Political Geography Unit Answer Key
(Version B)
Difficulty: E = Easy; M = Medium; C = Complex
Cognitive Dimensions: K = Know; U = Understand; A = Apply
Alignment with the following Standards and Benchmarks:
Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards in Social Studies (3. Geography)
All questions in the Political Geography Unit Test meet the Geography Standard Sub-strand,
Human Systems (9.3.3.8.), and several questions also meet a specific Benchmark.
Sub-strand 3. Human Systems
Standard 8.
Processes of cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of the
earth’s surface.
9.3.3.8.1: Define the concepts of nationalism and of sovereign political states and how
sovereignty is impacted by international agreements.
9.3.3.8.2: Describe the effects of nationalism and supranationalism on the establishment of
political boundaries and economic activities.
9.3.3.8.3: Analyze the impact of colonialism on the emergence of independent states and the
tensions that arise when boundaries of political units do not correspond to the nationalities or
ethnicities of the people living within them.
1.
Correct Answer: E
Difficulty/Cognitive Dimension: M, U
Standard/Benchmark: 9.3.3.8.
4.
Correct Answer: C
Difficulty/Cognitive Dimension: E, K
Standard/Benchmark: 9.3.3.8.
2.
Correct Answer: C
Difficulty/Cognitive Dimension: M, U
Standard/Benchmark: 9.3.3.8.
5.
Correct Answer: D
Difficulty/Cognitive Dimension: E, K
Standard/Benchmark: 9.3.3.8.2.
3.
Correct Answer: D
Difficulty/Cognitive Dimension: E, K
Standard/Benchmark: 9.3.3.8.1.
6.
Correct Answer: C
Difficulty/Cognitive Dimension: D, K
Standard/Benchmark: 9.3.3.8.
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7.
Correct Answer: C
Difficulty/Cognitive Dimension: E, K
Standard/Benchmark: 9.3.3.8.2.
20. Correct Answer: B
Difficulty/Cognitive Dimension: E, K
Standard/Benchmark: 9.3.3.8.3.
8.
Correct Answer: E
Difficulty/Cognitive Dimension: M, U
Standard/Benchmark: 9.3.3.8.1.
21. Correct Answer: C
Difficulty/Cognitive Dimension: M, U
Standard/Benchmark: 9.3.3.8.3.
9.
Correct Answer: B
Difficulty/Cognitive Dimension: E, K
Standard/Benchmark: 9.3.3.8.1.
22. Correct Answer: E
Difficulty/Cognitive Dimension: E, K
Standard/Benchmark: 9.3.3.8.3.
10. Correct Answer: E
Difficulty/Cognitive Dimension: M, A
Standard/Benchmark: 9.3.3.8.
23. Correct Answer: A
Difficulty/Cognitive Dimension: M, U
Standard/Benchmark: 9.3.3.8.3.
11. Correct Answer: D
Difficulty/Cognitive Dimension: D, K
Standard/Benchmark: 9.3.3.8.2.
24. Correct Answer: D
Difficulty/Cognitive Dimension: E, K
Standard/Benchmark: 9.3.3.8.3.
12. Correct Answer: B
Difficulty/Cognitive Dimension: E, K
Standard/Benchmark: 9.3.3.8.
25. Correct Answer: B
Difficulty/Cognitive Dimension: M, U
Standard/Benchmark: 9.3.3.8.3.
13. Correct Answer: A
Difficulty/Cognitive Dimension: M, U
Standard/Benchmark: 9.3.3.8.
26. Correct Answer: A
Difficulty/Cognitive Dimension: E, K
Standard/Benchmark: 9.3.3.8.
14. Correct Answer: A
Difficulty/Cognitive Dimension: E, K
Standard/Benchmark: 9.3.3.8.1.
27. Correct Answer: E
Difficulty/Cognitive Dimension: M, K
Standard/Benchmark: 9.3.3.8.
15. Correct Answer: D
Difficulty/Cognitive Dimension: C, K
Standard/Benchmark: 9.3.3.8.1.
28. Correct Answer: C
Difficulty/Cognitive Dimension: C, A
Standard/Benchmark: 9.3.3.8.
16. Correct Answer: A
Difficulty/Cognitive Dimension: D, U
Standard/Benchmark: 9.3.3.8.1.
29. Correct Answer: E
Difficulty/Cognitive Dimension: C, A
Standard/Benchmark: 9.3.3.8.
17. Correct Answer: A
Difficulty/Cognitive Dimension: D, K
Standard/Benchmark: 9.3.3.8.2.
30. Correct Answer: B
Difficulty/Cognitive Dimension: E, U
Standard/Benchmark: 9.3.3.8.
18. Correct Answer: B
Difficulty/Cognitive Dimension: M, A
Standard/Benchmark: 9.3.3.8.
19. Correct Answer: B
Difficulty/Cognitive Dimension: M, K
Standard/Benchmark: 9.3.3.8.3.
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Phone: 651.696.6731 Fax: 651.696.6116 Email: [email protected]