U4 FRQ TEST

This is HALF of your unit 4 test grade. Answer the following questions FULLY. It is not enough to answer a question by merely listing facts. You should present a strong argument based on your critical analysis of the question posed, using appropriate geographic terminology. Don’t forget about the strategies we discussed in class for writing FRQs!

In most countries, the concept of the state as a political unit is subject to the tensions between centrifugal and centripetal forces. Governments are often challenged by the devolutionary factors that challenge state sovereignty.

Define the concept of the multinational state.

Identify TWO multinational states.

Explain how ethnicity can be a factor that leads to the devolution of a state.

Explain how communication technology plays an important role in the goals of devolutionary groups and democracy movements.

Explain how uneven development within a state can act as a centrifugal force.

Describe ONE centripetal force that governments use to promote the state as a nation.

For a multinational state facing the realities of devolution, compare the choice to create an autonomous region with the choice to maintain a unitary state.

In the 1880s, European powers began invading and occupying the interior areas of Africa, which were inhabited by a variety of diverse culture groups. By 1900, European countries had claimed nearly 90 percent of African territory and redrawn the political boundaries of Africa, many of which remain today.

(See Maps I have posted in Google Classroom to complete the questions below!)

Describe the type of political boundaries shown in Map 1.

Describe ONE way that the European colonial boundaries shown in Map 1 differ from the African cultural boundaries shown in Map 2.

Explain ONE political outcome for present-day Africans as a result of the European colonial boundaries.

Describe ONE way that European colonization of Africa reflected the concept of ethnocentrism.

Explain ONE way that the political boundaries shown in Map 1 illustrate a European colonial emphasis on resource extraction.

Explain the degree to which colonization affected the languages spoken in present-day Africa.

Explain a possible limitation of using Map 2 to understand the geography of religion in present-day Africa.