Ap Human Geography Chapter 9 Quiz

Ap human chapter 8 political geo.
Key issue #1: where are states 1.State: A state is an area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs. 2.Sovereignty: A state has sovereignty, which means independence from control of its internal affairs by other states.
3. A. korea : The division of these zones became permanent in the late 1940s, when the two superpowers established separate governments and withdrew their armies.
B. China & Taiwan: According to China’s government, Taiwan is not sovereign, but a part of China. This confusing situation arose from a civil war in China during the late 1940s between the Nationalists and the
The boundary between Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia runs through Lake Mwera. 4. boundary: something that indicates border or limit. Frontier: an international border, the edge of the settled area of the country. 5. DESERT BOUNDARIES. A boundary drawn in a desert can effectively divide two states. Like mountains, deserts are hard to cross and sparsely inhabited.— * MOUNTAIN BOUNDARIES. Mountains can be effective boundaries if they are difficult to cross . Contact between nationalities living on opposite sides may be limited, or completely impossible if passes are closed by winter storms * WATER BOUNDARIES. Rivers, lakes, and oceans are the physical features most commonly used as boundaries. Water boundaries are readily visible on maps and aerial imagery 6. GEOMETRIC BOUNDARIES. Part of the northern U.S. boundary with Canada is a 2,100-kilometer (1,300-mile)straight line (more precisely, an arc) along 49° north latitude, running from Lake of the Woods between Minnesota and Manitoba to the Strait of Georgia between Washington State and British Columbia. * RELIGIOUS BOUNDARIES. Boundaries between countries have been placed where possible to separate speakers of different languages or followers of different
“Excess vote” concentrates opposition supporters into a few districts. “Stacked vote” links distant areas of likeminded voters through oddly shaped boundaries. Key issue #3 1. The United Nations is playing an important role in trying to separate warring groups in a number of regions 2. When established in 1945, the United Nations comprised 49 states, but membership grew to 192 in 2006, making it a truly global institution 3. NATO ; NATO and the Warsaw Pact were designed to maintain a bipolar balance of power in Europe. For NATO allies, the principal objective was to prevent the Soviet Union from overrunning West Germany and other smaller countries. * warsaw pact; The Warsaw Pact was a military agreement among Communist Eastern European countries to defend each other in case of attack. * OSCE ; the Organization on Security and Cooperation was composed primarily of Western European countries and played only a limited role. Although the OSCE does not directly command armed forces, it can call upon member states to supply troops if necessary * OAS; The OAS promotes social, cultural, political, and economic links among member