AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY UNIT #8 QUIZ
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS
Civil divisions - Answer-Governmental divisions that divide citizens
Berlin Conference - Answer-A meeting from 1884-1885 at which representatives of
European nations agreed on rules colonization of Africa
Democratization - Answer-A process of transition as a country attempts to move from
an authoritarian form of government to a democratic one
Devolution - Answer-An effort to shift responsibility for a wide range of domestic
programs from Washington to the states
Shatterbelt - Answer-An area of instability between regions with opposing political and
cultural values
EEZ - Answer-Under the law of the sea, an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is a
seazone over which a state has special rights over the exploration and use of marine
resources
High seas - Answer-Ocean areas beyond any country's legal jurisdiction
Irredentism - Answer-A policy of cultural extension and potential political expansion by a
country aimed at a group of its nationals living in a neighboring country
Multinational state - Answer-State that contains two or more ethnic groups with
traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each
other as distinct nationalities
Stateless nation - Answer-A nationality that is not represented by a state.
Territorial waters - Answer-the waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which
that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction
Territoriality - Answer-In political geography, a country's or more local community's
sense of property and attachment toward its territory, as expressed by its determination
to keep it inviolable and strongly defended.
Terrorism - Answer-Acts of violence designed to promote a specific ideology or agenda
by creating panic among an enemy population
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS
Civil divisions - Answer-Governmental divisions that divide citizens
Berlin Conference - Answer-A meeting from 1884-1885 at which representatives of
European nations agreed on rules colonization of Africa
Democratization - Answer-A process of transition as a country attempts to move from
an authoritarian form of government to a democratic one
Devolution - Answer-An effort to shift responsibility for a wide range of domestic
programs from Washington to the states
Shatterbelt - Answer-An area of instability between regions with opposing political and
cultural values
EEZ - Answer-Under the law of the sea, an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is a
seazone over which a state has special rights over the exploration and use of marine
resources
High seas - Answer-Ocean areas beyond any country's legal jurisdiction
Irredentism - Answer-A policy of cultural extension and potential political expansion by a
country aimed at a group of its nationals living in a neighboring country
Multinational state - Answer-State that contains two or more ethnic groups with
traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each
other as distinct nationalities
Stateless nation - Answer-A nationality that is not represented by a state.
Territorial waters - Answer-the waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which
that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction
Territoriality - Answer-In political geography, a country's or more local community's
sense of property and attachment toward its territory, as expressed by its determination
to keep it inviolable and strongly defended.
Terrorism - Answer-Acts of violence designed to promote a specific ideology or agenda
by creating panic among an enemy population
