Exam 8: Political Geography

When a state has ________, it is presumed to control its internal affairs without interference by other states.

Until its breakup in 1992, Yugoslavia comprised six so-called republics, including Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia, plus the two so-called autonomous regions of Kosovo and Vojvodina.

The Republic of ________ declared its independence from Serbia in 2008, following ethnic cleansing and war crimes by some Serb leaders.

Which of the following nationalities did not gain independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991?

What is terrorism and what are the different types?

The process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power is called:

The population of Kosovo is more than 90 percent ethnic Serbian, but Albania claims it as part of its territory.

Physical boundaries do not coincide with significant features of the natural landscape.

________ is identity with (or inclusion with) a group of people who share legal attachment and personal allegiance to a particular country, rather than merely sharing cultural affinity.

Discuss the sovereignty of Kosovo, Taiwan, and Western Sahara.

A(n) ________ is a country that is run according to the interests of the ruler rather than the people.

The United States led an attack against Iraq in 2003 and deposed that country's longtime President:

This is the systematic use of violence by a group in order to intimidate a population or coerce a government into granting its demands:

Briefly explain the conflict in Kosovo and the competing claims for the territory.

This country was created after World War I to unite several Balkan ethnicities that spoke similar South Slavic languages.

________ is the process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities.

A ________, an area often many kilometers wide that is either uninhabited or sparsely settled, is a zone where no state exercises complete political control.

A ________ is an area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs.

In ________ in 1994, Hutus were involved in the genocide of Tutsis

A(n) ________ is a country that is not fully democratic or fully autocratic, but rather displays a mix of the two types.