Question 1

Which of the following compares a defining charac-teristic between a unitary state and a federal state?

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Federal states disperse significant authority among subnational units, while unitary states centralize power with little or no authority dispersed to subnational units.

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Unitary states are always large and spatially dispersed, while federal states are always small and compact.

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Heads of government in unitary states consist of two military leaders and one elected civilian, while federal states are governed by a single leader elected by popular vote.

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Federal states rule with parliamentary pro-cedures with no head of state, while unitary states rule through a dictator with no input from a parliamentary unit.

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Both federal and unitary systems are equally able to reduce centrifugal forces and control public support for separatist groups.

Question 2

Which of the following explains the significance of Canada’s emphasis on federalism and provincial self-rule?

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The Canadian central government in Ottawa emphasizes federalism to allow more latitude for provincial self-rule to reduce public support in Québec for secession.

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The Canadian government was not able to gov-ern the western provinces from Ottawa so gave them the power for self-rule but kept more centralized control over eastern provinces.

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The Canadian central government moved from Ottawa to Québec in order to reduce French devolutionary activities in the eastern provinces.

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Canada is a federalist state that leans toward a more unitary, less federal government with fewer rights on a local level for the provinces.

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The Canadian government divided the provinces based on three distinct language groups to accom-modate French speakers in the eastern part of the country, English speakers in the central region, and Russian speakers in the western provinces.

Question 3

The spatial pattern of administrative regions of which country represents culture and language?

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Belgium

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Iceland

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Canada

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Rwanda

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China

Question 4

Which of the following correctly orders the most appropriate scales of analysis to identify a system of government in a country?

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country, regional, local

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global, country, local

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global, regional, country

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country, local, regional

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regional, local, global

Question 5

The boundaries of congressional districts of the United States are

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redrawn every ten years

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set according to a process developed by the writers of the United States Constitution

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redrawn whenever a member of Congress feels his or her constituency has changed

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redrawn after every presidential election

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drawn to cross over state boundaries

Question 6

Which of the following is the correct organizational scale for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)?

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Supranational

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Global

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National

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State

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Local

Question 7

Which of the following is a likely outcome of gerrymandering?

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Packing areas of minority group voters into a single legislative representative’s district

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Splitting areas of majority group voters across a number of legislative representatives' districts

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Disrupting electronic polling machines or the data networks run by elections officials

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Placing a legislative representative’s districts in a row pattern while drawing a new electoral map

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Supporting political party candidates with campaign funds intended to be used in particular geographic areas

Question 8

The shape of North Carolina’s Twelfth Congressional District, shown above, is most likely the result of

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gerrymandering

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watershed boundaries

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county boundaries

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decentralization

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amalgamation

Question 9

In the United States House of Representatives there are a fixed number of 435 seats divided among the states based upon each state’s relative population size. Changes in the number of representatives, as shown on the map, affect politics at which of the following scales?

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national

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city

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county

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state

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regional

Question 10

Which of the following is the name for political redistricting that produces unusually shaped districts to create a political advantage?

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Gerrymandering

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Redlining

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Zoning

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Politicization

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Gentrification

Question 11

The examples in the table show states that gained or lost United States House of Representatives districts based on 2010 census data. The states were required to revise district boundaries based on census data.

Using the data in the table and the description, which of the following identifies the scales of analysis that are reflected in this redistricting?

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Local representation in the national legislature

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Member state representation in a supranational legislature

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Local representation in the state legislature

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State representation in the regional legislature

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Local representation in the regional legislature

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