Geography Chapter 8

Front 1

Which of the following are attitudes that tend to unify people and enhance support for a state?

Back 1

Centripetal forces

Front 2

Which of the following is NOT a legitimate physical boundary?

Back 2

Latitude

Front 3

________ is the process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities.

Back 3

Balkanization

Front 4

A(n) ________ is a country that is not fully democratic or fully autocratic, but rather displays a mix of the two types.

Back 4

anocracy

Front 5

In the United States, every ten years, independent, non-partisan commissions typically try to create ________ without regard for voting preferences or incumbents.

Back 5

compact, homogeneous districts

Front 6

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

Back 6

Ethnic cleansing

Front 7

________ is the only large landmass in the world that is not part of a sovereign state.

Back 7

Antarctica

Front 8

________ is identity with (or inclusion with) a group of people who share legal attachment and personal allegiance to a particular country, rather than merely sharing cultural affinity.

Back 8

Nationality

Front 9

In the United States, the term ________ refers to groups with distinct ancestry and cultural traditions, such as African Americans, Mexican Americans, Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, German Americans, and Polish Americans.

Back 9

ethnicity

Front 10

Under a(n) ________, strong powers are allocated to local governments.

Back 10

federal system

Front 11

A(n) ________ is a country that is run according to the interests of the ruler rather than the people.

Back 11

autocracy

Front 12

A state whose shape approximates a circle.

Back 12

Compact state

Front 13

A country with other state territories enclosed within it.

Back 13

Perforated state

Front 14

A state whose shape is compact with a protruding extension.

Back 14

Prorupted state

Front 15

A state whose shape is long and narrow.

Back 15

Elongated state

Front 16

A territory completely surrounded by another state.

Back 16

Enclave

Front 17

A ________ is an area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that

Back 17

state

Front 18

When a state has ________, it is presumed to control its internal affairs without interference by other states.

Back 18

sovereignty

Front 19

This is the systematic use of violence by a group in order to intimidate a population or coerce a government into granting its demands:

Back 19

Terrorism

Front 20

mass killing of a group of people in an attempt to eliminate the entire group

Back 20

Genocide