Political Boundaries and Territorial Disputes 4.3-4.5

What are the four main categories of boundary disputes?

• Antecedent, subsequent, superimposed, and relic

• Definitional, operational, allocational, and locational

• Physical, cultural, genetic, and functional

• Defined, delimited, demarcated, and informal

What type of boundary dispute centers on how a boundary functions?

• Allocational boundary dispute

• Operational boundary dispute

• Locational boundary dispute

• Definitional boundary dispute

What is irredentism?

• A type of boundary dispute related to trade and transportation

• A type of boundary dispute related to natural resources

• A type of informal boundary

• A type of expansionism seeking to annex territory with cultural ties or historical claims

What is an example of a locational boundary dispute?

• The boundary dispute related to the transportation and shipping on a river

• The boundary separating natural resources

• The post-World War I boundary between Germany and Poland

• The boundary between Chile and Argentina

What is an example of an operational boundary dispute?

• The disagreement related to trade, transportation, or migration during the Syrian refugee crisis

• The boundary dispute related to the transportation and shipping on a river

• The post-World War I boundary between Germany and Poland

• The boundary between Chile and Argentina

What is an example of an allocational boundary dispute?

• A boundary separating natural resources that may be used by both countries

• The boundary dispute related to the transportation and shipping on a river

• The post-World War I boundary between Germany and Poland

• The boundary between Chile and Argentina

What is a defined boundary?

• A boundary that has been abandoned for political purposes

• A boundary identified by physical objects placed on the landscape

• A boundary established by a legal document

• A boundary drawn on a map by a cartographer

What is a delimited boundary?

• A boundary established by a legal document

• A boundary drawn on a map by a cartographer

• A boundary that has been abandoned for political purposes

• A boundary identified by physical objects placed on the landscape

What is a demarcated boundary?

• A boundary that has been abandoned for political purposes

• A boundary established by a legal document

• A boundary drawn on a map by a cartographer

• A boundary identified by physical objects placed on the landscape