1. Unit 4: Political Organization of Space Thursday, 5/14 Review Game!

2. Question 1 What is the definition of ethnicity and why do human geographers care about ethnicity?

3. Answer Ethnicity: a group of people who share cultural traditions of a particular place or homeland.

4. Question 2 Name two causes of the demographic shift in America.

5. Answer An increase in mixed-race marriages, and consequently an increase in mixed-race children Immigration is on the rise due to the Immigration act of 1965 Non-whites have higher birth rates than whites The white population is getting older and having fewer children

6. Question 3 True or false? Race is biological.

7. Answer False. Race is not biological; it is a social construction.

8. Question 4 Name the four ways that borders are created between states.

9. Answer Natural borders (rivers, lakes, mountains, deserts) Purchase War Treaties

10. Question 5 Name the four requirements for a state to be considered a state.

11. Answer Population Territory Sovereignty Government

12. Question 6 Define Sovereignty

13. Answer The power to create and enforce your own laws without checking with any other authority

14. Question 7 Juan’s father is from Tanzania and his mother is from El Salvador. Juan was born in Canada. What is Juan’s Ethnicity? What is Juan’s nationality?

15. Answer Ethnicity: Tanzanian, Salvadorian, Canadian Nationality: Canada

16. Question 8 Define nationalism.

17. Answer Nationalism: loyalty and devotion to a nationality

18. Question 9 Name two symbols of, or ways citizens express their nationalism.

19. Answer Flags Anthems/songs Pledges Supporting military Supporting sports teams

20. Question 10 The following describes which form of government: The country of Kenwood is ruled by a select few who also control much of the country’s wealth.

21. Answer Oligarchy

22. Question 11 The following describes which form of government? The country of Kenwood is run by members of the church who create and enforce laws according to the sacred text.

23. Answer Theocracy

24. Question 12 Name the two forms of Autocracy we learned about.

25. Answer Monarchy Dictatorship

26. Question 13 Name the type of government that was practiced in Ancient Athens where every citizen had an equal vote on all matters.

27. Answer Direct Democracy

28. Question 14 The following describes which economic system? In the country of Kenwood, all the businesses are owned by the state. Everyone works, but the government decides how money is distributed in an effort to maintain equality and decrease the difference between classes.

29. Answer Socialism

30. Question 15 The United States has which type of economic system?

31. Answer Capitalism

32. Question 16 The Scramble for Africa led to a number of European powers dividing up land on the continent. They divided this land during what meeting?

33. Answer The Berlin Conference

34. Question 17 Name one cause of the colonization of Africa.

35. Answer To bring a more “civilized” way of living to Africa To grow and sell cash crops To access, extract and use raw materials to produce goods for sale

36. Question 18 Describe what Kipling meant by the “white man’s burden.”

37. Answer The “white man’s burden” referred to what was seen as the “noble” cause of Europeans bringing civilization to those they colonized. Can refer to a social cause of, and justification for, the colonization of Africa

38. Question 19 The following is the definition for which term? A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality

39. Answer Nation-State Example?

40. Question 20 Define self-determination.

41. Answer The right to govern ones’ selves within a sovereign state

42. Question 21 Define the term, Multinational State.

43. Answer A state that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self- determination Example?

44. Question 22 The following is one definition of what term? The systematic use of violence by a group in order to intimidate a population or coerce a government into granting its demands

45. Answer Terrorism

46. Question 23 Which international organization has the following goals? To keep peace To develop relationship between countries To improve quality of life for the world’s poor

47. Answer The United Nations

48. Question 24 Which international organization has the following mission: To help poor and middle income countries get the money they need to build improvements that will help end poverty.

49. Answer The World Bank

50. Final Jeopardy Decide what you will wager. You can only wage up to the total points you have Correct answer  add your wager Incorrect answer  subtract your wager

51. Final Question Name all of the permanent members of the UN’s Security Council

52. Answer China United States of America Great Britain France Russia