Ap Human Geo Chapter 8 Test Questions
1. The promotion of the acquisition of wealth through plunder, colonization, and the protection of home industries and foreign markets during Europe’s rebirth was called mercantilism
2. What ultimately proved to be the undoing of monarchical absolutism and its system of patronage during Europe’s rebirth? growing economic power of merchants
3. Which is not characteristic of unitary state governments? Concerned with fostering diversity of regional cultural expression
4. Nigeria is a state with a federal system of government. This fact is reflected in the adoption of _________ law in the states of the Muslim North. Sharia
5. The movement of power from the central government regional governments is referred to as devolution
6. Which country has experienced violent devolution? Yugoslavia
7. In 1997 Scotland took a major devolutionary step with the establishment of the Scottish Parliament
8. In Italy, the Northern League’s desire for independence was based on the economic difference between the northern Po region and the southern Mezzogiorno. These differences are attributed to core-periphery processes
9. Distance, remoteness and marginal location enhance the potential for devolution. This form of devolution is referred to as Spatial
10. The rise of the modern state idea, where territory defined society rather than society defining territory, swept through Europe in the 1600s
11. When not all people within a state identify with the dominant sense of nationality, movements for separation of nation and territory may arise. For example the Basque in Spain.
12. Yugoslavia was a prime example of a Multi-state nation
13. Which is an example of a stateless-nation? Kurds
14. The European state idea spread throughout the world through colonialism
15. One of the most powerful impacts of colonialism was the construction of global order characterized by great differences in economic and political power
16. The highly uneven
2. What ultimately proved to be the undoing of monarchical absolutism and its system of patronage during Europe’s rebirth? growing economic power of merchants
3. Which is not characteristic of unitary state governments? Concerned with fostering diversity of regional cultural expression
4. Nigeria is a state with a federal system of government. This fact is reflected in the adoption of _________ law in the states of the Muslim North. Sharia
5. The movement of power from the central government regional governments is referred to as devolution
6. Which country has experienced violent devolution? Yugoslavia
7. In 1997 Scotland took a major devolutionary step with the establishment of the Scottish Parliament
8. In Italy, the Northern League’s desire for independence was based on the economic difference between the northern Po region and the southern Mezzogiorno. These differences are attributed to core-periphery processes
9. Distance, remoteness and marginal location enhance the potential for devolution. This form of devolution is referred to as Spatial
10. The rise of the modern state idea, where territory defined society rather than society defining territory, swept through Europe in the 1600s
11. When not all people within a state identify with the dominant sense of nationality, movements for separation of nation and territory may arise. For example the Basque in Spain.
12. Yugoslavia was a prime example of a Multi-state nation
13. Which is an example of a stateless-nation? Kurds
14. The European state idea spread throughout the world through colonialism
15. One of the most powerful impacts of colonialism was the construction of global order characterized by great differences in economic and political power
16. The highly uneven