Barron's AP Human Geography
Chapter 4a Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Antecedent Boundaries -
correct answer ✅A boundary line established before an area is
populated
Balkanization -
correct answer ✅The contentious political process by which a
state may break up into smaller countries
Buffer State -
correct answer ✅A relatively small country sandwiched between
two larger powers. The existence of buffer states may help to
prevent dangerous conflicts between powerful countries.
Centrifugal Forces -
correct answer ✅Forces that tend to divide a country
Centripetal Forces -
correct answer ✅Forces that tend to unite or bind a country
together
, Barron's AP Human Geography
Chapter 4a Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Colonialism -
correct answer ✅The expansion and perpetuation of an empire
Commonwealth of Independent States -
correct answer ✅Confederacy of independent states of the former
Soviet Union that have united because of their common economic
and administrative needs
Compact State -
correct answer ✅A state that possesses a roughly circular, oval, or
rectangular territory in which the distance form the geometric
center is relatively equal in all directions
Confederation -
correct answer ✅A form of an international organization that
brings several autonomous states together for a common pupose
Democratization -
correct answer ✅The process of establishing representative and
accountable forms of government led by popularly elected officials
Chapter 4a Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Antecedent Boundaries -
correct answer ✅A boundary line established before an area is
populated
Balkanization -
correct answer ✅The contentious political process by which a
state may break up into smaller countries
Buffer State -
correct answer ✅A relatively small country sandwiched between
two larger powers. The existence of buffer states may help to
prevent dangerous conflicts between powerful countries.
Centrifugal Forces -
correct answer ✅Forces that tend to divide a country
Centripetal Forces -
correct answer ✅Forces that tend to unite or bind a country
together
, Barron's AP Human Geography
Chapter 4a Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Colonialism -
correct answer ✅The expansion and perpetuation of an empire
Commonwealth of Independent States -
correct answer ✅Confederacy of independent states of the former
Soviet Union that have united because of their common economic
and administrative needs
Compact State -
correct answer ✅A state that possesses a roughly circular, oval, or
rectangular territory in which the distance form the geometric
center is relatively equal in all directions
Confederation -
correct answer ✅A form of an international organization that
brings several autonomous states together for a common pupose
Democratization -
correct answer ✅The process of establishing representative and
accountable forms of government led by popularly elected officials
