Political Geography Concepts Quiz

A political map shows the spatial organization of countries and territories on the entire globe at a given point in time.

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<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A sovereign state possesses the sole authority over the land and people within its boundaries.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A community of people bound to a homeland and possessing a common identity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A nation-state is the ideal political geographical unit where the nation's geographic boundaries (people and culture) exactly match the state's territorial boundaries (governance and authority).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nationalism is a sense of belonging to and self-identifying with a culture. People with a strong sense of nationalism derive a significant part of their social identity from belonging to a nation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An ethnic group/nation that does not possess its own state and is not the majority population in any nation-state.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A multinational state is a country containing multiple national, ethnic, and religious groups within its boundaries.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Millitate nations are ethnic groups territorially divided by one or more international boundaries.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An autonomous region is a subdivision or dependent territory of a country that has a degree of self-government affecting its decision-making.</p> Signup and view all the answers