Geopolitical Concepts Quiz

What is the right to choose a sovereign government without external influence called?

• Nationalism

• Self-determination

• Sovereignty

• Decolonization

Which term describes a factor that creates divisions among the population of a state?

• Centripetal force

• Nationalism

• Centrifugal force

• Sovereignty

What is a nation’s desire to create and maintain a state of its own, sometimes to an extreme degree, called?

• Nationalism

• Imperialism

• Colonialism

• Devolution

What is a country that contains more than one nation called?

• Nation-state

• Stateless nation

• Multinational state

• Satellite state

What is the willingness by a person or group to defend the space they claim as their own?

• Sovereignty

• Territoriality

• Decolonization

• Neocolonialism

What is the formal term for a country with a defined boundary and permanent population?

• State

• Nation

• Colony

• Region

What is the process by which indigenous people reclaim sovereignty over their territory?

• Neocolonialism

• Decolonization

• Imperialism

• Colonialism

What is a factor that creates unity among the population of a state?

• Centrifugal force

• Centripetal force

• Nationalism

• Sovereignty

What is the power of a government to rule over its own domestic and international affairs?

• Nationalism

• Sovereignty

• Decolonization

• Territoriality

What is a place of physical congestion between wider regions of movement and interaction called?

• Choke point

• Satellite state

• Autonomous region

• Stateless nation