APHG Unit 4 Vocab Practice

conflict over resources that may not be divided by the border, such as natural gas reserves beneath the soil

disputes that arise when the definition of the border is not questioned but the intention of the border is, as when the border has shifted

A conflict over the language of the border agreement in a treaty or boundary contract

the phase in which the exact location of a boundary is legally described and negotiated

a political boundary that developed contemporaneously with the evolution of the major elements of the cultural landscape through which it passes

involve neighbors who differ over the way their boundary should function

a political boundary placed by powerful outsiders on a developed human landscape; usually ignores pre-existing cultural-spatial patterns

a political boundary that has ceased to function but the imprint of which can still be detected on the cultural landscape

boundary created by a physical feature

phase in which the boundary is visibly marked on the landscape by a fence, line, sign, wall or other means