Name the Political Entity
What term describes a small sovereign state that is made up of a city and its surrounding area?
City state
What term describes the willingness of a person or group to defend the space that they claim?
Territoriality
Which geopolitical theory argues that land-based power is essential to achieving world domination?
Heartland Theory
What kind of state has a central government that holds all the power?
Unitary
Which supranational organization replaced the League of Nations after WWII?
United Nations
What is the term for a boundary established by a legal document, such as a treaty?
Defined boundary
What term describes a singular nation of people who fulfill the qualifications of a state?
Nation-state
Which of these states never had a significant colonial presence in Africa?
France, Portugal, China, Spain, Russia
China
Which geopolitical theory was heavily influenced by Darwinism?
Organic Theory
What style of government is best suited to states with homogenous populations?
Unitary
Which supranational organization presides over 510 million people and is headquartered in Brussels?
European Union
What process occurred in Africa mainly between 1950 and 1970 and led to the emergence of many independent states?
Decolonization
What term describes an area within a state that has a high degree of self-government and freedom from the parent state?
Autonomous region
What event led to the drawing of political boundaries in Africa that largely still exist today?
The Berlin Conference
Which geographer is responsible for the development of Heartland Theory?
Sir Halford Mackinder
Which style of government is best suited to states that are physically very large?
Federal
Which supranational organization considers an attack on one member to be an attack on all of them?
NATO
High fences with barbed wire indicate the boundary between Melilla, Spain and Morocco. What kind of boundary is this?
Demarcated boundary
What term describes cultural groups that have no independent political entity of their own?
Stateless Nations
What new state was formed during the Partition of India in 1947?
Pakistan
Which geopolitical theory did the Nazis use to justify their expansion across Europe during WWII?
Organic Theory
Which of these states is a federal state?
Belgium, China, Haiti, Japan, Iceland
Belgium
Which supranational organization includes eight states that occupy some of the coldest areas in the world?
Arctic Council
The Arab Spring called for a shift from absolute government to more representative forms of politics.
What is this an example of?
Democratization
What term describes a cultural group that has its own state but also stretches across the borders of others?
Multi-state nation
When the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, how many independent states emerged?
15
Why did Spykman believe that the Rimland was geopolitically important?
It has more varied resources and more people than the Heartland and has access to the sea (important for trade/transportation/war)
Which of these states is a unitary state?
Russia, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Nigeria
Italy
Which supranational organization aims to eradicate colonialism and promote unity among its members?
African Union
To prevent separatism, the Spanish Government signed autonomy agreements with the Catalans, Basques, and other groups.
What is this an example of?
Devolution