APHG: Unit 4 Borders & Shapes of States

a region caught between stronger colliding external cultural-political forces, under persistent stress, and often fragmented by aggressive rivals

• Sovereignty

• shatterbelt

• Terrorism

• Legitimacy

a boundary line placed over and ignoring an existing cultural pattern

• subsequent boundary,

• superimposed boundary

• geometric boundary

• antecedent boundary

a boundary line that coincides with some cultural divide, such as religion or language

• superimposed boundary

• relic boundary

• demarcated boundary

• consequent boundary

an area in which treaties or agreements between nations, military powers or contending groups forbid military installations, activities or personnel.

• delimited boundary

• demilitarized zone

• demarcated boundary

• antecedent boundary

When bodies of water or mountains create boundaries between states, they are:

• geometric boundaries

• subsequent boundaries

• relict boundaries

• physical boundaries

A narrow, strategic passageway that has the potential of being blocked is called a?

• Shatterbelt

• Semi-autonomous region

• Blockade

• Chokepoint

Boundary which was established before an area was populated. Many times these boundaries were made along physical geographic features.

• Antecedent Boundary

• Geometric Boundary

• Physical Boundary

• Superimposed Boundary

• Relic Boundary

Which type of boundary would use lines of latitude and longitude?

• Antecedent
• Subsequent
• Geometric
• Relic

The morphology of Namibia is best described as

• compact.
• elongated.
• prorupt(ed).
• fragmented.

The morphology of Poland is best described as

• compact.
• prorupt(ed).
• elongated.
• perforated.