Types of States
Border Wars
Shapes of Nations
Types of Boundaries
the EU
100
This is a type of state that is abnormally small in terms of size.
What is a microstate?
100
This is the contemporary border that separates the Korean states at the 38th parallel.
What is the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone)?
100
An example of this type of state morphology is Chile.
What is an elongated state?
100
This type of boundary separates the United States and Mexico.
What is a river boundary?
100
The universal currency of the EU
What is the euro?
200
This is a type of state that concentrates governmental authority in the central government.
What is a unitary state?
200
This is a province that represents a long-standing contested territory between Pakistan and India.
What is the Kashmir province?
200
An example of this type of state is Russia.
What is a fragmented state?
200
This distinctive boundary represents an internal cultural divide in the country of Cyprus between its Turkish and Greek populations.
What is the Green Line boundary?
200
The predecessor to the contemporary European Union
What is the European Economic Community?
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