Unit Four Review:Unit Four Review: Political Geography (Ethnicity, Political

Geography)

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Ethnicity

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Geopolitical Theories – 100

Question:Alfred T. Mahan’s theory that command of the

sea is a decisive factor in international relations.

Answer:Sea Power Theory

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Geopolitical Theories – 200

Question:The view that states resemble biological organisms with life cycles that include all

stages of life. Developed by Friedrich Ratzel.

Answer:Organic Theory

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Geopolitical Theories – 300

Question:The political theory that if one nation comes under Communist control then neighboring

nations will also come under Communist control.

Answer:Domino Theory

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Geopolitical Theories – 400

Question:What was the Rimland Theory?

Answer:Nicholas Spykman's theory that the domination

of the coastal fringes of Eurasia would provided the base for world conquest.

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Geopolitical Theories – 500

Question:Sir Halford John Mackinder’s theory that control of Eastern Europe, or the core of

Eurasia, was vital to control of the world.

Answer:Heartland Theory

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State Shapes – 100

Question:A state whose territory is long and narrow in

shape.

Answer:Elongated State

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State Shapes – 200

Question:A state whose territory completely surrounds

that of another state.

Answer:Perforated State

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State Shapes – 300

Question:A state that is not a contiguous whole but

rather separated parts.

Answer:Fragmented State

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State Shapes – 400

Question:What is a prorupted state?

Answer:A type of territorial shape that exhibits a narrow, elongated land extension leading away from the main body of the territory.

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State Shapes – 500

Question:What is an exclave?

Answer:A part of a country that is separated from the rest of the country and surrounded by foreign

territory.

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Ethnicity – 100

Question:A subset of human population whose members

share certain distinctive, inherited biological characteristics.

Answer:Race

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Ethnicity – 200

Question:The mass expulsion and killing of one ethic or

religious group in an area by another ethnic or religious group in that area.

Answer:Ethnic Cleansing

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Ethnicity – 300

Question:A South African social policy of racial

segregation involving political, economic, and legal discrimination against non-whites.

Answer:Apartheid

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Ethnicity – 400

Question:The former

Yugoslavia was an excellent example of

a…

Answer:Multinational State

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Ethnicity – 500

Question:What are the two largest ethnic groups in the United States and where are they clustered?

Answer:Latin American (Hispanic) in the southwest,

African American in the southeast

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States and Nations – 100

Question:A city with political and economic control over

the surrounding countryside.

Answer:City-state

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States and Nations – 200

Question:A state or territory that is small in both size

and population.

Answer:Microstate

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States and Nations – 300

Question:An independent country dominated by a

relatively homogeneous culture group.

Answer:Nation-state

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States and Nations – 400

Question:An internal organization of a state that places

most power in the hands of central government officials.

Answer:Unitary State

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States and Nations – 500

Question:What is the area on the map known as, and what is it an

excellent example of?

Answer:Kurdistan, Stateless

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Boundaries – 100

Question:What is a Superimposed Boundary?

Answer:A boundary that is imposed on the cultural

landscape which ignores pre-existing cultural patterns.

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Boundaries – 200

Question:What are Relic Boundaries?

Answer:International boundaries that no longer exist.

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Boundaries – 300

Question:A real or imagined line that defines the boundary of a nation or state like a river,

mountain range, or a desert.

Answer:Physical or Natural Political Boundary

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Boundaries – 400

Question:A boundary that developed with the evolution

of the cultural landscape and is adjusted as the cultural landscape changes.

Answer:Subsequent Boundary

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Boundaries – 500

Question:A boundary that existed before the cultural landscape emerged and stayed in place while people moved in to occupy the surrounding

area.

Answer:Antecedent Boundary

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? – 100

Question:To divide a geographic area into voting

districts so as to give unfair advantage to one group or political party in elections.

Answer:Gerrymandering

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? – 200

Question:An international organization of European

countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation

among its members.

Answer:European Union

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? – 300

Question:What is a centrifugal force?

Answer:Some factor that tends to push cultural, ethnic,

or political groups apart.

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Question:Moving a capital city to contested territory or

near an international border, to confirm a state’s determination to maintain its

presence in the region. Sometimes the move is to promote population growth in

another region of the country.

Answer:Forward Capital

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Question:A venture involving three or more national

state’s political, economic, or cultural cooperation to promote shared objectives.

Answer:Supranationalism

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