AP Political Geo

In contrast to a state, a nation

• is a territory established by international agreement or military force

• is a cultural concept implying a group of people occupying a particular territory and unified by shared beliefs

• the portion of the earth’s surface containing a permanent population

• is a political entity, with sovereignty over its own territory

• is a group of people living in an enclave of a city

The first widespread use of the nation-state concept came in

• Mesopotamia

• the Roman Empire

• Western Europe

• the United States

• Southeast Asia

One of the most powerful impacts of colonialism was the construction of global order characterized by great differences in

• population

• military and political power

• economic and political power

• military and economic power

• resources

Wallerstein's views expressed in world systems theory hold that the global integrating force has been

• mercantilism

• the rise of the U.N.

• socialism

• colonial independence movements

• capitalism

The boundary between the United States and Canada is best described by which of the following

• geometric only

• linguistic and religious

• water and linguistic

• mountain and water

• water and geometric

Boundaries based on the median-line principle are generally associated with

• oceans

• converging ethnic territories

• unsettled frontier zones

• rivers and lakes

• mountain ridges

Yugoslavia was a prime example of a

• multi-state nation

• nation-state

• stateless nation

• multi-nation state

• none of the above

The movement of power from the central government to the regional governments is referred to as

• revolution

• pluralism

• supranationalism

• devolution

• centripetal

A series of concrete pillars _________ the northern boundary of Kuwait with Iraq

• defines

• delimits

• demarcates

• determines

• maps

Technically supranationalism refers to efforts by ______ or more states to forge associations for common advantage and in pursuit of common goals

• 5

• 4

• 3

• 2

• 1