Boundaries, Governments, and Terrorism

A type of government where the power of the people to steer the government is severely limited and people have limited rights.

• Autocracy

• Anocracy

• Democracy

• Federalism

Today, the Berlin Wall, and the related divide between east and west Germany, is a great example of which type of boundary?

• consequent boundaries

• antecedent boundaries

• superimposed boundaries

• relic boundaries

This illustrates which of the following boundaries

• relic boundary

• geometric boundary

• antecedent boundary

• subsequent boundary

Which of the following illustrates a geometric boundary?

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The boundaries that Europeans imposed on Africa at the Berlin Conference are examples of

• Superimposed geometric boundaries

• Relic cultural boundaries

• Geometric natural boundaries

• Antecedent geometric boundaries

Answer explanation

The boundaries drawn by Europeans have led to many civil wars and ethnic conflict after African nations won their independence.

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

The policy of a state wanting to add territory from another State inhabited by people who have cultural links to their own State is

• the interaction model.
• the gravity model. 
• irredentism.
• ethnocentrism.