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Name___________________________________
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) As a result of a 1979 Soviet invasion, what country generated one of the world's largest refugee migrations?
1) _______
A) Afghanistan
B) Vietnam
C) Israel
D) Ethiopia
E) Yugoslavia
2) An area organized into an independent political unit is a
A) nationality.
B) suburb.
C) colony.
D) satellite.
E) state.
2) _______
3) A group of people who occupy a particular area and have a strong sense of unity based on a set of shared beliefs is a
3) _______
A) centripetal force.
B) nation.
C) tribe.
D) prorupted state.
E) unitary state.
C) India.
4) _______
5) _______
D) Canada.
E) Alaska.
6) Which of the following is not true about both China and Taiwan?
A) Both were once ruled by the Nationalists.
B) Both consider that the two areas form one sovereign state.
C) Both now hold seats in the United Nations.
D) Both have official relationships with the United States.
E) B and C
7) The Fertile Crescent
7) _______
A) was the location of the first city-states in the Middle East.
B) extended from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea.
6) _______
8) _______
9) _______
10) ______
11) Political unity in the ancient Mediterranean world reached its height in
A) the Alexandrian Empire.
B) the Fertile Crescent.
C) the Roman Empire.
D) Egypt.
E) Western Europe.
11) ______
12) ______
13) ______
14) The attempt by one country to impose political control over another territory is
A) self-determination.
B) sovereignty.
C) suffrage.
D) constitutionality.
14) ______
E) colonialism.
15) By 1900, the British could claim all but which of the following about their empire?
A) Their empire was larger than that of any other European state.
B) Their largest colonies had become independent by then.
C) Their colonies were located on every continent.
D) The sun never set on it.
E) Their empire controlled strategic islands in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.
15) ______
16) The motives of European states in establishing colonies can be summarized as all but which of the following?
16) ______
A) glory
17) ______
18) ______
19) A feature of the physical environment commonly used to separate states includes all but which of the following?
19) ______
A) geometry
B) deserts
C) lakesD) mountains E) rivers
20) The boundary between the United States and Canada is best described by which of the following?
A) geometry
B) language
C) water
D) mountain
E) A and C
21) Boundaries were redrawn in much of Europe after World War I according to the
A) League of Nations.
B) demands of the victorious British and French.
C) distribution of languages.
D) North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
E) containment of Nazism.
22) With the breakup of the Soviet Union, most Russians
A) have been dispersed evenly through Russia.
B) live in the Caucasus and Balkans.
C) are clustered in Russia's western regions.
D) hold dual citizenship in Russia and either Ukraine or Georgia.
E) have moved into farming regions.
23) The Kurds are a
23) ______
22) ______
21) ______
20) ______
24) ______
25) An increasing number of states have adopted a federal form of government primarily to
A) encourage the breakup of the superpower alliances.
B) govern compact states more effectively.
C) satisfy the demands of competing nationalities.
D) deploy scarce resources efficiently.
E) meet all of the above needs.
25) ______
26) What was a distinctive feature of the world's superpowers between the 1940s and 1980s compared to other eras?
26) ______
A) The two superpowers were never involved in wars.
B) The superpowers used religion to settle conflicts.
C) The superpowers had satellites.
D) The United States and the Soviet Union were superpowers for the first time.
E) The number of superpowers was much lower than in the past.
27) A state which places most power in the hands of a central government is a
A) unitary state.
B) compact state.
C) nation-state.
D) fragmented state.
E) federal state.
28) After the fall of communism, Poland
A) annexed land from Germany.
B) delegated more authority to local governments.
C) gave power to its ethnic minorities.
D) became a nation-state.
E) adopted a unitary form of government.
27) ______
28) ______
31) There are some extremely small states in the world that have all but which of the following characteristics?
31) ______
A) Many are islands.
B) All are smaller than 1,000 square kilometers.
C) Most are in the southern hemisphere.
D) Many of the island nations are former European colonies.
E) They are called microstates.
32) The British created different government structures for its various colonies to
A) break down local authorities and governments to make way for the British.
B) help protect the cultures in their territories.
C) separate religious groups.
D) expedite the export of raw materials and imports of finished products.
E) control the people in the colonies.
33) The most populous colony is ruled by
A) France.
B) China.
C) the United Kingdom.
D) the United States.
E) the Netherlands.
32) ______
33) ______
34) Terrorism differs from assassinations and other acts of political violence
A) because attacks are aimed at military targets or political leaders.
B) because attacks have not political goals.
C) because attacks are never well coordinated.
D) because attacks are aimed at ordinary people.
E) because attacks use only personal weapons.
34) ______
36) ______
37) ______
B) economic
C) political
D) all of the above
E) A and C
38) ______
39) ______
SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
40) Which of the three types of migration factors has been the most important push factor for emigration from
Afghanistan during the 1980s?
40) _____________
41) What unique transportation problem do landlocked states face if they wish to export their raw materials overseas?
41) _____________
42) Since the nineteenth century, the goal of world political leaders has been to establish the boundaries of states
according to what principle?
42) _____________
TRUE/FALSE. Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
43) The term "nation" refers to a political structure, while the term "state" refers to a people.
43) ______
44) Language and religion are two significant characteristics which distinguish among nationalities.
45) Mass communications is a powerful centripetal force in the modern state.
45) ______
46) ______
47) Argentina and Chile are separated by one type of physical boundary, a desert.
48) Russia is a member of the European Union.
44) ______
47) ______
48) ______
49) The boundary between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland is a good example of a physical boundary.
49) ______
50) ______
1) A
2) E
3) B
4) D
5) A
6) E
7) E
8) C
9) D
10) B
11) C
12) C
13) E
14) E
15) B
16) D
17) B
18) C
19) A
20) E
21) C
22) C
23) A
24) E
25) C
26) E
27) A
28) B
29) A
30) A
31) C
32) B
33) D
34) D
35) A
36) E
37) D
38) A
39) D
40) political
41) must ship through port of neighboring state
42) Boundaries of states should match those of nationalities.
43) FALSE
44) TRUE
45) TRUE
46) FALSE
47) FALSE
48) FALSE
49) FALSE
50) FALSE