HuG Chapter 7

HuG Chapter 7 Q&A
Ethnicity is important because


A) it provides the only stable basis of political

states.



B) it opposes nationalism.



C) it promotes peace.


D) it is a bulwark for diversity in the face of the

globalization of culture.



E) it defines citizenship and sovereignty. - (correct answer)D



Elements of nationalism include all but



A) common culture.


B) shared attitudes.



C) shared emotions.



D) political structure.



E) state symbols. - (correct answer)D

,The concept that nationalities have the right

to govern themselves is known as the right of



A) centripetal force.



B) nation-state.



C) self-determination.


D) sovereignty.



E) ethnic identity. - (correct answer)C



Denmark is a good example of a nation-state because



A) nearly all Danes speak Danish and live in Denmark.



B) Danish and German nationalities intermingle in

Schleswig-Holstein.


C) the people living on the Faeroe islands, which are

controlled by Denmark, speak Faeroese.


D) Denmark consolidated its boundaries by giving

Greenland to Norway.



E) all of the above - (correct answer)A

, What was apartheid?



A) the dialect of Dutch which is spoken in South

Africa



B) South Africa's governmental system


C) the existence of landlocked states in

southern Africa



D) the geographic separation of races in South

Africa



E) the kinship system of Sub-Saharan Africa - (correct answer)D



Balkanization refers to



A) the creation of nation-states in southeastern
Europe.



B) the breakdown of a state due to conflicts among

nationalities.


C) a small geographic area that cannot

successfully be organized into states.