Unit 4-5 Test

Question 1

terracing

Answer 1

creating flat platforms in the hillside

Question 2

McCormick Reaper

Answer 2

mechanized the harvest of grains, such as wheat, allowing farmers to cultivate larger plots

Question 3

mixed crop and livestock

Answer 3

farmers grow crops to fatten livestock for slaughter

Question 4

independence movement

Answer 4

a movement trying to gain political independence for some area that thinks it should be its own country

Question 5

autocrazy

Answer 5

the power to rule is in the hands of a single individual

Question 6

cracking

Answer 6

diving the opponent’s voters into other districts to weaken the opponent’s voter base

Question 7

example of devolutionary factors

Answer 7

division of groups by physical geography

Question 8

semi-autonomous region

Answer 8

regions with some control over their own affairs, but another state has sovereignty over them

Question 9

demoncrated boundary

Answer 9

a boundary defined by a physical object (fense)

Question 10

characteristics of a state (country)

Answer 10

1) population
2) territory
3) sovergirity
4) government

Question 11

supranationalism

Answer 11

several countries form an organization to achieve a common goal and benefits all the countries

Question 12

devolution

Answer 12

a countries government cedes power to a sub-national group or area, or an area breaks away and forms a state

Question 13

extensive

Answer 13

farming a large amount of land with small amount of labor