DEFINITIONS
The idea that ethnicities should have political authority over themselves:
Self-determination
What type of boundary is no longer used but still visible?
A relic Boundary
The country Lesotho being trapped inside of South Africa is an example of what?
An enclave state
Eastern Europe during the Cold War. A region caught between competing global powers. Is an example of what?
Shatterbelt
Factors that unify a country and factors that divide a country are called what?
Centripetal and Centrifugal forces
What type of Boundary prevents movement?
Exclusionary boundary
This type of state shape is nearly equal in all directions, making it easier to govern because the capital is usually at the center and distances to borders are relatively equal.
Compact State
China's attempt to reclaim Taiwan is an example of what?
A system where regional governments hold the most power and the central government is weak.
Confederate
What type of boundary is FORCED by EXTERNAL powers?
Superimposed
A state consisting of multiple disconnected pieces is called what?
Fragmented shape
The Berlin Wall between East and West Germany is an example of what boundary?
Relic boundary
The extent to which a country can use resources
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
A boundary that was established before human settlement is called?
An Antecedent Boundary
Russia controls Kaliningrad, a part of its territory that is completely separated from the mainland by other countries. What term describes this kind of spatial separation?
Exclave
When Iraq accused Kuwait of drilling oil from a shared oil field, which contributed to the Gulf War. What type of dispute is taking place here?
Allocational
A mix of Democracy and Autocracy is called
Anocracy
A boundary that was developed after settlement due to cultural differences is called?
A Subsequent Boundary
Explain a disadvantage for an elongated state.
It can be problematic because it stretches long and thin, often making communication and travel between the north and south difficult.
An American citizen living in Mexico is an example of what?
Expatriates