Exam 6: Political Geography: A Divided World

We can trace the origin of modern nationalism to the late-eighteenth-century emergence of the modern nation-state.

Which is NOT true of core areas?

Countries that diffused from a core area are generally more stable than those created all at once to fill a political void.

Which is NOT a federal state?

In general, secessionist movements tend to be located in:

Prior to independence, Bangladesh was an exclave of:

All of the following multinational states have fragmented into multiple nation-states EXCEPT:

Cultural homogeneity in a country is a centrifugal force.

In the twentieth century, the number of supranational organizations grew along with the proliferation of independent states.

The experience of living and working in more than one country, which creates new cultural identities, is called transnationalism.

Core-periphery tensions can be relieved by:

One of the primary purposes of the "Great Firewall of China" is to:

Which term reflects the need to belong to a larger group that controls its own piece of the Earth?

Which two regions were identified by Halford Mackinder?

Which type of military action attempts to systematically destroy a country's or region's natural resources?

Political borders are often most clear where few restrictions limit the movement of people between countries.

In the United States, the core political difference is between which two regions?

-If you were standing on top of this wall, you would be on the border between:

The core from which Russia diffused was:

Many commentators have argued that globalization is leading to a diminishment of a nation-state's affairs within its own boundaries.