Types of Boundaries
Types of Boundary Disputes
Boundary Disputes and Devolution
Types of States
Supranational Organizations
100

A boundary that no longer exists but still impacts culture or the cultural landscape 

What is a relic dispute? 

100
Arise when neighboring states cannot agree on policies that apply in a border area
What are functional/operational disputes?
100

The devolutionary process where a state breaks up into several smaller independent states 

What is Balkanization? 

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
Countries divided into sections. Ex. 50 states in the US, the provinces in Canada
What are internal boundaries?
200
Boundary dispute over the ownership of a region, usually around mutual borders
What is a territorial dispute?
200

The Ukrainian peninsula invaded by Russia in 2014

What is Crimea? 

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

The currency that all member states of the EU currently use 

What is The Euro

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
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 a resource/allocational dispute?
300

The region of Spain with high devolutionary pressure due to cultural diversity and economic factors 

What is Catalonia? 

300
A people without a state
What is a stateless nation?
300

What resource is OPEC's focus?

What is oil/petroleum? 

400
Straight, imaginary lines that generally have good reasons behind their creation. Ex. Vietnam- to separate the North & South
What are geometric boundaries?
400
States argue about where the border actually is
What are positional/definitional disputes?
400

The region claimed by India, Pakistan, and China 

What is Kashmir? 

400

Ethnically diverse states with multiple major cultural groups

What are multinational states? 

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
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 policy of extending a country's power and influence (including borders) through diplomacy or military force. Ex. World War I
What is imperialism?
500

The country that declared its independence from Serbia in 2008

What is Kosovo? 

500

Type of state that has a strong central government that applies laws and policies uniformly throughout the entire country 

What is a unitary state? 

500

The Supranational organization that would most likely be involved in the South China Sea dispute 

What is ASEAN?

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