AP Human Geo Unit 4

Question 1

What is a:

Nation

(An example of this would be the kurds)

(A large body of … united by ……, history, …/…, inhabiting a …/…)

Answer 1

A large body of people united by common descent, history, culture/language, inhabiting a particular country/territory

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Question 2

What is a:

Nation-State

(A state whose territory cor… to that occupied by a particular … that has transformed into a …)

Answer 2

A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicty that has transformed into a nationality

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Question 3

What is a:

Stateless Nation

(An ethnic group/… that does not possess its own … and is not the majority … in any ……)

Answer 3

An ethnic group/nation that does not possess its own state and is not the majority population in any nation state

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Question 4

What is a:

Multiethnic State

(An example of this would be the US)

Answer 4

A state that contains more than one ethnicity

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Question 5

What is a:

Multinational State

(an example of this would be Russia)

(a state that contains … or more …… with traditions of …… that agree to … peacefully by … each other as ……)

Answer 5

A state that contains 2 or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities

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Question 6

What is a:

Multistate Nation

(An example of this would be Korea)

(A … which operates more than … states within its … where people share a common … and live in ……)

Answer 6

A nation which operates more than 1 states within its borders where people share a common characteristic and live in multiple states

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Question 7

What is an:

Autonomous/Semiautonomous Region

(An example of this would be Hong Kong)

(Sections of a … that have a … of … in …… and may result because of ……)

Answer 7

Sections of a nation that have a degree of independence in several issues and may result because of several reasons

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Question 8

What are

Independence Movements

(Russia - The leading one)

(A condition of a …, nation, …/… in which its residents and …/some portion thereof, exercise ……, and usually …, over the territory)

Answer 8

A condition of a person, nation, country/state in which its residents and population/some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over the territory

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Question 9

What is:

Devolution

(Yugoslavia - The one balkanizing)

(Occurs when a …… hands increased powers to …… of … OR can help lead to … because it can increase the sense that the people in each of the …… are different from ……)

Answer 9

Occurs when a unitary governemnt hands increased powers to lower levels of government OR can help lead to balkanization (complete breakdown of a state) because it can increase the sense that the people in each of the smaller regions are different from one another

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Question 10

What is:

Colonialism and Imperialism

(Africa - The one getting ruled)

(Rule by an …… over a weaker and ………… .This occurs when a …… conquers and rules over a …… .People may move to the …… and … there, becoming the ……)

Answer 10

Rule by an independent power over a weaker and foreign people and place. This occurs when a stronger country conquers and rules over a weaker region. People may move to the new area and settle there, becoming the ruling group

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Question 11

What is:

Neocolonialism

(Neo=New)

(Process of …, powerful, developed … using economic, …, and other informal means to … pressure on the …, less powerful, … states)

Answer 11

Process of rich, powerful, developed states using economic, political, and other informal means to exert pressure on the poor, less powerful, underdeveloped states

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Question 12

What are:

Choke Points

(An example of this is the Strait of Hormuz)

(A … feature on land such as a …, groge, … or at sea such as a …, which an armed force is forced to …, sometimes on a sub… narrower front and therefore greatly … its combat …, to reach its objective)

Answer 12

A geographical feature on land such as a valley, gorge, bridge, or at sea such as a strait, which an armed force is forced to pass, sometimes on a substantially narrower front and therefore greatly decreasing its combat power, to reach its objective

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Question 13

What are:

Shatterbelts

(An example of this would be the whole Korea)

(A region whose internal, g…, cultural, reli… and … fragmentation is … (mixed with) by presures from …… powers attracted by the region’s … location and ……)

Answer 13

A region whose internal, geographical, cultural, religious, and political fragmentation is compunded (mixed with) by pressures from external major powers attracted by the region’s strategic location and economic resources.

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Question 14

What is a:

Relic

(An example of this would be the Berlin Wall)

(A political … that no longer exists, but still has some kind of …)

Answer 14

A political boundary that no longer exists, but still has some kind of significance (economic, cultural, etc.)

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Question 15

What is a:

Superimposed Boundary

(An example of this would be Africa during the Berlin Conference)

(A … that is drawn by …… and tends to ignore existing … of social, …, or ethnic …)

Answer 15

A boundary that is drawn by outside powers and tend to ignore existing boundaries of social, cultural, or ethnic differences

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Question 16

What is an:

Antecedent Boundary

(An example of this would be the United States and Canada)

(A … that already existed before the …… in that area occured)

Answer 16

A boundary that already existed before the present settlement in that area occured (boundary lines that existed before human cultures created a cultural landscape.)

