Boundary types
Relic Boundary
What is a Boundary that is no longer in use.
Physical Boundary
What is a Boundary that is defined by a wall, mountain, river, ect.?
Italy's Northern boarder is defined by the alps
What is a Physical Boundary?
Geometric Boundary (does not need to be a question, just an explanation of the benifit)
Simple to work with when planning something like a city
Antecdent boundary (does not need to be a question, just an explanation of the disadvantage)
Since what and who is on the land is unknown, making a boundary on unsettled land often runs into invading on native lands and border discrepancies
Geometric Boundary
What is a Boundary that is drawn in a straight line
Demarcated Boundary
A boundary that is shown using markers like fences and signs
A person bought a house and had to sign papers and legal documentation for the land
What is a Defined Boundary?
Physical Boundary (does not need to be a question, just an explanation of the benefit)
Easy to identify and is usually easy to agree upon since most land forms that become a physical boundary or other things like walls would make it hard for ones border to go across.
Superimposed boundary (does not need to be a question, just an explanation of the disadvantage)
The groups involved with the boundary dispute might not agree with the outside party's decision on where the boundary should be
Defined Boundary
What is a boundary that is defined by a legal contract?
Superimposed Boundary
What is a boundary that is drawn by an outside force?
The Walls of Jericho that once defined the city were torn down in about 1400 B.C..
What is a Relic boundary?
Defined boundary (does not need to be a question, just an explanation of the benifit)
Since it is made with a legal contract, all parties are in agreement with the border
Consequent Boundary (does not need to be a question, just an explanation of the disadvantage)
This can cause a split between cultures and ethnicity causing the people to become divided
Antecedent Boundary
What is a boundary drawn before the land is settled?
Delimited Boundary
What is a boundary that shows a government's jurisdiction
The boundaries of China Town in NYC could be considered what type of boundary?
What is a Consequent Boundary?
Antecedent Boundary (does not need to be a question, just an explanation of the benefit)
Insures that no one who settled on the land has to move because another country took control over there land once borders were drawn
Physical Boundary (does not need to be a question, just an explanation of the disadvantage)
If one group connected to the boundary's population grows it's pretty hard for them to expand their territory past the boundary to gain more resources.
Consequent Boundary
What is a boundary drawn with consideration of different cultural landscapes?
Subsequent
What is a boundary drawn after the area is settled?
The endless dispute over the border of the San Juan Islands between America and previously British owned Canada was finally settled by the Germans
What is a Superimposed Boundary?
Superimposed Boundary (does not need to be a question, just an explanation of the benefit)
It creates a way to end a boundary dispute that neither side could agree upon by letting a non-biased outside party make the decision for them.
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What is group 4?