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The only large land mass not part of a sovereign state is A) the Arctic. B) Siberia. C) Greenland. D) Antarctica. E) Borneo.
Which shape most easily fosters the establishment of effective internal communications for a smaller state? A) compact B) prolonged C) fragmented D) prorupted E) elongated
A frontier, in contrast to a boundary, A) is a region of ethnic conflict. B) has become a more common means to separate states. C) separates two states. D) is an area rather than a line. E) all of the above
Political unity in the ancient Mediterranean world reached its height in A) the Fertile Crescent. B) Western Europe. C) Egypt. D) the Roman Empire. E) the Alexandrian Empire.
There are some extremely small states in the world that have all but which of the following characteristics? A) They are called microstates. B) All are smaller than 1,000 square kilometers. C) Most are in the southern hemisphere. D) Many are islands. E) Many of the island nations are former European colonies.
As a result of a 1979 Soviet invasion, what country generated one of the world's largest refugee migrations? A) Afghanistan B) Ethiopia C) Israel D) Yugoslavia E) Vietnam
Redistricting so that the opposition is spread across many districts as a minority it termed a ________ strategy. A) wasted vote B) excess vote C) stacked vote D) gerrymandering
The first widespread use of the nation-state concept came in A) the Roman Empire. B) the United States. C) Western Europe. D) Mesopotamia. E) Southeast Asia.
An area organized into an independent political unit is a A) suburb. B) colony. C) satellite. D) nationality. E) state.
Boundaries were redrawn in much of Europe after World War I according to the A) distribution of languages. B) North Atlantic Treaty Organization. C) League of Nations. D) containment of Nazism. E) demands of the victorious British and French.
With the end of the Cold War, A) the European Union has become the world's leading economic superpower. B) the Organization of American States has disbanded. C) military alliances have become more important in Europe. D) nationalities have been discouraged from expressing their cultural identities. E) Russia has become a nation-state.
A territory tied to a state rather than being completely independent is a A) colony. B) state. C) nation-state. D) nation. E) patron-state.
The European Union has A) closed NATO military bases around the Mediterranean Sea. B) promoted economic growth in Western Europe. C) protected Western Europe from a Soviet invasion.D) replaced COMECON as the main organization for regional cooperation in Eastern Europe. E) done all of the above
Over the past half century, the number of sovereign states in the world A) has increased by a couple of dozen. B) has decreased by a couple of dozen. C) has increased by more than a hundred. D) has increased by more than a thousand. E) has remained approximately the same.
A state with control over its internal affairs has A) sovereignty. B) suffrage. C) nationality. D) ethnicity. E) centripetal forces.
The growth of the European Union has resulted in member states A) having greater control of their internal finances B) adopting a common currency and freer travel C) enacting tighter borders and travel policies D) participating in the world's wealthiest market. E) B and D
The United Nations is primarily what kind of cooperative effort? A) cultural B) economic C) military D) political E) all of the above
An example of a perforated state is A) Slovenia. B) Borneo. C) South Africa. D) Sahrawi Republic.
An increasing number of states have adopted a federal form of government primarily to A) deploy scarce resources efficiently. B) encourage the breakup of the superpower alliances. C) grant different ethnicities or nationalities more effective representation. D) govern compact states more effectively. E) meet all of the above needs.
The Fertile Crescent A) followed the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.B) was the location of the first city-states in the Middle East. C) extended from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea. D) is sometimes considered to be extended into the Nile Valley. E) all of the above