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Boundaries
Boundary Establishment and Disputes
Function of Boundaries
Supranational Organizations
Miscellaneous
100

Borders are drawn in areas that have been settled by people, typically in response to new empires, war, or political agreement.

Subsequent Boundary

100
The effort by one country to establish settlements in a territory and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles on that territory
What is colonialism
100

The fence along the border of The U.S. and Mexico is an example of what type of boundary?

Demarcated

100
This organization was formed to counter the threat of Soviet Eastern Europe.
What is NATO
100

The redrawing of legislative districts in the US to benefit the party in power.

What is Gerrymandering

200

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 would best be described as...

Superimposed

200

The imposition of the Superimposed boundaries onto the African continent by European powers in the late 1800's. 

What is Berlin Conference

200

The idea that Germany should annex any land in Europe with German speakers. 

What is Irredentism

200

This organization is focused on expanding the economic growth in Europe.

What is the European Union

200

What is the former/current government of Afghanistan in which the U.S. fought a war from 2001-2021

What is Taliban

300

A place of physical congestion between wider regions of movement and interaction. 

What is Choke point

300
In what region did Serbs, Croatians, Bosnians and others fight a series of wars in the 1990's? 

What is Balkan's or Yugoslavia 

300
Vatican city which is completely surrounded by the country of Italy is an example of what concept? 

Enclave

300
This organization failed after World War I in creating a worldwide organization to ensure peace.
What is the League of Nations
300

This was a series of anti-government protests, uprisings and armed rebellions that spread across much of North Africa and The Middle East mainly through the use of Social Media. 

What is The Arab Spring. 

400

The border between the US and Canada along the 49th parallel is best described as both geometric because its a straight line and _________________ because it was drawn before settlements were established.

What is antecedent. 
400

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.

400

List the four zones established by UNCLOS in order from most control to least. 

1. Territorial sea

2. Contiguous sea

3. Exclusive economic zone (EEZ)

4. High Seas

400

What was the name of the former military supranational organization made up mainly of communist countries in Eastern Europe? 

What is the Warsaw pact

400

What region of Spain that borders the Mediterranean tried to hold a referendum on succession in 2017?  

What is Catalonia

500

Kaliningrad is a territory of Russia that sits along the Baltic Sea and borders Poland and Lithuania. This is an example of...

What is an Exclave

500
What are the three cultural groups found in Iraq?
What is Sunni, Shia, Kurds
500

What are the two major Religious groups in Sri Lanka?

Buddhist & Hindu

500

DAILY DOUBLE!!!! Worth 1000 Points!!!! 

An intergovernmental organization that promotes economic and political cooperation, as well as regional stability in Southeast Asia

What is ASEAN

500

What region of Ukraine did Russia invade and annex in 2014?

Crimea