Exam 6: Political Geography: A Divided World

Which buffer state lies between Russia and China?

Peripheral areas tend to be the nodes of a functional region.

The border that divides India from predominantly Islamic Pakistan is a good example of a(n):

In the United States, the clean air movement began in:

Government policies rarely affect land use.

Most geographers consider territoriality an innate part of humanity, similar to instinct.

The Commonwealth of Independent States is a vestige of which former empire?

Independent countries such as Canada, Myanmar, and the Czech Republic are tangible evidence of:

Political barriers to cultural diffusion have become much stronger in the age of the Internet.

Which animal (beast of burden) did the people of Tiwanaku use to transport their goods for trade?

Which supranational organization is the MOST cohesive and organized?

Ethnic cleansing is an attempt to create an ethnically homogenous territory.

-According to the map, all of the refugee camps in the West Bank were established in:

The strategy used by individuals or groups to control an area of land is called:

Geography is an important factor in national governance, but it is not the only factor.

Tiwanaku is located in modern-day Chile.

As a result of the Internet, political barriers to political diffusion have become more fragile.

European colonial powers often drew political boundaries without regard to the territories of indigenous ethnic groups.

What kind of region is the voting district or precinct?

A geographically expressive political system that acknowledges the existence of regional cultural differences and provides the mechanisms by which various regions can maintain individual characteristics is described as: