Unit 4: Political Patterns & Processes
Human Geo · Unit 4 · Paper 3

Political Patterns & Processes unit test

A test on this unit alone, marked as a percentage and a letter grade — for the test your class is actually sitting, rather than for May. Answer everything, then submit once: seeing the answer to question 3 before attempting question 4 makes the final percentage meaningless.

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Each paper is built from this unit’s 16 terms and is the same for everyone, so a teacher can assign “Unit 4, Paper 3” and every student sits the identical test. Multiple choice is marked objectively; the written sections you mark yourself against the model answer and rubric.
Suggested time 32 min 29 points0/17 attempted
1

Unitary vs federal states

2

Antecedent, subsequent, superimposed and relict boundaries

3

Gerrymandering

4

State, nation and nation-state

5

Sovereignty

6

Colonial legacy of boundaries

7

Centripetal and centrifugal forces

8

Stateless nation and multinational state

9

Choke point

10

Enclave and exclave

11

Supranational organization

12

Devolution

Short answer 1. Define or explain: Boundary types

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: Shatterbelt

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: Balkanization

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: Territoriality

3 pts

Free response

5 pts

This course has no free-response prompt tagged to this unit, so one from elsewhere in the course is used. It is still worth writing — the skill transfers.

In recent decades, many manufacturing jobs have relocated from developed countries (like the US) to newly industrialized countries (NICs).

Identify this economic process.

Explain TWO reasons why multinational corporations choose to relocate their manufacturing facilities to NICs.

Describe ONE negative impact of this relocation on the developed country.

Describe ONE positive impact of this relocation on the NIC.