Political Geography
Which two countries share the longest international land border in the world?
US and Canada
Which empire was ruled by Genghis Khan?
Mongol Empire
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles ended which war?
WW1
What term describes people moving from rural areas to cities?
Urbanization
Who wrote The Communist Manifesto?
Karl Marx
What is the only country that borders both North Korea and South Korea?
China
Which empire controlled large parts of the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Europe until World War I?
Ottoman Empire
The fall of Constantinople in 1453 marked the end of which empire?
Byzantine Empire
What is the name for a country’s total economic output?
Gross Domestic Output
What political system features a single ruler with absolute power, often inherited through family lines?
Monarchy
Which European country is divided into regions called “cantons”?
Switzerland
Which European country controlled the Congo as a colony in the late 1800s?
Belgium
What was the name of the transformative period in late 1800s Japan?
The Meji Restoration
What region of Africa is just south of the Sahara Desert?
Sub-Saharan Africa
What political concept divides government power into executive, legislative, and judicial branches?
Separation of Powers
What country was formerly known as Burma?
Myanmar
Which empire was known as the “Empire on which the sun never sets”?
British Empire
The Haitian Revolution resulted in independence from which European country?
France
Which country is the world’s largest exporter of oil?
Saudi Arabia
Which country experienced a cultural revolution under Mao Zedong?
China
Which two countries border the Caspian Sea but are NOT in Europe?
Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan
Which dynasty unified China and began construction of the Great Wall?
Qin Dynasty
Which event in 1989 led to the collapse of communist governments across Eastern Europe and symbolized the weakening of Soviet influence?
What trade agreement connects the United States, Canada, and Mexico in a free trade zone?
USMCA
Which ideology spread during the 1800s that argued nations should be unified based on shared language, culture, and ethnicity (Influencing the unification of Germany and Italy)
Nationalism