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Question 17

What is a:

Subsequent Boundary

(an example of this would be most of Europe)

(A … drawn where people have already … with .. already established. So it … along with the … of the ……)

Answer 17

A boundary drawn where people have already settled with culture already established. So it develops along with the developement of the cultural landscape

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Question 18

What is a:

Consequent Boundary

(An example of this would be India and Pakistan)

(A … line that concides with some … divide such as …/language and is drawn to … the existing ……)

Answer 18

A boundary line that concides with some cultural divide, such as religion/language and is drawn to accomodate the existing cultural landscape

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Question 19

What is a:

Geometric Boundary

(An example of this would be North Korea and South Korea)

(… lines drawn on a …, can be … or …)

Answer 19

Straight lines drawn on a map, can be superimposed or antecedent

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Question 20

What is a:

Physical Boundary

(An example of this would be the mountains between India and China)

(A naturally occuring … between … or more areas including …, rivers, …, desserts, etc.)

Answer 20

A naturally occuring barrier between 2 or more areas including oceans, rivers, mountains, desserts, etc.

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Question 21

What are:

Voting districts

(Local … area of a larger … in which you vote for rep… to c… .Determined by redis… after the …)

Answer 21

Local geographic area of a larger country in which you vote for representatives to congress. Determined by redistricting after the cenus

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Question 22

What is:

Redistricting

(Internal …boundaries are … after a … which deter… voting d… for legislatures)

Answer 22

Internal poilitical boundaries are redrawn after a census (every ten years in the US), which determine voting districts for legislatures (our congress)

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Question 23

What is:

Gerrymandering

(The … party in power of the state legislature … the districts to give them a par… advantage)

Answer 23

The majority party in power of the state legislature redraws the districts to give them a partisan advantage (to give an advantage to one political party over another)

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Question 24

What is a:

Unitary State

(A … … … structure)

Answer 24

A strong centralized government structure

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Question 25

What is a:

Federal State

(A … government …, giving … to … and local …)

Answer 25

A decentralized government structure, giving power to state and local governments

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Question 26

What is:

Physical Geography

(The … of the …’s surface, including …, animals, …, land formations, etc.)

Answer 26

The natural features of the earth’s surface, including plants, animals, climate, land formations, etc

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Question 27

What is:

Ethnic Seperatism

(The advocacy of a .. of cultural, …, ethnic, …, religious, … government/gender seperation from the larger …, and is often based more on … and linguistic differences than …/racial differences, which also may exist)

Answer 27

The advocacy of a state of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial, governmental/gender seperation from the larger group, and is often based more on cultural and linguistic differences than religous/racial differences, which also may exist

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Question 28

What is:

Ethnic Cleansing

(A process in which a more … ethnic … forcibly … a less … one in order to create an … homogenous region)

Answer 28

A process in which a more powerful ethnic group forcibly removes a less powerful one in order to create an ethnically homogenous region

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Question 29

What is:

Terrorism

(The … use of violence by a … in order to inti… a population/coerce a … into granting its …s)

Answer 29

The systematic use of violence by a group in order to intimidate a population or coerce a government into granting its demands

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Question 30

What are:

Economic Problems

(When poor regions of a … feel disvantaged by … ones. Richer areas of the … can also feel put … by having to provides … to … ones)

Answer 30

When poor regions of a country feel disvantaged by weathier ones. Richer areas of the country can also feel put upon by having to provide subsidies to poorer ones

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Question 31

What is:

The basis of the Boundary?

Answer 31

• If it’s the interest of outside forces? It’s Superimposed
• If it’s cultural differences? It’s Consequent
• If it’s lines of longitude and latitude? It’s Geometric
• If it’s a physical feature? Then it’s Physical

Question 32

What are:

Social Problems

(Undesirable … that people believe should be …, or social … that disrupt/… society-…, racism, and the …)

Answer 32

Undesirable condition that people believe should be corrected, or social conditions that disrupt/damage society-crime, racism, and the like

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Question 33

What is:

Irredentism

(An example of this would Russia and Ukraine)

(A … claim based on a na…, ethnic/… basis)

Answer 33

A territorial claim based on a national, ethnic/historial basis

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Question 34

What is:

Supranationalism

(Examples of this would be The UN, NATO, and the EU)

(When several … form an … to achieve … … and benefits for all the … .These … are often political, …, economic/…)

Answer 34

When several countries form an organization to achieve common goals and benefits for all the countries. These organizations are often political, military, economic/evironmental

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Question 35

What is:

Cetrifugal Force

(failed states, uneven development)

Answer 35

Forces that pull countries apart

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Question 36

What is:

Centripetal Force

(Increased cultural cohesion, ethnonatioalism)

Answer 36

Forces that bind countries together

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