Types of States
Land Use
Boundaries
Grab Bag
Organizations
100
A state that is not a contiguous whole but rather separated parts.
What is a fragmented state.
100
This system uses physical features of the land to mark property lines.
What is metes and bounds.
100
Give an example of a Physical Boundary
What is a river, lake mountain, hill, stream...
100
The designation of voting districts so as to favor a particular political party.
What is Gerrymandering.
100
NAFTA stands for.
What is the North American Free Trade Agreement
200
Which of the following is a landlocked country? (A) Peru (B) Germany (C) Myanmar (D) Afganistan (E) Columbia
What is Afganistan
200
This system uses a rectilinear grid to define an mark property lines.
What is U.S. Public Land Survey or (retangular survey)
200
__________boundaries characterize much of Africa as they ignore cultural and tribal differences across space. (A) Superimposed (B) Subsequent (C) Colonial (D) Antecedent (E) Territorial
What are Superimposed Boundaries
200
A bounded territory that is part of a particular state but is separated from it by the territory of another state,
What is an Exclave.
200
NATO stands for.
What is North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
300
Relatively small state sandwiched between two larger powers.
What is a Buffer State.
300
Uses distance along a river or road to mark property lines. Hint (some lakefront homes use this)
What is Longlot Survey
300
This type of border is established BEFORE an area is settled.
What is antecedent.
300
The reallocation of electoral seats is called (A) reapportionment (B) gerrymandering (C) reelection (D) redrawing (E) discretization
What is reapportionment
300
A global supranational organization established at the end of World War II to foster international security and cooperation.
What is the United Nations
400
A state whose territory completely surrounds that of another state.
What is a perforated state.
400
The State of Nebraska was surveyed using this system.
What is U.S. Public Land Survey or (retangular survey)
400
This type of boundary no longer exists as an international border, but still has cultural implications.
What is Relic Boundary
400
The________was based on control of land, markets, and political ideology, whereas the _______ is based on wealth and poverty. (A) east/west divide...north/south divide (B) domino theory...heartland theory (C) north/south divide...east/west divide (D) organic theory...rimland theory (E) core/periphery...east/west divide
What is east/west divide...north/south divide
400
OPEC stands for.
What is Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
500
A state(country) governed constitutionally as a unit, without internal divisions or a federalist delegation of powers.
What is a Unitary State.
500
The number of acres in a square mile.
What is 640
500
Polictical boundaries that are defined and delimited by straight lines.
What is Geometric
500
When one country exerts political, economic, or social influence over another WITHOUT the aid of official government institutions, it is called (A) dominance (B) imperialism (C) colonialism (D) federalism (E) territorialism
What is (B) imperialism
500
Organization of three or more states (countries) to promote shared objectives.
What is a Supranational Organization
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