HG: Political Geography Practice

A state with only one nation within its borders

• Stateless-Nation
• Nation-State
• Ethnocentric Nation
• Statehood

Extreme patriotism or love for one's country.

• Pride
• Nationalism
• Patriotism
• Power

Boundaries established by rivers, oceans, deserts, mountains, etc. 

• Political boundaries
• Physical boundaries
• Cultural boundaries
• Geographic boundaries

A nationality is

• a group of people tied to a place through legal status and tradition.
• a country.
• any cohesive group of people.
• a group with shared religion, language, and origin of birth.

Denmark is a good example of a nation-state because

• nearly all Danes speak Danish and live in Denmark.
• Danish and German nationalities intermingle in Schleswig-Holstein.
• the people living on the Faeroe islands, which are controlled by Denmark, speak Faeroese.
• Denmark consolidated its boundaries by giving Greenland to Norway.

Which of the following is NOT a factor that determines the political power of a country?

• the strength of the economy
• the size of its army
• the stability of the government
• the official language of the country

State that has freedom over its own affairs has 

• centrifugal forces
• nationalism
• sovereignty
• pluralism

A group of people who share a common culture and identity as a cohesive group is a called a ___.

• Nation State
• Nation
• Country
• Sovereign State

A state is a synonym for a

• territory

• country

• unit

• member

When a state has __________________, it means it had control over its internal affairs without interference from other states. It is independent.

• self-determination

• sovereignty

• immunity

• diplomacy