APHG UNIT 4 REVIEW FLASHCARDS

AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY UNIT 4 – POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY REVIEW

KNOW AND BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING:

1. Can you define these terms in your own words and give an example for each?

Antecedent boundary 

Apartheid 

Balkanization  

Blockbusting 

Centripetal force 

Centrifugal force 

Consequent Boundary

Cyprus Green Line

Devolutionary Forces

Ethnicity

Fragmentation

Nationality

Politicization of religion

Relic boundary

Semi-Autonomous State

Shatterbelt

Sovereignty

Subsequent Boundaries

Supranational Organization

Transnational corporation

White Flight

• Can you describe the distribution of major ethnicities within the USA?

• Can you Identify different types of border disputes and clearly distinguish between each? 

• Can you recall various ethnic conflicts and Identify the type/reason and groups involved for each?

• Can you identify where in the World clusters of Geometric, Landlocked and Frontier Boundaries are?

B. Complete the following short answer questions using bullet points or complete sentences:

1. What is Nationalism and discuss the roles, both positive and negative, of nationalism in a state. 

2. Define and give examples of each: nation, state, nation-state, multinational state, and stateless nation

3. Identify one major advantage and disadvantage of each state shape. What is an example of each? 

4. What is the difference between an enclave and an exclave? 

5. After the end of WWII, countries formed military alliances such as ___________________ and ____________________, but modern day alliances are formed to encourage which type of cooperation? ______________________________. 

6. When a state has the ability to carry out actions and policies within its own borders without interference from inside or outside the state, that state has ____________________ 

7. Provide an example of a forward thrust capital and explain what makes it a forward thrust capital.

8. Why are boundaries necessary? 

9. What are examples of Physical boundaries and what are the advantages and disadvantages of each? 

10. How does the median line principle and UN’s law of the Sea define the sovereign territory of a state? 

11. What are some general issues that former colonies have had to deal with since they were given independence and what have been the causes of some of these issues? 

12. List three Supranational Organizations and include their basic purposes. 

13. Devolution has been some states’ reaction to CENTRIFUGAL or CENTRIPETAL (circle one) forces. 

14. How has an increase in Globalization transformed the World’s Geopolitical landscape? 

15. Contrast a Federal, Unitary Government and Confederate State.

16. What is irredentism and what are some examples occurring in the past as well as more recently?

C. I am Federal or Unitary? 

22. North Korea 21. United States of America        22. France             23. Canada 

D. I am…….Nation/State/Nation-State/Stateless Nation/Nationality 

24. South Korea 25. Korean 26. Kurdistan 27. Chechnya 28. Denmark 

29. Brazilian

E. Complete the following Multiple Choice Questions. Choose the best answer. Attempt to identify the concept or topic in each question

30. Terrorism differs from assassinations and other acts of political violence 

a. because attacks are aimed at ordinary people 

b. because attacks do not have political goals 

c. because attacks are aimed at military targets or political leaders 

d. because attacks use only personal weapons 

e. because attacks are never well coordinated

31. An example of a microstate is 

a. Croatia 

b. Monaco

c. Russia 

d. Lebanon 

e. Greece

33. Which of the following states engaged in classical hegemony in the late 20th century? 

a. Canada

b. Soviet Union 

c. El Salvador 

d. Mongolia

e. Madagascar

35. A boundary forced upon existing cultural landscapes, a country, or a people by a conquering or colonizing power is called a(n) 

a. subsequent boundary 

b. superimposed boundary 

c. antecedent boundary 

d. relic boundary

e. geometric boundary

37. Balkanization is most closely associated with which of the following terms? 

a. secondary activities 

b. shatterbelt 

c. tipping point 

d. bulk-loss industry 

e. multi-linear evolution

RELEVANT RESOURCES: 

• Cultural Landscape Text, Chapter 7: Ethnicities

• Cultural Landscape Text, Chapter 8: Political Geography

• Princeton Review Study Guide: Chapter 6

• All Unit 4 Class Notes/handouts

KEY

B. Complete the following short answer questions using bullet points or complete sentences:

• After the end of WWII, countries formed military alliances such as NATO and Warsaw, but modern day alliances are formed to encourage which type of cooperation? Economic. 

• When a state has the ability to carry out actions and policies within its own borders without interference from inside or outside the state, that state has Absolute Sovereignty 

• List three Supranational Organizations and include their basic purposes. 

  • EU - Economic cooperation UN - Political cooperation Nato - Military cooperation

• Devolution has been some states’ reaction to CENTRIFUGAL or CENTRIPETAL (circle one) forces. 

• The Soviet Union’s emergence as a superpower supported which theory? HEARTLAND or RIMLAND (circle one) 

• Which theory supports a balance of power? HEARTLAND or RIMLAND 

C. I am Federal or Unitary? 

22. North Korea Unitary 21. United States of America   Federal     22. France   Unitary         23.Canada  Federal

D. I am…….Nation/State/Nation-State/Stateless Nation/Nationality 

24. South Korea State 25. Korean Nation  26. Kurdistan Stateless Nation

27. Chechnya Stateless Nation 28. Denmark Nation State 29. Brazilian - Nationality

E. Complete the following Multiple Choice Questions. Choose the best answer. Attempt to identify the concept or topic in each question

30. Terrorism differs from assassinations and other acts of political violence 

a. because attacks are aimed at ordinary people 

b. because attacks do not have political goals 

c. because attacks are aimed at military targets or political leaders 

d. because attacks use only personal weapons 

e. because attacks are never well coordinated

31. An example of a microstate is 

a. Croatia 

b. Monaco

c. Russia 

d. Lebanon 

e. Greece

33. Which of the following states engaged in classical hegemony in the late 20th century? 

a. Canada

b. Soviet Union 

c. El Salvador 

d. Mongolia