AP human geo EXAM 2

Chinese porcelain was highly valued in Europe for its beauty, style, and durability. However, imported porcelain from China was very expensive. Crafters in Germany and England developed new methods to making porcelain using feldspar and Bone rather than the kaolin that was used in China. This new porcelain was viewed as having a similar quality to Chinese porcelain, and the new methods continue to be used in Europe.

What type of diffusion?

stimulus diffusion, because the europeans adapted a Chinese concepts to fir their needs

 based on the information shown in the map, Nigeria can be identified as

 multinational state

Using the data in the table and the description, which of the following identifies the scales of analysis that are reflected in this redistricting?

 local representation in the National legislature

Which of the following best explains the primary function of international political boundaries?

 Boundaries limit sovereignty and determine the extent of a state's power within the global political system

What do the maps indicate regarding the political geography of the Aegeanseea?

 Greece controls most of the islands in the Aegean Sea

Which of the following describes a unitary state?

 a state in which government decisions are made at the national level and applied uniformly across the state

Which of the following concepts could best be explained by the theory of possibilism?

 modification of Landscapes by human cultures

 which of the following best explains the effect of French language and culture on the federal state of Canada's political power?

 French language and culture act as a centrifugal force in Canada because Independence movements in Quebec have attempted to succeed The Province from Canada

The boundaries of congressional districts of the United States are

 redrawn every 10 years

 which of the following events could be a threat to a state sovereignty at the national scale, while holding a region together at the global scale?

 admittance into a supernational organization such as the European Union

 the state of California often considered a hearth of environmental laws, will be the first state to ban plastic straws. which of the following statements best describes the likely spread of these environmental practice?

 similar environmental laws will likely spread through stimulus diffusion to other states via political activism

malthuism Theory would explain which of the following possible consequences of high birth rates in a less developed country?

 famine and starvation will occur as demand outpaces agriculture production

The area shown with the dark shading is best identified

 A  stateless nation

local and Regional autonomous governments and a separatist militia group have been established within the Basque region shown on the map. how do these local and Regional governments compare with the national governments of Spain and france?

 local and Regional governments create the potential for conflict and act as a centrifugal force within the larger independent states

The Berlin Wall Fallon 1989, but people in the former East and West Germany still Fields influence. geographers would say that where the wall once done now acts as a

relict boundary

 some territories within the Russian Federation are characterized by concentrated populations of ethnic groups in these areas function as autonomous republics. which of the following best explains the political relationship between the autonomous republics in the central government of russia?

the autonomous republics provide ethnic groups with some political control over their homelands while preserving Russia's territorial integrity

Japan has low birth rate and high life expectancy. which of the following explains why Japan will struggle with demographic challenges in 30 years?

 an aging population needing Healthcare will require more Public Funding

 based on the map data, which of the following best explains a factor that has led to ethnic separatism in belgium?

 many who speak Flemish as their first language also speak french, but few people who speak French as their first language also speak Flemish

  which of the following best describes the role of the Federal state in a country's political organization?

to act as an overarching government for a collection of some national States Allied for a common purpose

The Canadian government created the new territory of none of it in order to

recognize the territorial rights of indigenous people in the area

most of Africa's political boundaries were originally

 European Colonial powers in the late 19th century

 which of the following groups represent a nation without a state?

 Kurds

kurds

culturally defined political boundaries, such as those determined by spatial patterns of religious or language, are called

 Consequent

 at some point in their recent history, all of the following countries have divided into two political entities as a result of culture or ideology conflict except for

 Japan

 that diffusion pattern of Walmart stores, which has spread from small towns to large cities throughout the United states, is an example of

 reverse hierarchical diffusion

The cultural composition of the Philippines and its conduit Islands affect the political stability of the country. which of the following patterns is best explains by the data in the tables?

a concentration of the majority of the country's Muslim population on one island, leading to ethnic separatism

 since the 1970s  changes in the social roles, lifestyles, and employment patterns of women, in europe, Canada, and the United states, have affected the overall population through which of the following?

decreased total fertility rates

 which of the following is an example of balkanization?

yugoslavia

 the world map of hog production per capita would reveal the lowest values in which of the following regions?

 the Middle East