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State Sovereignty (College Board AP® Human Geography): Exam Questions

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What may be a useful political strategy executed by a state to reduce the risk of another state waging independence?

  • Waging a dictatorship

  • Irredentism

  • Gerrymandering

  • Ethnic cleansing

  • Devolution

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Which of the following would not be a reason for devolution?

  • Physical geography

  • Ethnic cleansing

  • Irredentism

  • Terrorism

  • Ethnonationalism

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The addition of territory into another state is known as

  • Ethnic separatism 

  • Annexation

  • Irredentism

  • Terrorism

  • Devolution

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Which of the following historical events is the best example of Irredentism? 

  • Nazi colonization and retrieving territory, e.g. Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia.

  • The expansion of Britain into India

  • Mass deportation of Jews by Nazi Germany between 1933-1945. 

  • Quebecois and Canada

  • The rise of the Afghan Taliban

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Physical geography can cause some areas to become more autonomous and have less control by centralized governments. This is known as 

  • Ethnic separatism

  • Autocracy

  • Federalism

  • Devolution

  • Irrendentism 

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Which of the following has the improvement in communications technology not contributed to devolution? 

  • Social media allows the quick organization of meetups and protests

  • Recording videos can show evidence of foul play by government forces

  • States may control the media to spread propaganda

  • Social media can attract new members

  • The Internet may help to communicate with the outside world in autocratic states

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The breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s is an example of

  • Irredentism

  • Autocracy

  • Balkanization

  • Devolution

  • Autonomous region

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Which of the following is an example of an autocratic state?

  • Russia

  • United States

  • United Kingdom

  • Finland

  • South Korea

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Which of the following is not an example of a supranational organisation?

  • NAFTA

  • NATO

  • The EU

  • The UN

  • UNCLOS

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Supranationalism can be defined as

  • An attachment to a nation

  • An extreme form of nationalism, outlining supremacy

  • A severely right-wing authoritarian form of nationalism

  • The feelings of love towards a nation

  • Nation-states working together to combine into one organisation, such as the United Nations. 

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Map of the UK showing Scotland in orange, England in purple, Wales in yellow, and Northern Ireland in red. Surrounding areas are grey.

The image above depicts a map of the United Kingdom, a country with devolved powers. What does this mean? 

  • Where there is one centralized government across the entire state

  • When the power of a central government moves outwards to regional governments within the same state.

  • People have campaigned for greater autonomy and even independence in the country.

  • The process of migrating within one's own state.

  • When a region breaks off entirely into an entirely independent state.

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What did the Domino Theory outline? 

  • The idea that whoever controls Eastern Europe, then they will dominate the world

  • The idea that when one state becomes communist, others nearby will follow.

  • The idea that having sea power is the most valuable

  • The acquiring of control over a specific state or territory, through occupation and exploitation

  • The three hierarchies of world power - core, semi-periphery and periphery

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Delegation is a characteristic of what kind of state?

  • Federal states

  • Unitary states

  • Devolved powers

  • Sovereign states

  • Antecedent

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The Hawaii Sovereignty movement is an example of what?

  • An ethnic separatist movement 

  • Ethnonationalism

  • A failed state

  • A stateless nation

  • Devolution

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Centripetal forces may lead to 

  • Failed states

  • Stateless nations

  • Ethnonationalism

  • Ethnic separatism

  • Uneven development

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Somalia is an example of a failed state, which means that

  • The power of a central government has moved outwards to regional governments within the same state.

  • The state has broken off and joined another, typically through annexation. 

  • A government has lost control of the state due to a variety of factors.

  • There is a group of people with similar cultural characteristics without the sovereignty of a state.

  • The state no longer exists and collapses.

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Centrifugal forces may lead to the breaking up of states or regions, into typically hostile pieces. This is known as

  • Supranationalism

  • Autocracy

  • An elongated state

  • Demarcation

  • Balkanization

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Which of the following would not be an example of a centripetal force?

  • Singing the national anthem at a soccer game

  • Coming together after a national tragedy, such as 9/11.

  • The English language in the United States

  • An effective public transport network

  • A mountain range in the middle of a state

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The theory of centrifugal and centripetal forces is associated with who?

  • Richard Hartshorne 

  • Halford Mackinder

  • Nicholas Spykman

  • Thomas Malthus

  • The United Nations

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Which of the following is not an example of nationalism?

  • Competing in the Olympics for your country

  • Singing the national anthem

  • The desire to annex a territory due to similar ethnic and religious characteristics 

  • Hanging your nation’s flag outside your house

  • Celebration of Independence Days

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When nationalism becomes extreme or errs towards authoritarian ultranationalism, this is known as? 

  • Supranationalism

  • Patriotism

  • Fascism

  • Sub-nationalism

  • Irredentism

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Which of the following are all member states of the EU required to do, with the exception of one country?

  • Share a language

  • Share the same laws

  • Share a monarchy

  • Share a currency

  • Share a religion

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