Unit 4 Political Patterns and Processes

A federal state is likely to possess

• More citizens who favor democratic elections than unitary states

• A leader with the power to revise the state’s constitution

• A large amount of mineral resources

• Multiple systems of checks and balances

• A king and a queen

Which of the following is NOT an example of an ethnic conflict:

• Apartheid in South Africa

• Berlin Wall in Germany

• Kurds in Southwest Asia

• Partition of India

• Rwandan Genocide

Processes of globalization are most closely associated with which of the following forms of socioeconomic organizations

• Mutualism

• Socialism

• Feudalism

• Capitalism

• Communism

Distance, remoteness and marginal location enhance the potential for a separation of central government powers. This is known as:

• Ethnic devolution

• Spatial devolution

• Economic devolution

• Economic marginalization

• Spatial marginalization

The end of the Cold War provided electoral geographers with the first opportunity to study modern political cleavages in

• Canada and Australia

• France and the United Kingdom

• Jamaica and Bermuda

• Poland and the Czech Republic

• The United States and Mexico

An urban ethnic enclave that is held together by external forces of discrimination and marginalization, as well as by internal forces of community identity and ethnic solidarity, is known as a(n)

• Exclave

• Ghetto

• Gated community

• Commune

• Isogloss

One of the classic examples of supranationalism is the EU because this body of member states has

• Transferred some of its powers to a central authority

• Invested all of its power in a prime minister

• A single annual election

• A single intergovernmental bank

• Required its member states not to sign international treaties

Democratization can be a slow process, with a common step between the acceptance of an authoritarian government and the election of a president or prime minister being the

• Colonization of an island nation

• Recognition of a divine monarchy

• Elimination of the judicial branch

• Establishment of a legislative body

• Transition to a skills-based economy

The belief that a territory belonging to another state should be annexed for ethnic or historical reasons is called

• Prorupton

• Devolution

• Irredentism

• Ethnocentrism

• Supranationalism

Which of the following is true about the Law of the Sea?

• International waters are under control of all states

• International waters are up to 50 miles from a state

• Exclusive Economic Zones allow states to exploit resources

• Contiguous Zones allow states to attack foreign vessels

• A body of water is deemed to be part of whatever state has the greatest economic interest.