Deck 11: Geography of Governance and Representation

Question 1

Most businesses and governments subdivide administrative territory into

A)manageable political subunits.
B)countries or states.
C)mall sales regions.
D)club fields.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Western Australia, with Perth as its capital

A)has a government and personality reflecting its isolation from the rest of the country.
B)has a layout and feeling very similar to that of New South Wales or Victoria.
C)has no large city over 50,000 people.
D)all of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Sometimes subunits of a country might be based on

A)early settlement patterns during exploration.
B)logical and equitable population subdivision.
C)relatively homogenous ethnic groups.
D)all of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Ports, which are sites of regional, national, and global commerce, are normally operated

A)privately.
B)by tribal chieftains.
C)only in communist or command societies.
D)by governmental authorities.

Question 5

Totalitarianism is a type of autocracy which might add elements of

A)commerce, industry and port management.
B)architectural styles as influential such as 'feng shui'.
C)fascism, communism, and religious fundamentalism.
D)polytheistic hero worship aimed at functional action.

Question 6

Dual citizenship

A)is when a person has citizenship in two (or more) countries.
B)can happen when a person is born to foreign parents in certain countries.
C)can happen with people from the United States.
D)all of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 7

The political economy of a state represents

A)the health, welfare, and government control of health care.
B)the provision of food through agriculture, groceries, and restaurants.
C)the relations between the state, state members, and economic activities there.
D)none of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 8

A Mexican child born in the US to illegal parents

A)cannot become a citizen of the US.
B)can become a citizen if the parents become citizens.
C)automatically becomes a citizen of the US.
D)must return to Mexico and enter through a customs border to become a citizen.

Question 9

Common roles many states take on might be

A)cultural regulation of language and religion.
B)health, education, and business regulation.
C)the administration of the scientific endeavor.
D)astrology and numerology for forecasting future conditions.

Question 10

Toyota has many sub-regional offices and centers in

A)North America.
B)Australia.
C)Africa.
D)Central America.

Question 11

The best example of a unitary state would be

A)the United States.
B)France.
C)the Soviet Union.
D)Germany.

Question 12

Which of the following foreigners was also a citizen of the United States?

A)Valdas Adamkus-former President of Lithuania.
B)Adolf Hitler-former dictator of Germany.
C)David Coulthard-former European Formula One race car driver.
D)Vaclav Havel-former leader of the Czech Republic.

Question 13

Autocratic states

A)focus a majority of their energies on developing agriculture.
B)focus their operations on reducing the threat of worker revolution.
C)are lead mainly by single individuals or small cliques.
D)mainly produce one commodity like oil or bananas.

Question 14

While the term citizen implies responsibility on the part of the individual, a subject

A)is often taught in grammar school.
B)often does not have rights or responsibilities.
C)is usually opposed to the dominant leadership.
D)is objective and not specific.

Question 15

The country that was organized as the world's first federal state was

A)The United States.
B)France.
C)The Soviet Union.
D)Germany.

Question 16

Reasons for sub-dividing territory into administrative regions are

A)health, welfare, and healthcare access.
B)food, drink, and service provision regions.
C)efficiency, flexibility and degrees of responsiveness.
D)design, printing, and publishing processes.

Question 17

The theory of the state that says that the state derives from servicing the needs of all members and groups within is called

A)the Marxist state theory.
B)the Pluralist state theory.
C)the Monarchical state theory.
D)the state theory of the Economic Man.

Question 18

Which of the following might best typify a totalitarian government's reason for being?

A)an ideology that the people are forced to adhere to
B)a food product that people generally reject throughout the country
C)an economic resource that demands a majority of attention from the government
D)the encouragement of the voting process to select the most desirable candidates as perceived by the people

Question 19

Catholic Diocese boundaries in Ireland

A)are based much on regions designated during the Roman Empire.
B)are similar to Latter-day Saint stake and congregational regions.
C)are taken from food provision regions like those of McDonalds restaurants.
D)none of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 20

In Northern Ireland Catholic diocesan boundaries

A)coincide perfectly with the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
B)cross the boundary between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
C)match the routes of modern highways and railroads.
D)are gradually disappearing.

