Exam 15: The Nation-State

What type of forces are illustrated by the banning symbols of Scottish national identity in the 18^th century by the British state, then in the 20^th century, Britain granted Scotland its own parliament?

What type of power dynamic is illustrated by the example of China building up its navy enough to back up territorial claims in the South China Sea?

What type of borders form the boundaries of the United States?

What country spent the most on their military in 2015?

What is the best description of a totalitarian regime?

What is the best definition for gerrymandering?

What trend has characterized the number of states in the world since 1900?

What has been responsible for the largest change in the number of states in the last 100 years?

What statement is an example of a state with more than one nation?

What term describes what happened during the Arab Spring to the governing elites of Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya, who each lost the support of their populations?

What income category is the United States?

What is an example of natural capital?

Why do countries join economic unions like the EU's antecedent, the European Economic Community?

What are centripetal forces?

What best explains the geography of income found within China?

According to the plotting of the Gini Index, what type of country would be the most equal?

What term describes what happened when the US made the decision to invade Iraq in 2003 based on faulty assumptions?

What are the four countries known as the BRICs, grouped together by their large size and developing economies?

What country was the first global power?

Why does the CIA collect data on national income inequality?