Boundaries
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100
This boundary type follows the natural features of the landscape like the Rio Grande River between Texas and Mexico
Physical Boundary
100
A system where the power is held primarily by the central government with very little power given to local governments...
Unitary System
100
This small region of Somalia operates as its own sovereign country with its own money, recognition by other countries, and established borders.
Somaliland
100
The name for a type of state that has two or more ethnic groups (like Indonesia has)
Multinational State
100
An area organized into a political unit that is ruled by an established government and that has soverneighty...
A State
200
A boundary that seperates where a group of people live under the same aspects of culture such as political and religous beliefs and a shared religion?
Cultural Boundary
200
Of the two main types of political spatial organizations, which are you more likely to find multiple ethnic groups and significant minority populations?
Federal System
200
In 1992 the UN established UNCLOS to settle disputes among the nations of China, Veitnam, Indonesia, Taiwan, Malaysia and the Phillipines over THIS body of water
The South China Sea
200
A nation of people that has a dominant homogenous ethnic group... 
Nation State
200
Define Gerrymandering
the drawing of boundaries for political districts by the party in power to protect/increase its power
- cracking, packing, stacking, hijacking, kidnapping
300
What is a boundary that developed with the evolution of the cultural landscape and is adjusted as the cultural landscape changes?
Subsequent Boundary
300
The states shown in blue are all this type of state:
Unitary
300
India and Pakistan have been fighting over Kashmir for over 70 years and is an example of what type of conflict?
Territorial Conflict
300
Chinatown, Little Italy, and Little Haiti are all examples of...
an ethnic enclave
300
The United Nations, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the European Union are all examples of what type of organization?
Supranational Organization
400
What is the name of this relic boundary and where was it located?
The Berlin Wall - East and West Germany
400
What is the breakup of a large state into several independent ones OR the movement of power from the central government to regional governments within the state known as?
Devolution
400
An overarching theme of political geography is conflicts and relationships between countries. What are the forces that divides the citizens of a country, and what are the forces that unite citizens of a country?
divide the citizens in a country: centrifugal forces
unite a country's population: centripetal forces
400
A sovereign state comprising of a city and its hinterland is...
a city-state
400
The segregation of Black people in South Africa from 1948-1994; created to keep the white minority in power
Apartheid
500
The Berlin Conference was an example of neocolonialism, and created what two types of boundaries in Africa?
Superimposed and Geometric
500
Federal and Unitary States are the two main types of political spatial organizations, and have many strengths and weaknesses. List one weakness of a federal state, and one weakness of a unitary state.
Federal Weaknesses: contradictory laws between levels of government; slower to gain consensus and respond to national issues
Unitary Weaknesses: laws and policies may overlook minority groups and local, regional, or peripheral issues; power and benefits are often concentrated in the core area of a country
500
When the Soviet Union fell in 1990, Yugoslavia went through a process callked balkanization. Define the term, balkanization.
the fragmentation of a state or region into smaller, often hostile, units along ethno-linguistic lines.
Areas that suffer from balkanization are also referred to as shatterbelts.
500
An autonomous region is a defined area within a state that has a high degree of self-governing and freedom from its parent state. List an example of an autonomous region in Europe.
Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom
Faroe Islands from Norway
Catalonia from Spain
500
A militarized boundary is one that is heavily guarded and discourages the movement across. An example of a miliarized boundary is...
North and South Korea: DMZ
Sudan and South Sudan
Iran and Iraq