APHG - Political Geography

Boundaries established by rivers, oceans, deserts, mountains, etc. 

• Political boundaries
• Physical boundaries
• Cultural boundaries
• Geographic boundaries

Which characteristic do all the nations seen here share?

• All are compact
• All are landlocked
• All are federal states
• All are members of OPEC

Boundaries based on traits like language.

• Geometric Boundary
• Physical Boundary
• Cultural Boundary
• Linear Boundary

What has territory, a population, sovereignty and a government? 

• Nation
• State
• Colony
• Frontier

This type of country is long and often contains diverse climates and peoples 

• Compact
• Protupt
• Elongated
• Fragmented

The map above illustrates what concept designed to give political advantage to a particular group?

• devolution
• political enclave
• gerrymandering
• cultural landscape

A country that contains more than one ethnicity with traditions of self-determination.

• Multi-Ethnic State
• Multi-National State
• Stateless Nation
• Nationalism

What state shape is this?

• Compact
• Prorupted
• Elongated
• Fragmented

What state shape is this?

• Compact
• Prorupted
• Elongated
• Fragmented

What state shape is this?

• Compact
• Prorupted
• Elongated
• Fragmented