APHG UNIT 4 DOL 1

A boundary that uses longitude and latitude lines

A boundary based on rivers and mountains

A boundary based on differences in language and religion

1. What do relic boundaries tell us about the country?

• • languages, religions, countries, and ethnicities

•  features like rivers, mountains, and deserts

• the difference in economic and cultural differences

• • shows where 2 different cultures are

1. How do superimposed boundaries create problems?

• fragmentation and loss of traditional cultural practices and identities

• borders are not enforced

• Products and services will cost more

1. Why are frontier boundaries  usually located in deserts and jungles?

• • Usually in unpopulated and rough land

• country that has no access to the ocean

• • cultural division occurs within a country

1. Which of the following describes an example of a consequent boundary?

• 1. The Berlin Wall between East and West Germany no longer exists, but the location is still evident.

• 1. European powers divided Africa at the Berlin Conference and drew boundaries across the continent.

• 1. The United States–Canadian boundary was set at the 49th parallel by a treaty before the area was settled.

• 1. Canada created the province of Nunavut to provide greater autonomy for the First Nations.

• 1. The Andes Mountains are used as a political boundary to divide Chile and Argentina.

1. What is a landlocked country?

Why are landlocked countries less developed?

• • The country that has no access to the ocean. Because they less trade ports and no easy transportation between other countries by sea.

• Boundaries that are created by foreign country. The Europeans created new countries by drawing geometric boundaries.

• • created after a cultural division occurs within a country

• • Uses physical features (mountains) to create a boundary between countries

Ships from other countries cannot enter without permission

The country that owns this has rights to all resources in this zone

• International water

• Contiguous zone

• Territorial sea

• Economic Exclusion (Enterprise) Zone