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Geo-Trivia: States, Nations, Boundaries, Supranationalism & Devolution

Test your knowledge on states, nations, boundaries, supranationalism, and devolution with this engaging trivia game! Answer questions on various topics and challenge yourself to be the ultimate geography expert.

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Geo-Trivia: States, Nations, Boundaries, Supranationalism & Devolution

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  1. Jeopardy Location, Location Location States & Nations Boundaries Supranationalism & Devolution Odds and Ends Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

  2. $100 Question from States & Nations This type of government is organized into a geographically based hierarchy of local government agencies

  3. $100 Answer from States & Nations Federal

  4. $200 Question from States & Nations This is a country with recognized borders where as this is a group of people with a common political identity

  5. $200 Answer from States & Nations State & Nation

  6. $300 Question from States & Nations Name 4 things that serve as centripetal forces in a nation-state

  7. $300 Answer from States & Nations Common language Common Religion Common Race Common Ethnicity

  8. $400 Question from States & Nations - • A state with control of its internal and external affairs is said to have this

  9. $400 Answer from States & Nations Sovereignty or self-determination

  10. $500 Question from States & Nations Palestinains, Basques, Kurds are all considered….

  11. $500 Answer from States & Nations Stateless nations

  12. $100 Question from Boundaries The boundary between Canada & the United States is best described as a …..

  13. $100 Answer from Boundaries Geometric subsequent boundary.

  14. $200 Question from Boundaries Most of Africa’s political boundaries were originally drawn by european colonial powers in the late 19th century and are thus best described as ….

  15. $200 Answer from Boundaries Superimposed boundaries

  16. $300 Question from Boundaries • Until fairly recent times, many boundaries were not sharply defined, but instead were marchlands or

  17. $300 Answer from Boundaries • frontiers

  18. $400 Question from Boundaries This region is basically the last true frontier on earth

  19. $400 Answer from Boundaries Antarctica

  20. $500 Question from Boundaries Name 5 landlocked states

  21. $500 Answer from Boundaries Asia Afghanistan Mongolia Laos Nepal Bhutan Europe Czech Republic Hungary Serbia Belarus Switzerland Africa Mali Chad Niger South Sudan Ethiopia Lesotho

  22. $100 Question from Supranationalism & Devolution • _____ forces work to pull countries apart, while _____ forces work to bind them together

  23. $100 Answer from Supranationalism & Devolution Centrifugal & centripetal

  24. $200 Question from Supranationalism & Devolution • OPEC, the EU & NATO are examples of….

  25. $200 Answer from Supranationalism & Devolution Supranational organizations

  26. $300 Question from Supranationalism & Devolution The fragmentation of a region into smaller regions, like the break of Yugoslavia is often referred to as….

  27. $300 Answer from Supranationalism & Devolution Balkanization

  28. $400 Question from Supranationalism & Devolution The majority of the entrants into the United Nations, a supranational organization, came from this continent during the 1960s

  29. $400 Answer from Supranationalism & Devolution Africa

  30. $500 Question from Supranationalism & Devolution Over the past half century, the number of sovereign states in the world has….

  31. $500 Answer from Supranationalism & Devolution • Increased by more than a hundred

  32. $100 Question from Location, Location, Location Poland has the most desirable state shape, which is….

  33. $100 Answer from Location, Location, Location Compact

  34. $200 Question from Location, Location, Location Since Malaysia is split into two pieces by the south china sea and also has the country of Brunei in its borders it can be considered both _______&_________

  35. $200 Answer from Location, Location, Location Fragmented and perforated

  36. $300 Question from Location, Location, Location The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Hadrian’s Wall in England & the Great wall of China all mark a(n) _____ boundaries

  37. $300 Answer from Location, Location, Location • Relic boundaries

  38. $400 Question from Location, Location, Location This term refers to an area of instability located between regions with opposing political and cultural values

  39. $400 Answer from Location, Location, Location Shatter belt

  40. $500 Question from Location, Location, Location Alaska, East Pakistan, and the Ting Bah corridor in India are considered _______ where as Lesotho which is located inside of South Africa is considered

  41. $500 Answer from Location, Location, Location • Exclaves & enclaves

  42. $100 Question fromOdds & Ends Hitler’s nationalist/expansionist philosophy of lebensraum (living space) drew in part from

  43. $100 Answer from Odds & Ends Organic Political Theory

  44. $200 Question from Odds & Ends Canada has a system of regional provinces which report back to the larger government which makes it a _______ state

  45. $200 Answer from Odds & Ends Federal

  46. $300 Question from Odds & Ends What is the name of the theory that suggests that whoever owns the Eastern European region will or could control the world, based on the agricultural and industrial production of the region? 

  47. $300 Answer from Odds & Ends Heartland theory

  48. $400 Question from Odds & Ends • The domino theory was established in the 1970s by the Central Intelligence Agency in the United States. The domino theory was used to explain the spread of

  49. $400 Answer from Odds & Ends Communism

  50. $500 Question from Odds & Ends Indonesia has a ________ shape Congo has a _______ shape Chile has a _______ shape S. Africa has a ___________ shape

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