Question 21

Eventually, the Soviet Union's 15 republics broke up into individual states.This process can be referred to as

A)installation.
B)devolution.
C)evolution.
D)obstinacy.

Question 22

The three maps showing elections results in Iraq

A)show that votes favored different values (parties) in different regions.
B)showed a pretty uniform pattern all across the country.
C)all were clustered mainly in the south.
D)were highly influenced by Iran.

Question 23

Though historically the United Kingdom is a unitary state

A)it is also politically tied to China and Japan, as confederated parts.
B)it has units that increasingly have gained more freedom to act on their own.
C)it is intimately connected to Ireland and Iceland in a federation.
D)none of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 24

A capital city

A)is always the largest city in the country.
B)is always the most important city in the country regarding cultural attractions.
C)is always the most reliable city in terms of health care.
D)is where the country's government is always seated.

Question 25

The best example of an 'enclave' would be

A)Alaska.
B)West Berlin (which enclave no longer exists).
C)the island of Sardinia.
D)the 'country' of Catalonia (marginally within Spain).

Question 26

Some countries, like Bolivia, South Africa and the Netherlands

A)have several capitals with functions divided between different cities.
B)have just one capital with a peripheral 'colonial' location.
C)have established forward or 'growth pole' capitals in interior locations.
D)have located their capital cities between traditional areas of internal competition.

Question 27

Washington D.C., Ottawa, Canada, and Canberra, Australia

A)are capitals built to show their countries strengths into their respective interiors.
B)are compromise capitals between influential and competing regions.
C)are forward capitals built to show their countries' attitudes toward controlling all the land within their borders.
D)are all found more or less in the geographic centers of their countries.

Question 28

Electoral districts in the United States sometimes are very strange shapes in order to include different minority groups or to gain voting advantage according to party.This process is known as

A)gerrymandering.
B)systematization.
C)forward capitalization.
D)political extension.

Question 29

In the case of Canada federalism

A)is similar to that of other federal countries.
B)is considered asymmetrical because Quebec has more autonomy than other provinces.
C)has strengthened the resolve of the central government to cement provinces together.
D)none of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 30

Belgium's political structure

A)divides it into three linguistic unit.
B)has Flanders in the north and Wallonia in the south.
C)consists of Brussels as a 'bilingual' zone.
D)all of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 31

In the former Soviet Union federalism was a method

A)of keeping the states intricately tied to the central government.
B)of ensuring that each main national group is given some control over territory.
C)of planning for the eventual breakup of the state entity.
D)all of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 32

Sometimes a country like Italy, Serbia, or the former Soviet Union, will have 'autonomous' regions which are special

A)usually because of ethnic or cultural uniqueness.
B)because industry is more prevalent in them.
C)because of natural hazards which may be more common there.
D)none of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 33

One special region found in the United States and established for indigenous peoples

A)is autonomous politically.
B)is an urban enclave.
C)is the reservation.
D)is industrially sound.

Question 34

The undisputed core region of France is

A)Marseille and the Côte d'azur.
B)Toulouse and Bordeaux.
C)Ile de France.
D)Alsace Lorrain.

Question 35

In terms of cores and capital, Germany

A)has a main center and it is Berlin.
B)does not have a main central core region.
C)splits its industrial prowess north to south.
D)all of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 36

Indonesia's state structure or form is

A)mainly one single land mass.
B)mainly a small compact and relatively roundish.
C)a micro-or city-state.
D)largely made up of many islands.

Question 37

In confederations

A)breakaway regions attempt greater autonomy.
B)political units abridge power in order to work as a group.
C)civil war is usually the outcome with a desire for separatism.
D)none of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 38

Louisiana is transpose political sub-unit because

A)its counties are called parishes.
B)its electoral system varies from that of other states.
C)its legal system has elements of Napoleonic Law as opposed to Common Law.
D)all of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 39

Kaliningrad is an 'exclave' of Russia because

A)it is totally surrounded by Moscow.
B)it is totally surrounded by East Germany.
C)it is today part of Poland.
D)it is a piece of Russia totally separate from Russia.

Question 40

Belgium's tripartite political structure was created in

A)the late 1500s.
B)the early 1700s.
C)the late 1900s.
D)the year 2010.