following is a landlocked country?
A. Peru
B. Germany
C. Burma
D. Afghanistan
E. Colombia
What is (D) AFGHANISTAN?
100
Old political boundaries that no longer exist as international borders, but that have left an enduring mark on the local cultural or environmental geography.
What is a RELIC BOUNDARY?
100
When countries come together for a common purpose, somewhat limiting their own individual powers, the resulting body is called a(n)
What are SUPRANATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS?
100
True or False: Canada's government established a new territory for Nunavut in order to recognize the territorial rights of indigenous people in the area.
What is TRUE?
100
A state that possesses a roughly circular, oval, or rectangular territory in which the distance from the geometric center is relatively equal in all directions.
What is a COMPACT state?
200
The Kurds would be classified as a
What is a STATELESS NATION?
200
Political boundaries that are defined and delimited by straight lines.
What is a GEOMETRIC BOUNDARY?
200
OPEC is an example of a(n)
What is an INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION?
200
_____ forces work to pull countries apart, while ______ forces work to bind them together.
What are CENTRIFUGAL and CENTRIPETAL forces?
200
The contentious political process by which a state may break up into smaller countries.
***DAILY DOUBLE***
What 20th century country went through the process of breaking up into smaller states?
What is BALKANIZATION?
Who is the FORMER YUGOSLAVIA?
300
Indonesia is an example of a(n)
What is a fragmented state?
300
A boundary line established before an area is populated.
What is an ANTECEDENT BOUNDARY?
300
This organization was established an international organization that has joined together for military purposes.
Who is NATO or NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION?
300
The drawing of new voting districts is called
What is REAPPORTIONMENT or REDISTRICTING?
300
Any small and relatively homogeneous group or region surrounded by another larger and different group or region.
What are ENCLAVES?
400
The following are examples of ______: Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino, Andorra, the Cook Islands, Niue, and the Federated States of Micronesia
What are MICROSTATES?
400
Political boundaries that correspond with prominent physical features such as mountain ranges or rivers.
What is a PHYSICAL BOUNDARY?
400
A state governed constitutionally as a unit, without internal divisions or a federalist delegation of power.
***DAILY DOUBLE***
Provide one example of this type of government.
What is a UNITARY STATE?
Who is France, China, Japan or the United Kingdom?
400
When voting districts are redrawn in such a way that they purposely favor a political party, they have been
What is GERRYMANDERED?
400
Forces that tend to divide a country and Forces that tend to unite or bind a country together.
What are CENTRIFUGAL and CENTRIPETAL forces?
500
A __________ is a group of people with a common political identity, and a ________ is a country with recognized borders.
What is a NATION and STATE?
500
______ boundaries characterize much of Africa as they ignore cultural and tribal differences across space.
What is a SUPERIMPOSED BOUNDARIES?
500
This organization was established as a global supranational organization at the end of WWII to foster international security and cooperation
What is the UNITED NATIONS?
500
When one country exerts political, economic, or social influence over another without the aid of official government institutions, it is called
What is IMPERIALISM?
500
Law establishing states' rights and responsibilities concerning the ownership and use of the earth's seas and oceans and their resources.
What is the LAW OF THE SEA?