Boundaries
The fence along the border of The U.S. and Mexico is an example of what type of boundary?
Demarcated
The effort by one country to establish settlements in a territory and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles on that territory. Examples include the British Empire in North America and the Spanish Empire in central and South America having numerous territorial "possessions"
What is colonialism?
A stateless nation that extends over 6 states in the Middle East.
What is Kurdistan
The redrawing of legislative (representative) districts to benefit the party in the majority of a US state, in order to diminish the power of the opposition party of that state. The Texas legislature recently did this in hopes of benefiting the Republican Party in the 2026 congressional elections.
Gerrymandering (a form of redistricting)
The borders of many countries in the Middle East were drawn by European powers after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in WWI, these borders, drawn without regard to culture or peoples, would best be described as...
Superimposed
The imposition of the Superimposed boundaries onto the African continent by European powers in the late 1800s in order to carve out colonial territories over almost all of Africa.
What is Berlin Conference?
The idea that Germany should annex any land in Europe with German speakers to unite a "Greater Germany" - it was the driving concept of Hitler's initial plans that lead to World War II.
What is Irredentism?
This organization is focused on expanding the economic growth in Europe.
What is the European Union
The power that a nation or state holds to govern itself and decisions without external interference.
Sovereignty OR Self-determination OR Autonomy
A place of physical congestion between wider regions of movement and interaction. Usually a narrow strait or waterway but can also occur on land in narrow passages.
A choke point
An example of this would be the The Balkans in central southern Europe includes countries Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Kosovo (among others). The Balkans have been a source of many disputes, including the spark of WWI and regional wars in the 1990s. The area is considered a strategically important area that is internally divided by cultural or political conflict and constantly under pressure from external great powers.
What is a Shatterbelt?
Vatican city which is completely surrounded by the country of Italy. It is an example of an autonomous region or state that is completely within another state.
Enclave
This organization focuses on controlling the production of oil to keep prices high.
What is the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
A structure of government power wherein the national/central government has a set of specific exclusive powers, it shares some powers with the sub-governments, and the sub-governments have autonomy on all other matters of governing. The United States is example of this - thus the nickname of our central government.
Federalism
The border between the US and Canada along the 49th parallel is best described as both a geometric boundary, because its a straight line, and _________________ boundary because it was drawn before U.S. settlements were established.
What is antecedent.
A goal of fascism is often to purge a territory or state of any peoples perceived as not being a part of the perceived "rightful" people of a nation. The attempt to remove or even kill all of those that are "others" within a country is known as....
Ethnic cleansing or Genocide
A United Nations agreement to establish boundaries of the coastal territorial seas of countries, the Exclusive Economic Zone (EZZ) and the beginning of International waters.
UNCLOS or United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea.
Founded after WWII with a headquarters in New York City, it was established to allow all countries to have a forum for international issues and to promote peace. Its members are supposed to enact its agreed upon measures and policies.
United Nations
Hong Kong, Greenland, Puerto Rico, and Scotland are example of this because they maintain mostly local governing power while being a party of a larger country.
Semi-Autonomous Region
Canada drew a boundary in the far north of the country to carve out a semi-autonomous region for the Nunavut indigenous nation. This type of boundary takes into account cultural differences.
consequent boundary (also accept subsequent)
One of the historic issues of the Superimposed boundaries that created Iraq, was that it ignored that there were 3 different power bases within the boundary that would be competing with each for control. Two are the majority regions of the two major factions of Islam and a stateless nation of people in the north. Can you name these three groups
Sunni Muslims, Shia Muslims, and Kurds
The boundary between East and West Berlin which no longer exists in physical or political form can still be seen in certain ways which reflects what type of boundary?
Relic Boundary
DAILY DOUBLE!!!! Worth 1000 Points!!!!
Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) states, "...an attack against one, is an attack against all." When is the only time in NATO history that Article 5 was invoked?
In response to 9/11 terrorist attack on the United States.
The process of granting more sovereign power to its sub-regions, within the greater unitary government, in order to grant them more local autonomy. Great Britain(UK) has done this with its internal nations (Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland) in recent decades.
Devolution