Political Geography

Which of the following best illustrates the geographical concept of the nation-state?

• Iceland

• Belguim

• India

• Canada

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

• Nation

• Nation-State

• Country

• Sovereign State

Which of the following groups represents a nation without a state?

• Kurds

• Israelis

• Turks

• Germans

Type of State

• Compact

• Fragmented

• Perforated

• Elongated

Type of State

• Prorupted

• Perforated

• Compact

• Landlocked

Type of State

• Prorupted

• Perforated

• Compact

• Fragmented

Type of State

• Elongated

• Perforated

• Prorupted

• Fragmented

Ex. South Africa

• Perforated State

• Exclave

• Prorupted State

• Enclave

This type of state is the simplest to manage, since the government is close to all portions of the state.

• Elongated

• Compact

• Landlocked

• Fragmented

The Berlin Wall fell in 1989, but people in the former East & West Germany still feel its influence. Where the wall once stood now acts as a

• superimposed boundary

• relict boundary

• antecedent boundary

• subsequent boundary