Political Geography

The world's smallest state is

• Monaco

• Bahrain

• Andorra

• Vatican City

• Tuvalu

The best example of a state among the following is

• 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.

• a group of islands inhabited by a homogeneous ethnicity, although the westermost islands pertain to the territory of one country whereas the easternmost islands pertain to another country.

• a mountainous region inhabited by heterogeneous ethnicities and divided up administratively among various independent countries.

• a mountainous region inhabited by heterogeneous ethnicities which share responsibility for maintaining an independent government and a standing army.

• a mountainous region inhabited by a mixture of peoples but recently colonized by a European nation-state.

This country has built a sand wall around the disputed Sahrawi Republic.

• Mauritania

• Mali

• Malawi

• Mozambique

• Morocco

These two countries are committed to unifying the nation but face disagreement as to which will be the dominant political and economic ideology.

• North and South Vietnam

• Moldova and Romania

• Lesotho and the Republic of South Africa

• Morocco and Sahrawi Republic

• North and South Korea

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

• Mesopotamia

• the Roman Empire

• Western Europe

• the United States

• Southeast Asia

This country is recognized as one of the most ethnically homogeneous in the world.

• Japan

• China

• India

• Bangladesh

• Taiwan

Russia, today, recognizes __________ different ethnicities within its political borders.

• 100

• 79

• 50

• 39

• 19

The conflict in the Ukraine started as a result of

• Russia's interest in Ukraine's coal deposits.

• Russia's interest in Ukraine's Black Sea tourist industry.

• Ignoring early signs of the Chernobyl disaster in the 1980s.

• The Russian minority declaring they were endangered in Ukraine.

• Russia's interest in Crimea's oil deposits.

Moldova, after it became an autonomous republic sought ethnic reunification with

• Bulgaria

• Hungary

• Austria

• Romania

• Slovenia

The only large land mass NOT part of a sovereign state is

• Antarctica

• the Arctic

• Greenland

• Siberia

• Borneo