Take this Quiz: AP Human Geography — political patterns and processes | Zestly

Question 1

In the invented territory of Orizon, a single group of people shares a common language, history, and cultural identity, but they possess no sovereign territory of their own and live as minorities within three different neighbouring states. Which term best describes this group?

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A stateless nation

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A nation-state

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A sovereign state

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A multinational state

Question 2

The invented territory of Veridia has collected its own taxes, policed its own streets and issued its own currency for thirty years, yet almost no other government recognises it as a state. The invented state of Calun is recognised by most governments in the world but controls little beyond the district around its capital. What do the two cases together show about sovereignty?

Accepted Answer

That sovereignty has two faces which can come apart: effective control within a territory, and recognition by other states, and a place may have either without the other

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That Veridia is a state and Calun is not, since effective control over territory is what statehood consists in

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That Calun is a state and Veridia is not, since recognition by other governments is what brings a state into being

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That neither is a state, since statehood requires effective control and complete recognition together

Question 3

The invented state of Kaltos is a long narrow strip of land, and its central government finds it costly to move goods and slow to communicate with the far northern and far southern districts. Which shape describes Kaltos?

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Elongated

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Compact

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Prorupted

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Fragmented

Question 4

The boundary between the invented states of Aethel and Borth was settled by treaty between them after both populations had long been established on the land and had developed distinct landscapes of their own. How is this boundary classified by origin?

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Superimposed

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Relict

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Antecedent

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Subsequent

Question 5

Two invented states agreed in a treaty where their boundary would run, drew the agreed line on a map, and set stone pillars along it on the ground. Years later disputes keep arising, because officials on each side apply different rules to the people and goods crossing at those pillars. Which stage of boundary-making is the source of the trouble?

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Delimitation, the drawing of the agreed line onto a map

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Demarcation, the placing of physical markers along the line on the ground

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Administration, the day-to-day operation of the boundary once it exists

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Definition, the legal statement in the treaty of where the line runs