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AP Human Geography
Ch. 17
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Geography
9th Grade
02/25/2009

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Term
What is the counter force to supranationalism?
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Devolution
Term
What country is often cited as a nation-state?
Definition
France
Term
What province in Canada has serious ethnic issues focused on language?
Definition
Quebec
Term
what is the only state in the world in the early 21st century that could be described as a superpower?
Definition
U.S.
Term
This small republic that still seeks independence was and still is Russia's most serious challenge?
Definition
Chechenya
Term
The so-called New-World Order, consequent to the breakdown od the Soviet Union and the end of the bipolar world would be shaped by all of these...?
Definition
forces that connect nations and states, by supranational unions like the European Union, and by multinational action should any state violate international rules of conduct.
Term
In early 1995, what was the tragedy of devolving Yugoslavia centered on?
Definition
Bosnia
Term
What North African state contained a power struggle in 1992 between secular and Islamic sectors which became devolutionary when scheduled elections were canceled?
Definition
Algeria
Term
The first real brush with devolution in the United States may come from:
Definition
Hispanic population in Southern States
Term
In South America, what country is experiencing the impact of devolutionary forces?
Definition
Brazil
Term
Where is the idea of democracy found?
Definition
Throughout the world
Term
The former Soviet Republics along Russia's rim contained as many as how many Russian's?
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25 million
Term
During the 1990s, which of the United Kingdom four geographic entities called for independence?
Definition
Scotland
Term
What does the field of geopolitics combine geography with?
Definition
Political science
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Why have doubts and uncertainties begun to cloud hopes for a New-World Order?
Definition
even though states are more closely linked, national self-interest still acted as a powerful centrifugal force.
Term
What is the only country that is physically larger than Canada?
Definition
Russia
Term
What do we describe people as when they share a well-developed sense of belonging to the same cultural group?
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ethnic group
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What is the most serious danger the world faces at the end of the twentieth century besides the diffusion of nuclear technology?
Definition
Missile technology
Term
What kind of phenomenon is globalization most commonly seen as?
Definition
Economic
Term
What interests are the European Union's national boundaries overshadowed by?
Definition
Money
Term
When were the devolutionary events that broke apart the former Soviet Union set in motion?
Definition
Late 1980s
Term
What country has the Island of Corsica caused devolutionary problems for?
Definition
France
Term
Russia is still the largest country in the world territorially, but what rank does it hold in the world in terms of population?
Definition
6th
Term
In which world region do the ruling elite often see nothing wrong with the term one-party democracy?
Definition
Some African ruling elites
Term
What has political geographer S.B. Cohen theorized that political entities situated in border zones between geopolitical power cores may become?
Definition
Gateway states
Term
As we enter the twenty-first century, we are burdened with a boundary system rooten in what?
Definition
the 19th century, which is a recipe for disaster
Term
How many Soviet republics became independent states?
Definition
15
Term
what country is a founder of Benelux and the original EEC, plus a charter of the EU, but may not survive the century in one piece?
Definition
Belgium
Term
This country collapsed in the 1980s, bringing an end to the bipolar world we had known for so long.
Definition
Soviet Union
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This European country is a classic example of devolutionary problems and was thrown together on the map after WW1 with a total of 24 ethnic and cultural groups.
Definition
Yugoslavia
Term
How many so-called Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics did Russia itself originally locate, designed to give territorial embodiment to some minorities?
Definition
16
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