Political Boundaries that correspond with prominent physical features such as a mountain ranges and rivers
What is a Physical Boundary
100
Indonesia is an example of a _______ State
What is a Fragmented State
100
The type of organization that the European Union is defined as
What is a Supranational Organization
100
A global supranational organization established at the end of World War II to foster international security and cooperation.
What is United Nations
200
Forces that tend to divide a country
What is a Centrifugal Force
200
A boundary line drawn in an area ignoring the existing cultural pattern
What is a Superimposed Boundary
200
A state that possesses a roughly circular, oval, or rectangular territory in which the distance from the geometric center is relatively equal in all directions.
What is a Compact State
200
The united currency of the European Union
What is the Euro
200
Agreement signed on January 1, 1994 that allows the opening of border between the United States, Mexico and Canada
What is North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
300
The contentious political process by which a state may break up into smaller countries
What is Balkanization
300
A boundary line establishes after an area has been settled that considers the social and cultural characteristics of the area
What is Subsequent Boundary
300
A state that exhibits a narrow, elongated land extension leading away from a main territory
What is a Prorupted State
300
What country recently decided to leave the European Union
What is Great Britan
300
An international organization that has joined together for military purposes
What is North Atlantic Treaty Organization
400
The economic division between the wealthy countries of Europe, North America, Japan, Australia and the generally poorer countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America
What is North/South Divide (Core/Periphery)
400
The drawing of new electoral district boundary lines in response to population changes
What is Redistricting
400
Any small and relatively homogenous group or region surrounded by another larger and different group or region
What is an Enclave
400
Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein are not part of what organization
What is the EU
400
International organization comprised of Western European countries to promote free trade among members.
What is The European Union (EU)
500
Geographic separation between the largely democratic and free-market countries of Western Europe and the Americas from the communist and socialist countries of Eastern Europe and Asia
What is East/West Divide (Berlin Wall)
500
Old political boundaries that no longer exist as international borders, but that have left an enduring mark on local cultural or environmental geography
What is a Relic Boundary
500
A group of people with a common political identity who do not have a territorially defined, sovereign country of their own
What is a Stateless Nation
500
The central administrative center of the EU takes place in this city
What is Brussels, Belgium
500
An international economic organization whose member countries all produce and export oil.
What is Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)