Vocab Practice (AP Human)

boundaries based on physical geo. (mountains, rivers)

• antecedent

• relic

• annexation

• geometric

borders drawn by a third party (colonialism)

• chokepoint

• superimposed

• demarcation

• 9 dash line

boundaries that no longer exist but that are still evident (Mason Dixon line, Berlin Wall)

• shatterbelt

• gerrymandering

• relic

• partition

boundary that exists because two distinct groups want it to exist

• demlitation

• locational border dispute

• UNCLOS

• subsequent

borders drawn based on latitude/ longitude

• annexation

• geometric

• self determination

• demarcation

boundary that show the limits of a country's territorial claims on a map

• relic

• exclusive eco. zone

• political boundaries

• antecedent

the 200 mile area where a country has rights to extract resources from the sea

• exclusive eco. zone

• UNCLOS

• self determination

• superimposed

the distance that a country's land extends outward into the sea

• partition

• 9 dash line

• definitional border dispute

• 12 miles

china claims this as their martime border

• 9 dash line

• relic

• annexation

• gerrymandering

the law that governs international water

• demarcation

• delimitation

• UNCLOS

• chokepoint