Political boundaries defined and delimited as straight lines or arcs
What is a geometric boundary
100
A supranational organization formed in 1945 to promote peace, security, and international cooperation
What is the United Nations
100
Allocates strong power to units of local government within the country, ex: USA
What is Federal State
100
A state surrounded entirely or almost entirely by land, a country that has no access to a coastal area or large body of water
What is landlocked state
100
The European Union grew out of a desire for peace in a war-torn and divided continent. Five years after World War II ended, France and Germany came up with a plan to ensure their two countries would never go to war against each other again. The result was a deal signed by six nations to pool their coal and steel resources in 1950.
How was the EU started
200
Old political boundaries that no longer exist as international borders, but that have left an enduring mark on the local cultural or environmental geography
What is a relict boundary
200
Organization consisting of 153 countries, created to liberalize trade networks and to encourage national trade
What is the World Trade organization (WTO)
200
A state or territory that is small in both size and population.
What is microstate
200
State that has a piece that protrudes from its core area, like an arm or leg jutting out
What is prorupt state
200
November 1, 1993
When was the EU founded
300
A state's border that corresponds to a natural, real-life boundary (e.g. Rio Grande border between Mexico and the U.S.)
What is a physical political boundary
300
An agreement among the United States, Canada and Mexico designed to remove tariff barriers between the three countries.
What is North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
300
An independent country dominated by a relatively homogeneous culture group
What is nation state
300
State that has a hole punched in them by another state. A state that completely surrounds another state
What is perforated state
300
It is a unique economic and political union between 28 European countries that together cover much of the continent.
What is the the EU
400
Political boundaries formed by differences in culture, such as religion or language
What is a cultural political boundary
400
A military alliance of European and North American democracies to strengthen international ties between member states and to serve as a counter-balance to the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact
What is North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
400
State that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities
What is multinational state
400
A state that geographically exists in several pieces. Example: Indonesia (16,000 islands)
What is fragmented state
400
It was an a effect of the EU and guarantees the free movement of people, goods, services and capital.
What is single market
500
A boundary made through colonization without regard to prior ethnic/cultural patterns (e.g. borders of most African countries)
What is a superimposed boundary
500
Organization formed to promote economic, military, and cultural cooperation among its members, which include almost all of the independent states of the Western Hemisphere.
What is Organization of American States(OAS)
500
a state governed as a single power in which the central government is ultimately supreme and any administrative divisions (sub-national units) exercise only the powers that the central government chooses to delegate
What is a unitary state
500
a state where the distance from the center does not vary significantly.
What is compact state
500
Germany exports automobiles to Japan, but many of the cars' parts are produced in other countries, supporting and generating jobs and value added in those economies.