Border Wars
Types of Boundaries
The Shapes of Nations
Types of States
Supranational Organizations
100
Arise when neighboring states cannot agree on policies that apply in a border area
What are functional/operational disputes?
100

When a boundary is given to a region before it is populated. Ex: 49th parallel between US and Canada

What are antecedent boundaries?

100
Distance from the center to any boundary is about the same. Promotes good communication similar to a circle. Ex. Hungary
What are compact states?
100
Land spaces of just a few square miles
What is a Microstate?
100
Formed in the 1940s with 14 European members, the U.S., and Canada. Was designed to balance the power in Europe. Also effects trade.
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?
200

Boundary dispute over the ownership of a region, usually around mutual borders

What is a locational dispute?

200

Drawn after the population has established itself and respects existing spatial patterns. EX: boundaries drawn in Eastern Europe during the World Wars

What are subsequent boundaries?

200
Long and narrow shape; often have communication and transportation problems. Ex. Chile, Vietnam, Tanzania
What are elongated states?
200
A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality
What is a nation-state?
200

A supranational organization whose goal is to unite Europe so that goods, services, and people can move freely among member countries. 

What is EU (European Union)?

300

Involves natural resources, such as mineral deposits, fertile farmland, or rich fishing groups that lie in border areas. Occurs over mostly oil and water

What is an allocational dispute?

300
The boundaries between some states are set by ethnic differences, especially those based on language and/or religion.
What are consequent/cultural boundaries
300
Otherwise compact with a larger projecting exdersion. Often exist to reach a natural resource. Ex. Democratic Republic of Congo
What is a prorupted state?
300
A people without a state
What is a stateless nation?
300

Organization of countries to coordinate and unify the petroleum policies of its members a steady income and a fair return on oil producing countries. 

What is OPEC (Organization Petroleum Export Countries)?

400

States argue about where the border actually is

What are definitional disputes?

400
Straight, imaginary lines that generally have good reasons behind their creation. Ex. Vietnam- to separate the North & South
What are geometric boundaries?
400
Several discontinuous pieces of territory. Composed of islands. Can be problamatic if some islands are remote. Ex. Indonesia
What is a fragmented state?
400

A country that is wholly surrounded by another country; advantages- usually a nation-state/culturally distinct & autonomous from surrounding state; disadvantages- landlocked

What are enclaves?

400
Only 49 nation-states signed the original charter of this organization, but because of many new nations have been created since then it has grown to 193 members by 2012. Lasted for more than 65 years.
What is the United Nations?
500

An area of coastal water and seabed within a certain distance of a country's coastline, to which the country claims exclusive rights for fishing, drilling, and other economic activities

What is Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)?

500
Are easy to see, both in reality and on maps, so they often make good boundaries. Ex. Mountains, deserts, bodies of water
What is a physical boundary?
500
A state that completely surrounds another one. Ex. South Africa
What is a perforated state?
500

A defined area within a state that has a high degree of self-government and freedom from its parent state, sometimes granted to culturally distinct groups. EX: Northern Ireland and Scotland

What are autonomous regions?

500

Continental union consisting of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa. Promotes Africa's economic growth. 

What is the AU (African Union)?

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