Show:
The Shapes of Nations
Political Hodgepodge
Types of Boundaries
Types of States
Supranational Organizations
100
The Philippines is an example of this type of nation shape.
What is a fragmented state?
100

Done every 10 years to compile data and reconfigure voting districts. 

What is the census?

100
Former state boundaries that still have political or cultural meaning.
What is a relic boundary?
100
A single culture under a single government.
What is a nation-state?
100

The currency used in many EU countries.

What is the Euro?

200

This type of state shape refers to a state with no sea or ocean borders.

What is a landlocked state (enclave accepted)?

200

Characteristics that unify a country and provide stability.

What are centripetal forces?

200
Lines resulting from conflict or cultural changes, such as war or migration.
What is a subsequent boundary?
200
A population with a single culture.
What is a nation?
200

What NATO stands for.

What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?

300

Italy is an example of this type of state shape.

What is a perforated state?

300

Set of UN laws establishing states’ rights and responsibilities concerning the ownership and use of the Earth’s waters and their resources

What is the Law of the Sea?

300
Boundary lines that exist from prehistoric times.
What is an antecedent boundary?
300

A population, under a single government that controls internal and external affairs.

What is a state?

300

The purpose for NAFTA/USMCA

What is a free-trade zone between USA, Mexico, Canada

400

Vietnam is an example of this type of state shape.

What is an elongated state?

400

Power that is divided amongst local and regional governments under this system. 

What is a federal state?

400
Lines laid down for political reasons overtop cultural boundaries.
What is a superimposed boundary?
400
The Kurds and Basques are an example of this.
What is a stateless nation?
400

What does OPEC stand for

What is Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries?

500

Kaliningrad and Alaska are examples of what, pertaining to shape of states?

What are exclaves?

500

Splitting of a state along ethnic divisions.

What is balkanization?

500

The "DMZ" along the 38th parallel is what type of boundary?

What is a geometric (fortified/militarized) boundary?

500

Sovereign states that, despite their small size, hold the same position of much larger states.

What is a microstate?

500

The purpose of the IMF

What are loans? (or any response dealing with giving money to other countries to be repaid later)