Types of Boundaries

Boundary imposed on an area by a conquering or colonizing power that in unconcerned about pre-existing cultural patterns. It ignores the existing cultures and is usually established by a higher authority to satisfy the demands of a super power.

• Cultural

• Superimposed

• Subsequent

• Relic

• Antecedent

This is an example of which type of boundary?

• Subsequent

• Symmetric

• Geometric

• Cultural

• Physical

These boundaries are drawn before a significant number of people actually live in the territory. The Western states of the US would be an example of this.

• Antecedent

• Physical

• Cultural

• Geographic

• Relic

These boundaries exist where borders are shifting and weak. No state has complete political control of the area.

• Cultural

• Antecedent

• Geographic

• Frontiers

• Geometric

The Arabian Peninsula, Antartica, and Amazonia are all examples of this type of boundary.

• Physical

• Frontiers

• Geometric

• Subsequent

• Cultural

Imperialism in Africa would be an example of which type of boundary?

• Cultural

• Antecedent

• Frontier

• Superimposed

• Geographic

This type of boundary are drawn because of mountains, deserts, or bodies of water.

• Geographic

• Geometric

• Cultural

• Antecedent

• Frontier

A boundary that has ceased to function but can still be detected on the cultural landscape. It no longer exists as an international boundary.

• Cultural

• Superimposed

• Subsequent

• Relic

• Antecedent

A boundary that coincides with languages or ethnicities on a map or geometric straight lines on a map.

• Cultural

• Relic

• Subsequent

• Superimposed

• Geographic

Pyrenees Mountains, which serve to separate France and Spain, are an example of which type of boundary.

• Physical

• Geometric

• Antecedent

• Cultural

• Relic