Political Geography Check-It Quiz - Google Forms

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Political Geography Check-It Quiz

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A _______ is 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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City
State
Ghetto
17.1%

Empire

80%

A State has ___________, which means independence from control of its

internal affairs by other states.
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Independence
Political Power
Borders
82.9%

Sovereignty

11.4%

All of the following are examples of the criteria for becoming a state EXEPT.
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Sovereignty
Regulation of foreign & domestic
trade (organized economy)
17.1%

Official Religion
External Recognition

80%

Which of these is NOT a state?

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England
China
Russia
United States

11.4%

85.7%

Is Korea 1 state or 2?

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1 State
2 States

25.7%

Korea is not a state

Yes

57.1%

14.3%

The six largest states in the world are

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Russia, Canada, United States,

China, Brazil, and Australia
Vatican City, Italy, Seychelles,
England, Cuba, Jamaica
Russia, Mexico, Canada, Africa, India,
France
91.2%

United States, Mongolia, Russia,

Mexico, Chile, Argentina

____________ are states with very small land areas. Many are islands which
explains their small size and sovereignty
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Cities
Developing Countries
Micro states
82.9%

States

8.6%

The rst states were known as _____________, which are sovereign states that
are comprised of town and their surrounding countryside. They usually had
walls that delineated boundaries and the area immediately outside the walls
was controlled by the city to produce food for urban residents
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City-States
Medieval States
Villages

17.1%

Colonies

80%

Which is an example of a city-state?

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Sparta
South Carolina
Iceland
8.6%

Jamaica

77.1%

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This Medieval State gained military dominance of individual city-states and

led to the formation of an empire. It's collapse came in the 5th century which
led to it's land being parceled up and controlled by various monarchies.
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Mongol Empire
The Nazi Empire
Sparta
The Roman Empire

85.3%

11.8%

______ of states controls the length of its boundaries with other states
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Climate
Shapes
Wars
Population
91.4%

Shapes of states affects the potential for . . .

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Food production

________ states are most efcient. The distance from the center of the state
to any boundary does not vary signicantly. The ideal theoretical example and
would by circle-shaped with the capital in the center
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Fragmented
Elongated
Compact
Prorupted
91.4%

_________ are long and narrow but may suffer from poor internal
communication and potential isolation from the rest of the state. Chile is a
good example.
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Fragmented
Elongated
Compact
Prorupted

91.4%
8.6%

_________ states are otherwise compact with a large projecting extension.

These extensions are created for two principal reasons that are to provide
access to a resource and to separate two states that otherwise would share a
boundary.
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Fragmented
Perforated
Compact
Prorupted

88.6%
8.6%

South Africa is an example of a _____________ meaning that it is a state that

completely surrounds another one.
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Fragmented state
Perforated state
22.9%

Elongated state
Prorupted state

74.3%

The United States, Indonesia, Japan, and Canada are all examples of
___________ states that have discontinuous pieces of territory. These states
can be separated by water or intervening states.
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Fragmented
Perforated
Elongated
8.6%

Compact

85.7%

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The state in which a perforated surrounds is normally a _____________ which is

dependent on the surrounding state for interactions beyond its boundary.
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fragmented state
34.3%

elongated state
compact state
perforated state

51.4%

The smallest sovereign state in the world currently is . . .

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Cuba
Puerto Rico
Jamaica

80%

Vatican City

11.4%

When talking about a "state" in political geography, geographers are referring

to ____________
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Countries

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