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1) The world's largest state is
A) China.
B) Canada.
C) Russia.
D) Alaska.
E) India.
Answer: C
2) Extremely small island-states in the world, many of which are former European colonies, are called
A) island nations.
B) macrostates.
C) microstates.
D) small nation-states.
E) island-colonies.
Answer: C
4) An area organized into an independent political unit is a
A) colony.
B) nationality.
C) nation.
D) state.
E) territory.
Answer: D
12) The Fertile Crescent
A) followed the Nile and Euphrates rivers.
B) was the key to the Roman Empire in classical times.
C) was the location of the first city-states in the Middle East and the first large-scale agricultural projects of Sub-Saharan Africa.
D) is sometimes considered to have extended from the Nile Valley to the Atlas Mountains.
E) extended from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea and was the location of the first city-states in the Middle East.
Answer: E
15) The first widespread use of the nation-state concept came in
A) Mesopotamia.
B) the Roman Empire.
C) Western Europe.
D) the United States.
E) Southeast Asia
Answer: C
8) These two countries are committed to unifying the nation but face disagreement as to which will be the dominant political and economic ideology.
A) North and South Vietnam
B) Moldova and Romania
C) Lesotho and the Republic of South Africa
D) Morocco and Sahrawi Republic
E) North and South Korea
Answer: E
3) The world's smallest state is
A) Monaco.
B) Bahrain.
C) Andorra.
D) Vatican City.
E) Tuvalu.
Answer: D
9) Korea is a good example of a(n)
A) sovereign state.
B) nation-state existing in a unified condition.
C) ethnicity divided between more than one state.
D) colony divided between more than one ethnicity.
E) patron-state.
Answer: C
13) The first states in ancient Mesopotamia were
A) city-states, which incorporated cities as well as their countryside.
B) colonies, which incorporated cities as well as their countryside.
C) empires, which incorporated dozens of unified colonies.
D) nation-states, which incorporated city-states, colonies, and empires.
E) patron-states ruled by sheiks.
Answer: A
17) The concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves is known as
A) centripetal determination.
B) nationalism.
C) universal suffrage.
D) self determination.
E) sovereignty.
Answer: D
52) The only large land mass NOT part of a sovereign state is
A) Antarctica.
B) the Arctic.
C) Greenland.
D) Siberia.
E) Borneo.
Answer: A
11) This is a sovereign state that comprises an urban area and the surrounding countryside.
A) rural-state
B) nation-state
C) city-state
D) primate-state
E) homogeneous state
Answer: C
10) A state with control over its internal affairs has
A) centripetal forces.
B) nationality.
C) suffrage.
D) sovereignty.
E) ethnicity.
Answer: D
48) What was an important cultural characteristic of boundaries in nineteenth century France, Spain, and Portugal?
A) religion
B) economics
C) kingdoms
D) language
E) mountains
Answer: D
55) The boundary between the United States and Canada is best described by which of the following?
A) geometric only
B) linguistic and religious
C) water and linguistic
D) mountain and water
E) water and geometric
Answer: E
53) What might be the contemporary basis for conflicting claims to the Arctic?
A) potential for energy resources
B) old Cold War grudges
C) colonial expansion
D) shifting sea ice formations
E) the proximity of South American and African countries
Answer: A
60) The boundary between Argentina and Chile is an example of a
A) prorupted boundary.
B) geometric boundary.
C) physical boundary.
D) cultural frontier.
E) perforated frontier.
Answer: C
5) The best example of a state among the following is
A) an island with a long history of self-rule and a homogeneous ethnic identity, although the island has been under the control of a colonial power for the last 30 years.
B) a group of islands inhabited by a homogeneous ethnicity, although the westernmost islands pertain to the territory of one country whereas the easternmost islands pertain to another country.
C) a mountainous region inhabited by heterogeneous ethnicities and divided up administratively among various independent countries.
D) a mountainous region inhabited by heterogeneous ethnicities which share responsibility for maintaining an independent government and a standing army.
E) a mountainous region inhabited by a mixture of peoples but recently colonized by a European nation-state.
Answer: D
70) Elongated states may suffer from poor internal communication and difficulty defending borders. Which of the following is NOT an elongated state?
A) Malawi
B) Gambia
C) Botswana
D) Chile
E) Italy
Answer: C
81) An increasing number of states have adopted a federal form of government primarily to
A) grant different ethnicities or nationalities more effective representation.
B) encourage the breakup of the superpower alliances.
C) govern compact states more effectively.
D) deploy scarce resources efficiently.
E) accommodate rightwing political parties and their demands for more representation in national elections.
Answer: A
63) Which is NOT true about the Law of the Sea?
A) It identifies territorial waters up to 12 nautical miles as under state control.
B) It identifies international waters as having no single state control.
C) It identifies internal shoreline waters as international to ensure free trade.
D) It identifies the exclusive economic zone as a zone of state exploitation of resources such as fish and oil.
E) It identifies a contiguous zone in which a state may enforce pollution controls and levy taxes for its use.
Answer: C
73) Democracies and autocracies differ in three essential ways; they are
A) longevity of regime, citizen participation, and adoption of free market economies.
B) selection of leaders, citizen participation, and checks and balances.
C) longevity of regime, selection of leaders, and checks and balances.
D) selection of leaders, adoption of free market economies, checks and balances.
E) longevity of regime, checks and balances, membership in the United Nations.
Answer: B
74) Sub-Saharan Africa's fragile states' status may be attributed to all but which of the following?
A) high population growth and poor health
B) extreme poverty
C) alignment with the Soviet Union during the Cold War
D) ethnic tensions and ethnic cleansing
E) problematic shapes
Answer: C
76) Which of the following democracies represents a unitary state in which power is concentrated in the hands of the central government?
A) India
B) France
C) South Africa
D) Russia
E) the United States
Answer: B
92) When gerrymandering takes place, the kind of redistricting so that the opposition is spread across many districts as a minority is termed a(n) ________ strategy.
A) wasted vote
B) rightwing
C) stacked vote
D) districting
E) excess vote
Answer: A