Introduction to Political Geography (College Board AP® Human Geography): Exam Questions

9 mins9 questions
11 mark

Which of the following best defines a stateless nation?

  • The existence of people with common cultural characteristics, living somewhere that does not have defined sovereignty or territory.

  • The existence of a cultural nation within an official border.

  • One country with one or more ethnic identities or nationalities.

  • One nationality existing in a home country, plus other countries

  • An area within a country that has political autonomy.

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21 mark

Which of the following is not an autonomous region? 

  • Hong Kong

  • Quebec

  • Svalbard

  • Greenland

  • Alaska

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31 mark

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a state?

  • Sovereign government

  • Defined borders

  • Permanent population

  • Separatism

  • Specific territory

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41 mark

A group of people who are tied by their culture and history, is known as

  • Nation

  • Nation-state

  • State

  • Stateless nation

  • Multinational state

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51 mark

Which of the following is an example of a nation?

  • China

  • Iceland

  • Welsh

  • Kurds

  • United States

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61 mark

Which of the following characteristics or processes would not be seen in multinational states?

  • Ethnonationalism

  • Separatism

  • Devolution

  • Secession

  • Irredentism

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71 mark

Which of the following is an example of a semi-autonomous region? 

  • Quebec

  • Hong Kong

  • Scotland

  • Greenland 

  • Svalbard

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81 mark

Which of the following is not a multinational state?

  • The United States

  • Russia

  • China

  • Mexico

  • Korea

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91 mark

Which of the following is a good example of a buffer state?

  • Nepal 

  • China

  • Russia

  • India

  • Mexico

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