APHG Unit 4

Which continent has been negatively impacted the most by the European disregard for historical borders?

• Africa

• North America

• South America

• Antartica

Which of the following is an example of a shatterbelt?

• Ukraine, due to its position between Russia and EU states

• The border between Canada and the United States as a result of several treaties over a couple centuries.

• Physical geography of United Kingdom creates contemporary cultural tensions between the UK and the rest of Europe.

The transfer of power from the central government to subnational levels is called

• Devolution

• Chokepoint

• Shaterbelts

• Secession

A narrow, strategic passageway that has the potential of being blocked is called a?

• Shatterbelt

• Semi-autonomous region

• Blockade

• Chokepoint

Boundary established in or between states by outside states or forces without regard for existing cultural or political systems.

• Relic Boundary

• Redistricting

• Frontier

• Superimposed Boundary

• Subsequent Boundary

The process of drawing of new electoral district boundaries to match population changes.

• Redistricting

• Gerrymandering

• Geopolitics

• Balkanization

• Reapportionment

Sometimes called, "geographically disadvantaged states," these states are completely surrounded by other states and have no access to the sea.

• Unitary State

• Shatterbelt

• Perforated State

• Landlocked State

• Prorupted State

Boundary which was established before an area was populated. Many times these boundaries were made along physical geographic features.

• Antecedent Boundary

• Geometric Boundary

• Physical Boundary

• Superimposed Boundary

• Relic Boundary

The study of the relationships between geography, power, politics and international relations.

• Supranationalism

• Sovereignty

• Geopolitics

• Nationalism

When three or more states join in an agreement together ( e.g., politically, economically, etc.) for common purposes (each state gives up some form of sovereignty in the agreement).

• Balkanization

• Supranationalism

• Devolution

• Nationalism