chapter 4 quiz

Question 1

what is a nation

Answer 1

a large group of people that share a common language, culture, history, and identity.

Question 2

what is a nation-state?

Answer 2

the majority of the population shares a common language, culture, history, and identity.

Question 3

what is imperialism

Answer 3

the practice of a country extending its power and influence over other countries.

Question 4

what is colonialism?

Answer 4

the practice of a country establishing and maintaining colonies in other parts of the world.

Question 5

what is the organic theory?

Answer 5

states need living space to survive

Question 6

what is the heartland theory?

Answer 6

land-based power led to domination.

Question 7

what is the rimland theory?

Answer 7

claims that whoever controlled the seas and maritime areas would rule the world.

Question 8

what are defined boundaries?

Answer 8

boundaries that are established by a legal government.

Question 9

what is a delimited boundary?

Answer 9

boundaries that are drawn on a map.

Question 10

what are demarcated boundaries?

Answer 10

boundaries that are identified by physical objects.

Question 11

what are antecedent boundaries?

Answer 11

boundaries that are drawn before the cultural landscape emerged and before a large population was present.

Question 12

subsequent/ethnographic boundaries

Answer 12

boundaries that are formed based on religious, ethnic, linguistic, and economic differences between groups of people.

Question 13

relic boundaries

Answer 13

boundaries that used to exist and can still be detected on the landscape.

Question 14

consequent boundaries

Answer 14

occurs where boundary lines coincide with cultural boundaries.

Question 15

superimposed boundaries

Answer 15

boundaries that are forced by outside power.

Question 16

what are definitional disputes

Answer 16

disagreements on how to interpret legal documents

Question 17

allocational disputes

Answer 17

disagreements over natural resources

Question 18

what is redistricting?

Answer 18

the process of drawing electoral district boundaries in a representative democracy.

Question 19

what is gerrymandering?

Answer 19

is a practice used to manipulate the boundaries of electoral districts in order to give an unfair advantage to a particular political party or group.

Question 20

what is a democracy

Answer 20

a form of governance in which people have a say in the decisions that affect their lives

Question 21

autocracy

Answer 21

a form of government in which one person or group holds absolute power and makes all the decisions without any input from the people.

Question 22

oligarchy

Answer 22

a form of government where one small group holds absolute power and makes all the decisions without any input from the people.

Question 23

federalism

Answer 23

a form of government in which power is divided between a central government and regional or state governments.

Question 24

anarchy

Answer 24

is a form of government in which there is no central authority or government

Question 25

federal system

Answer 25

where power is shared between the central government and state or local governments

Question 26

unitary system

Answer 26

where power is held primarily by the central government without much power given to local governments

Question 27

devolution

Answer 27

the transfer of power from a central government to a lower level of government

Question 28

autonomous region

Answer 28

a region that has a high degree of self-governance and is able to make decisions on matters of local concern without interference from the central government

Question 29

what is time-space compression

Answer 29

the process by which the distance between two places and the time it takes to travel between them are reduced.

Question 30

centrifugal forces

Answer 30

refers to forces that tend to pull a system or entity apart