UNIT 4/CHAPTER 8, KEY ISSUE 1 QUIZ

An area organized into an independent political unit is a

• Colony

• Nationality

• Nation

• Territory

• State

The world’s largest state is

• Canada

• India

• Alaska

• China

• Russia

Extremely small island-states in the world, many of which are former European colonies are called

• Microstates.

• Island-colonies.

• Macrostates.

• Island nations.

• Small nation-states.

The best example of a state among the following is

• 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.

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

• An island with a long history of self-rule and homogeneous ethnic identity, although the island has been under the control of a colonial power for last 30 years.

• 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.

The world’s smallest state is

• Monaco.

• Andorra.

• Vatican City.

• Bahrain.

• Tuvalu.

Which region became home to the Chinese Nationalist party during and after the Communist Revolution in 1949?

• Tibet

• Mongolia

• Taiwan

• Hong Kong

• North Korea

Together, the people of North Korea and South Korea are a good example of

• A sovereign state.

• A nation-state.

• A multistate nation.

• A multiethnic state.

• A stateless nation.

An ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states is

• Sovereignty.

• Colonization.

• Gerrymandering.

• Self-determination.

• Redistricting.

A sovereign state comprising of a city and its immediate hinterland is a(n)

• Compact state.

• Fragmented state.

• City-state.

• Microstate.

• Suburb.

A state with only one nation within its border is a(n)

• Stateless-nation.

• Ethnocentric nation.

• Nation-State.

• Statehood.

• Principality.