Political Geography
Which term describes the ability of a government to enforce its policy within its borders?
Federalism
Sovereignty
Autonomy
Nationalism
What concept does Nicholas Spykman's Rimland Theory revolve around?
Dominance over rimland areas leads to global power.
Control over a vast interior landmass ensures global supremacy.
Territories must always be expanding for a nation to prosper.
States grow by annexing lands from weaker states.
The European Union is an example of which phenomenon that involves multiple countries coming together for a common goal?
Autonomous region
Supranational organization
Devolution
Nation-state
How does globalization affect the concept of sovereignty in a world increasingly characterized by transnational organizations and supranational entities?
Globalization leads to complete loss of individual state sovereignty due to the rise of a single global government.
It has no significant impact on sovereignty, as international laws strictly protect national boundaries and governance.
It challenges traditional sovereignty as borders become more porous and authority can be shared or superseded.
It strengthens state sovereignty by allowing nations to collaborate more effectively on global issues.
What term refers to a political entity's authority over a defined geographic space?
Supranationalism
Territoriality
Sovereignty
Fragmentation
Which perspective characterizes the modern understanding of political power as not just territorial control but influence over global finance and communications?
Marxism
Functionalism
Postmodernism
Structuralism
What is the purpose of a nation-state in human geography?
To divide people based on their economic status.
To commercialize cultural differences for tourism purposes.
To facilitate trade between different cultures.
To unite a group of people with a common culture within one political entity.

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Lesthos maintains a good relationship with South Africa because South Africa completly surrounds it, this makes South Africa an example of what kind of state?
Sovereign state
City-state
Fragmented state
Perforated state
What critique is often leveled against the Domino Theory in geopolitics?
Ignores potential internal resistance to foreign ideological impositions.
Underestimates the role of strategic location in political alliances.
Overestimates the spread of ideological influence between neighboring countries.
Overlooks non-political factors such as economic conditions and social structures.
What is central to Wallerstein’s world-system theory?
A country's geography determines its political power.
Nations should have supreme authority within their territories.
An economic hierarchy exists among countries globally.
Control of pivotal geographic areas ensures global dominance