Borders

Mountains, rivers, and oceans are examples of what types of borders?

• Political Borders

• Physical Borders

• Man-made borders

• National Borders

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

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

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

• Physical

• Geometric

• Antecedent

• Cultural

• Relic

A type of political boundary that separates people of different ethnicities, religions, languages, etc.

• Cultural Boundary

• Physical Boundary

• Administrative Boundary

• Constitutional Boundary

A state with only one nation within its borders

• Stateless-Nation
• Nation-State
• Ethnocentric Nation
• Statehood

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

• Antecedent
• Subsequent
• Geometric
• Relic

States that have control over their own affairs possess:

• Sovereignty
• Suffrage
• Irredentism
• Centripetal Force