APHG DeBlij Ch. 8.3

A boundary between countries is a 

• line on the ground only.
• line shown only on maps.
• on and below the surface only.
• vertical plane that cuts through the rocks below & air above

Many borders were established before people knew about resources _________

• in Africa
• in the oceans
• underground
• of the Navi

What is one reason Iraq gave for invading Kuwait in 1990?

• it killed babies
• it blocked access to Arabian Gulf
• it was drilling more oil from a shared oil field
• Sunni - Shia conflict

States _________ the boundary in a treaty-like document using points in the landscape

• define
• delimit
• demarcate
• admnistrate

Cartographers _______ the boundary by drawing on a map

• define
• delimit
• demarcate
• administrate

A series of concrete pillars _________ the northern boundary of Kuwait with Iraq.

• defines
• delimits
• demarcates
• determines

Demarcating boundaries is part of state efforts to _________ borders

• define
• delimit
• determine
• administrate

The US - Canada border is an example of a ________ boundary

• physical
• natural
• geometric

The Rio Grande border between the US and Mexico is an example of a ________ boundary 

• physical
• geometric
• imperial
• relict

A boundary established BEFORE major settlement by people (like US-Canada border in 1818)

• antecedent
• subsequent
• superimposed
• relict