Geography Test #3

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Balance of power

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A condition of roughly equal strength between opposing alliances.

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terrorism

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The systematic use of violence by a group in order to intimidate a population or coerce a government into granting its demands.

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state

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

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sovereignty

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Independence from control of its internal affairs by other states.

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City state

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

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colonialism

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The effort by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles on such territory.

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imperialism

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

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compact state

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The distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly.

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prorupted state

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An otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension.

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fragmented state

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Includes several discontinuous pieces of territory.

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perforated state

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A state that completely surrounds another one.

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frontier

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A zone where no state exercises complete political control.

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gerrymandering

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The process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power.

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ethnic cleansing

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A process in which a more powerful ethnic group forcibly removes a less powerful one in order to create an ethnically homogeneous region

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balkanization

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The process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities as a threat to peace throughout the world, not just in a small area

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ethnicity

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Identity with a group of people who share the cultural traditions of a particular homeland or hearth

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race

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Identity with a group of people who share a biological ancestor

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nationality

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Identity with a group of people who share legal attachment and personal allegiance to a particular country

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nation state

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A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality

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multi ethnic state

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A state that contains more than one ethnicity

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Ethnic identity for descendants of European immigrants is primarily preserved through

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religion and food

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which of the following is an example of a peaceful multi national state?

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united kingdom

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as Sudan's religion based civil war was winding down, an ethnic war erupted in the region of?

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Darfur

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the exercise of state power over people and territory and being recognized by other international states refers to?

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sovereignty

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a country with this shape can provide access to a resource or it can deprecate two countries that would otherwise share a boundary

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prorupted

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which is an example of an exclave of the united states?

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Alaska

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which of the following states have an enclave?

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italy

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which of the following states is an enclave?

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vatican city

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which of the following is true for landlocked states?

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they are at a commercial disadvantage

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all of the following are disadvantages of using water as boundaries except?

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buffer zones

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the boundaries of this country are being contested by the palestinians

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Israel

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what was apartheid?

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the geographic separation of races in south africa

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which region in the world has political boundaries that most poorly represent the linguistic boundaries of the region?

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Africa

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the boundaries between which set of countries were established primarily to separate different religions?

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india and pakistan

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which of the following is not an element of cultural diversity?

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Race

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african americans are clustered in what area of the united states?

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northeast

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asian americans are clustered in what area of the united states?

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west

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racism is the belief in

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all of the above

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the separate but equal doctrine was legally established by

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plessy v. ferguson

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in the united states, which is shared by all americans?

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nationality

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the former soviet union used which as the primary centripetal force?

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language

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conflict in africa is widespread because of?

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A & B