Political Geography

Question 1

government

Answer 1

the organization inside a state that controls the ACTIONS and POLICIES of the state

Question 2

anarchy

Answer 2

a state of lawlessness or political disorder due to the absence of government

Question 3

unlimited government

Answer 3

a government structure in which there are no effective limits on government actions

Question 4

limited government

Answer 4

a government structure in which government actions are limited by law

Question 5

types of unlimited governments

Answer 5

dictatorship, monarchy, theocracy, single party state

Question 6

types of limited government

Answer 6

democracy, presidential democracy, parliamentary democracy, constitutional monarchy

Question 7

state

Answer 7

a body of people living in a defined space with the power to make and enforce laws and an organization to do this

Question 8

4 things that make a state

Answer 8

population, territory, sovereignty, government

Question 9

4 roles of government

Answer 9

make laws, protect state, keep order, provide services

Question 10

territorial dispute

Answer 10

conflicts between states over the ownership of a given area

Question 11

positional dispute

Answer 11

conflicts over interpretation of documents defining a boundary OR the way it is shown on the ground

Question 12

functional dispute

Answer 12

conflicts over national policies applied at a border

Question 13

resource dispute

Answer 13

conflicts over the use of resources complicated by a political boundary

Question 14

5 limits on government

Answer 14

constitution, rule of law, separation of power, consent of the governed, rights of the minority

Question 15

The World Bank

Answer 15

improve living conditions in poor countries, founded in 1944, 187 members

Question 16

The World Health Organization

Answer 16

gather data about health around the world and work to keep people healthy, founded in 1948, 193 members

Question 17

The Red Cross

Answer 17

respond to disasters, run programs in local communities, and visit prisoners of war, founded in 1863, 186 members

Question 18

The United Nations

Answer 18

bring stability to troubled areas of hte world and improve quality of life for the poor, founded in 1945, 193 members

Question 19

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Answer 19

keep peace and security around the world, help countries after natural disaster, and protect member countries in case of attack, founded in 1949, 28 members

Question 20

The European Union

Answer 20

create a single economy for member countries, act as a voice in the world for member countries, give aid to countries with problems, founded in 1951, 28 members

Question 21

monarchy

Answer 21

Power is inherited by birth, leader rules for a lifetime

Question 22

dictatorship

Answer 22

leader takes power by force

Question 23

theocracy

Answer 23

headed by religious leaders

Question 24

presidential democracy

Answer 24

voters choose a president to lead the government as head of the executive branch and lawmakers in legislature

Question 25

parliamentary democracy

Answer 25

voters elect lawmakers to represent them in the nation’s parliament

Question 26

single party state

Answer 26

only one party allowed, party leaders choose leader, party has complete control