Unit IV. Political Geography
Review Game Statements/Questions
1. area of land not controlled by a specific country
2. ability for a country to have control over its internal and external affairs
3. city that acts and operates as a country
4. the four things that need to be in place in order for a country to exist
5. piece of territory that is not contiguous with the main part of a state
6. area of a country that is dominated by a minority ethnicity from a country nearby
7. country that has no access to an ocean or sea
8. name for a tiny country such as Andorra
9. nation that is divided among a number of states such as Kurdistan
10. many borders in North Africa are an example of this type of boundary
11. many borders in the eastern United States are an example of this type of boundary
12. many borders in Europe are an example of this type of boundary
13. boundary that was established before the cultural landscape emerged
14. capital city moved to the interior such Brasilia or Islamabad
15. forces that unite a country
16. forces that divide a country
17. large political entity breaking into smaller units
18. tendency for countries to surrender some of their sovereignty to organizations such as the European Union
19. state where all the power lies in the federal government
20. state where political power is divided into different levels of government
21. state where the provinces have more power than the federal government
22. conference that established the boundaries for Africa
23. area or city that has been settled by different cultures though out history for example New Orleans
24. with respect to territorial morphology, Chile is a great example of…
25. with respect to territorial morphology, Indonesia is a great example of….
26. in this type of state the distance from the border to the capital is never very far
27. Oklahoma, Namibia, and Afghanistan are examples of this shape of state
28. name three physical features used as boundaries
29. name three types of cultural boundaries
30. type of gerrymandering that creates districts that make it easier for minority candidates to get elected
31. type of gerrymandering that spreads opposition support across many districts
32. type of gerrymandering that concentrates opposition supporters into a few districts
33. control of territory already occupied and organized by an indigenous society
34. process in which a more powerful ethnic group forcibly removes a less powerful one in order to create an ethnically homogenous region
35. identity with a group of people that share distinct physical and mental traits as a product of common heredity and cultural traditions
36. loyalty and devotion to a state
37. state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular nationality
38. process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities
39. identity with a group of people that share legal attachment and personal allegiance to a particular place as a result of being born there
40. the concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves is known as
41. a boundary that was created after the establishment of the cultural landscape is known as
42. largest ethnic group in the United States
43. legal system in South Africa that separated races
44. name the only perforated state in Africa
45. name the most ethnically diverse country in the world
46. area fought over by both India and Pakistan
47. name the island in the Mediterranean Sea that has been divided between Greeks and Turks since 1974
48. NATO stands for
49. condition where roughly equal strength between opposing alliances is maintained
50. after WWI the boundaries of Europe were redrawn to reflect as closely as possible