Chapter 8 Key Issue 1

Question 0

Country is a synonym to ______

Answer 0

State

Question 1

State

Answer 1

An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs

Question 2

Sovereignty

Answer 2

Independence from control of internal affairs by other states.

Question 3

Korea is divided into ______ ______ and ______ ________.

Answer 3

North Korea

South Korea

Question 4

Both North Korea and South Korea wanted to ______ into one ________ state.

Answer 4

Reunite

Sovereign

Question 5

South Korea didn’t want to reunite with North Korea after they started _________________

Answer 5

Building nuclear weapons

Question 6

Most people consider china and Taiwan ________ states.

Answer 6

Separate

Question 7

China’s government says _________ Taiwan.

Answer 7

They control

Question 8

Taiwans government says they are ________ from china.

Answer 8

Separate

Question 9

The Western Sahara is considered a _______ by most African countries.

Answer 9

State

Question 10

_________ claims the territory of the Western Sahara and has built ______ around it.

Answer 10

Morocco

Walls

Question 11

Several states claim portions of the ______ _______

Answer 11

Polar regions

Question 12

The arctic is thought to be rich in __________

Answer 12

Energy sources

Question 13

Largest state?

Answer 13

Russia

Question 14

Micro state

Answer 14

States with very small land area

Question 15

Smallest microstate?

Answer 15

Monaco

Question 16

Many microstates are _______.

Answer 16

Islands

Question 17

City-state

Answer 17

A sovereign state that comprises a town and the surrounding countryside.

Question 18

Colony

Answer 18

A territory legally tied to a sovereign state rather than being completely independent.

Question 19

Colonialism

Answer 19

The effort by the country to establish settlements in a territory and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles on that territory.

Question 20

European states controlled much of the world through colonialism to:
1
2
3

Answer 20

Promote Christianity
Extract useful resources and serve as captive markets for their products
Establish relative power though the number of their colonies.

Question 21

Imperialism

Answer 21

Control of territory already occupied and organized by and indigenous society.

Question 22

Europeans used imperialism in ____ and ______

Answer 22

Asia

Africa

Question 23

Where are the few remaining colonies located?

Answer 23

Islands in the Pacific Ocean or Caribbean Sea.