Question 1

Taiwan is a member of the United Nations.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

-As indicated on the map of European economic and military alliances, in 2013 Latvia

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A)   was a member of NATO and the European Community.
B)   was a member of NATO but not the European Community.
C)   was a member of COMECON and NATO.
D)   was a member of the European Community only.
E)   was neither a member of NATO nor of the European Community.

Question 3

What are the two main nationalities on the island of Cyprus? Imagine that you are chosen to lead a UN effort to bring lasting peace to the island. What would your first priorities be? How would you begin to implement changes?

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Turkish; G...

Question 4

After the fall of communism, Poland

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A)   adopted a unitary form of government.
B)   became a nation-state.
C)   delegated more authority to local governments.
D)   gave most of its federal power to its ethnic minorities.
E)   annexed land from Germany.

Question 5

The Commonwealth is primarily

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A)   an economic and cultural alliance of states once part of the British Empire.
B)   an organization of culturally homogenous nations that opposed the Warsaw Pact.
C)   organized to increase availability of mineral resources in perforated states that are NATO allies.
D)   a religious entity that sends missionaries to Africa from the United Kingdom.
E)   an association of countries that were once members of COMECON and the Warsaw Pact.

Question 6

Argentina and Chile are separated by one type of physical boundary, a desert.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Since the end of the Cold War,

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A)   Russia has become a nation-state, with the expulsion of minorities from regions such as the Caucasus.
B)   military alliances have become more important in Europe.
C)   nationalities have been discouraged from expressing their cultural identities, particularly in the Caucasus region and Siberia.
D)   Russia has undergone political and economic turmoil, including rebellion in the Caucasus region.
E)   COMECON has reemerged as a major economic entity in Eastern Europe, and has cooperated with the European Union and NATO on environmental issues and regional trade.

Question 8

-According to the map of regime types, Saudi Arabia is an example of a(n)

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A)   anocracy.
B)   partial democracy.
C)   full democracy.
D)   autocracy.
E)   failed state.

Question 9

-As indicated on the map of European economic and military alliances, in 2013 Ireland

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A)   was a member of NATO and the European Community.
B)   was a member of NATO but not the European Community.
C)   was a member of COMECON and NATO.
D)   was a member of the European Community only.
E)   was neither a member of NATO nor of the European Community.

Question 10

Cultural boundaries include all but which of the following?

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A)   ethnic
B)   geometric
C)   religious
D)   linguistic
E)   geomorphic

Question 11

-According to the map of regime types, Iraq is now an example of a(n)

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A)   autocracy.
B)   partial democracy.
C)   full democracy.
D)   anocracy.
E)   failed state.

Question 12

The concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves is known as

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A)   centripetal determination.
B)   nationalism.
C)   universal suffrage.
D)   self determination.
E)   sovereignty.

Question 13

Over the past half century, the number of sovereign states in the world

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A)   has remained approximately the same.
B)   has increased by a couple of dozen.
C)   has decreased by a couple of dozen.
D)   has increased by more than a hundred.
E)   has increased by more than a thousand.

Question 14

What are the major types of physical boundaries, and how can these either reduce or increase the likelihood of potential conflicts between states?

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Physical boundaries between states can t...

Question 15

The boundary between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland is a good example of a physical boundary.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

A state which places most power in the hands of a central government is a(n)

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A)   federal state.
B)   anocratic state.
C)   fragmented state.
D)   unitary state.
E)   compact state.

Question 17

The two Germanys

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A)   existed separately from 1949 to 1990.
B)   are the newest UN member states in Europe.
C)   were divided by proto-Germanic languages.
D)   are on opposite banks of the Rhine River.
E)   were divided by economic and cultural boundaries until 1871.

Question 18

Describe how the alliances in Europe after the Cold War related to changing global economic interests.

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After the Cold War, the alliances in Eur...

Question 19

Since the end of the Cold War, what elements of cultural geography have been weaknesses for Russia, limiting it from maintaining its old superpower status?

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Since the end of the Cold War, Russia ha...

Question 20

The United Nations is primarily what kind of cooperative effort?

Accepted Answer

A)   political
B)   military
C)   economic
D)   cultural
E)   environmental

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The Commonwealth is primarily

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