1. Unit Four Review: Unit Four Review: Political Geography (Ethnicity, Political Geography) 100 State Shapes 100 Geopolitical Theories States and Nations 100 Ethnicity 200 300 400 500 400 300 200 500 400 300 400 300 500 400 300 500 400 300 200 100 ? Boundaries

2. Geopolitical Theories – 100 Question: Alfred T. Mahan’s theory that command of the sea is a decisive factor in international relations. Answer: Sea Power Theory Return

3. Geopolitical Theories – 200 Question: The view that states resemble biological organisms with life cycles that include all stages of life. Developed by Friedrich Ratzel. Answer: Organic Theory Return

4. Geopolitical Theories – 300 Question: The political theory that if one nation comes under Communist control then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control. Answer: Domino Theory Return

5. Geopolitical Theories – 400 Question: What was the Rimland Theory? Answer: Nicholas Spykman's theory that the domination of the coastal fringes of Eurasia would provided the base for world conquest. Return

6. Geopolitical Theories – 500 Question: Sir Halford John Mackinder’s theory that control of Eastern Europe, or the core of Eurasia, was vital to control of the world. Answer: Heartland Theory Return

7. State Shapes – 100 Question: A state whose territory is long and narrow in shape. Answer: Elongated State Return

8. State Shapes – 200 Question: A state whose territory completely surrounds that of another state. Answer: Perforated State Return

9. State Shapes – 300 Question: A state that is not a contiguous whole but rather separated parts. Answer: Fragmented State Return

10. State Shapes – 400 Question: What is a prorupted state? Answer: A type of territorial shape that exhibits a narrow, elongated land extension leading away from the main body of the territory. Return

11. State Shapes – 500 Question: What is an exclave? Answer: A part of a country that is separated from the rest of the country and surrounded by foreign territory. Return

12. Ethnicity – 100 Question: A subset of human population whose members share certain distinctive, inherited biological characteristics. Answer: Race Return

13. Ethnicity – 200 Question: The mass expulsion and killing of one ethic or religious group in an area by another ethnic or religious group in that area. Answer: Ethnic Cleansing Return

14. Ethnicity – 300 Question: A South African social policy of racial segregation involving political, economic, and legal discrimination against non-whites. Answer: Apartheid Return

15. Ethnicity – 400 Question: The former Yugoslavia was an excellent example of a… Answer: Multinational State Return

16. Ethnicity – 500 Question: What are the two largest ethnic groups in the United States and where are they clustered? Answer: Latin American (Hispanic) in the southwest, African American in the southeast Return

17. States and Nations – 100 Question: A city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside. Answer: City-state Return

18. States and Nations – 200 Question: A state or territory that is small in both size and population. Answer: Microstate Return

19. States and Nations – 300 Question: An independent country dominated by a relatively homogeneous culture group. Answer: Nation-state Return

20. States and Nations – 400 Question: An internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials. Answer: Unitary State Return

21. States and Nations – 500 Question: What is the area on the map known as, and what is it an excellent example of? Answer: Kurdistan, Stateless Nation Return

22. Boundaries – 100 Question: What is a Superimposed Boundary? Answer: A boundary that is imposed on the cultural landscape which ignores pre-existing cultural patterns. Return

23. Boundaries – 200 Question: What are Relic Boundaries? Answer: International boundaries that no longer exist. Return

24. Boundaries – 300 Question: A real or imagined line that defines the boundary of a nation or state like a river, mountain range, or a desert. Answer: Physical or Natural Political Boundary Return

25. Boundaries – 400 Question: A boundary that developed with the evolution of the cultural landscape and is adjusted as the cultural landscape changes. Answer: Subsequent Boundary Return

26. Boundaries – 500 Question: A boundary that existed before the cultural landscape emerged and stayed in place while people moved in to occupy the surrounding area. Answer: Antecedent Boundary Return

27. ? – 100 Question: To divide a geographic area into voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one group or political party in elections. Answer: Gerrymandering Return

28. ? – 200 Question: An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members. Answer: European Union Return

29. ? – 300 Question: What is a centrifugal force? Answer: Some factor that tends to push cultural, ethnic, or political groups apart. Return

30. ? – 400 Question: Moving a capital city to contested territory or near an international border, to confirm a state’s determination to maintain its presence in the region. Sometimes the move is to promote population growth in another region of the country. Answer: Forward Capital Return

31. ? – 500 Question: A venture involving three or more national state’s political, economic, or cultural cooperation to promote shared objectives. Answer: Supranationalism Return