AP Human Geography Barron's Book
AP Exam Vocabulary Chapter 4:
Political Geography Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
Balkanization -
correct answer ✅The contentious political process by which a
state may break up into smaller 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.
Colonialism -
correct answer ✅The expansion and perpetuation of an empire.
Compact State -
correct answer ✅A state that possesses a roughly circular,oval, or
rectangular territory in which the distance from the geometric
center is relatively equal in all directions.
, AP Human Geography Barron's Book
AP Exam Vocabulary Chapter 4:
Political Geography Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
Democratization -
correct answer ✅The process of establishing representative and
accountable forms of government led by popularly elected officials.
Domino Theory -
correct answer ✅The idea that political stabilization in one country
can lead to collapse of political stability in neighboring countries,
starting a chain reaction of collapse.
Elongated State -
correct answer ✅A state whose territory is long and narrow in
shape.
European Union -
correct answer ✅International organization comprised of Western
European countries to promote free trade among members.
Federalism -
correct answer ✅A system of government in which power is
distributed among certain geographical territories rather than
concentrated within a central government.
AP Exam Vocabulary Chapter 4:
Political Geography Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
Balkanization -
correct answer ✅The contentious political process by which a
state may break up into smaller 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.
Colonialism -
correct answer ✅The expansion and perpetuation of an empire.
Compact State -
correct answer ✅A state that possesses a roughly circular,oval, or
rectangular territory in which the distance from the geometric
center is relatively equal in all directions.
, AP Human Geography Barron's Book
AP Exam Vocabulary Chapter 4:
Political Geography Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
Democratization -
correct answer ✅The process of establishing representative and
accountable forms of government led by popularly elected officials.
Domino Theory -
correct answer ✅The idea that political stabilization in one country
can lead to collapse of political stability in neighboring countries,
starting a chain reaction of collapse.
Elongated State -
correct answer ✅A state whose territory is long and narrow in
shape.
European Union -
correct answer ✅International organization comprised of Western
European countries to promote free trade among members.
Federalism -
correct answer ✅A system of government in which power is
distributed among certain geographical territories rather than
concentrated within a central government.
