Question 1

Scotland and Wales are to the UK as ____________ are to Spain.

Accepted Answer

A)   Galicia and Catalonia
B)   Kaliningrad and Lithuania
C)   Corsica and Sardonia
D)   South Tyrol and SardoniaE) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 2

Which of the following is either believed to have or to be actively developing nuclear weapons?

Accepted Answer

A)   Israel
B)   India, Pakistan
C)   North Korea, Iran
D)   all of the aboveE) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 3

Discuss the factors needed to create a nation-state. Are there any perfect nation-states? What factors can threaten a nation-states stability?

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Question 4

In The Territorial Imperative,Robert Ardery argued that humans are concerned with ________________

Accepted Answer

A)   collecting and securing territory.
B)   concerned only with the securing of food.
C)   avoiding confrontation with different groups.
D)   unconcerned with securing territory.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 5

Robert Sack's view of human territorial behavior implies an expression of control over space and time. This control is closely related to the concept of ________________

Accepted Answer

A)   nationhood.
B)   colonialism.
C)   sovereignty.
D)   warfare.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 6

Mackinder's heartland theory of geopolitics maintained that world domination would be exercised through sea power.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Geometric boundaries,totally unrelated to any aspects of the cultural or physical landscape,were made considerable use of by the colonial powers in ________________

Accepted Answer

A)   Asia.
B)   South America.
C)   Central America.
D)   Africa.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 8

The European state idea spread throughout the world through ________________

Accepted Answer

A)   European colonialism.
B)   economic development.
C)   League of Nations planning.
D)   contagious diffusion.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 9

Listed among the challenges to the state in the twenty-first century are all the following except ________________

Accepted Answer

A)   nuclear weapons.
B)   economic globalization.
C)   increased cultural communication.
D)   the United Nations.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 10

Discuss the European state model in terms of territory,sovereignty,homogeneity and control. Choose a state and discuss the formation and extension of control from the capital core to peripheral regions and the types of devolutionary forces within the state.

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Question 11

The boundaries of independent African states were drawn at the Berlin Conference and were essentially drawn

Accepted Answer

A)   arbitrarily.
B)   along ethnic lines.
C)   along religious lines.
D)   along ecological lines.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

What ultimately proved to be the undoing of monarchical absolutism and its system of patronage during Europe's rebirth?

Accepted Answer

A)   the re-emergence of church power
B)   growing economic power of merchants
C)   an increasing population
D)   colonizationE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 13

A boundary between countries is a

Accepted Answer

A)   line on the ground only.
B)   line shown only on maps.
C)   point of separation on and below the surface only.
D)   vertical plane that cuts through the rocks below and air above.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 14

Devolution is affecting many countries in the world today.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The League of Nations intervened to aid Ethiopia when attacked by Italy in the mid-1930s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which is not characteristic of unitary state governments?

Accepted Answer

A)   highly centralized
B)   capital city functions as core of power
C)   suppression of regional subcultures
D)   concerned with fostering diversity of regional cultural expressionE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

Which is an example of a stateless-nation?

Accepted Answer

A)   Korea
B)   Kurds
C)   Hungary
D)   SwitzerlandE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

Disputes over water (e.g.among Syria,Turkey,and Iraq over the Euphrates)are examples of allocational boundary disputes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Sir Halford Mackinder developed what would become known as the heartland theory which suggested that interior Eurasia contained a critical "pivot area" that would generate a state capable of challenging for world domination. The key to the area according to Mackinder was ________________

Accepted Answer

A)   natural protection.
B)   distance.
C)   natural resources.
D)   Eastern Europe.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

Why is Sub Saharan Africa likely to face more serious problems creating cohesive independent states that would be politically stable and lack serious internal ethnic frictions?

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Mackinder's heartland theory of geopolitics maintained that world domination would be exercised through sea power.

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The European state idea spread throughout the world through ________________

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Devolution is affecting many countries in the world today.

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Sir Halford Mackinder developed what would become known as the heartland theory which suggested that interior Eurasia contained a critical "pivot area" that would generate a state capable of challenging for world domination. The key to the area according to Mackinder was ________________

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The boundaries of independent African states were drawn at the Berlin Conference and were essentially drawn

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Listed among the challenges to the state in the twenty-first century are all the following except ________________

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Robert Sack's view of human territorial behavior implies an expression of control over space and time. This control is closely related to the concept of ________________

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Which is an example of a stateless-nation?

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The League of Nations intervened to aid Ethiopia when attacked by Italy in the mid-1930s.

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What ultimately proved to be the undoing of monarchical absolutism and its system of patronage during Europe's rebirth?

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Geometric boundaries,totally unrelated to any aspects of the cultural or physical landscape,were made considerable use of by the colonial powers in ________________

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Discuss the factors needed to create a nation-state. Are there any perfect nation-states? What factors can threaten a nation-states stability?

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