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Types of Boundaries
Border Wars
Shapes of Nations
Types of States
Supranational Organizations
100
political boundaries that are defined and delimited as a straight line or arc
What is a geometric boundary
100
the ongoing dispute between the Jewish and Arab populations in the former Ottoman Empire region of Palestine
What is the Israel/Arab conflict
100
a country or part of a country mostly surrounded by the territory of another country or wholly lying within the boundaries of another country
What is an enclave state
100
an imprecise term for a state or territory small in both population and area
What is a microstate
100
type of multinational political union where negotiated power is delegated to an authority by governments of member states
What is a supranational organization
200
boundaries placed on recognizable physiologic features
What is a physical boundary
200
dispute over who owns the resources
What is an allocational boundary dispute
200
a country which is geographically separated from the main part by surrounding alien territory
What is an exclave state
200
a state or territory small in population
What is microstate
200
a political and economic community of twenty-seven member states with supranational and intergovernmental features, located in Europe.
What is the European Union
300
boundaries that have ceased to function, but whose imprints are still evident on the cultural landscape
What is a relic boundary
300
dispute over where a boundary is placed
What is a locational boundary dispute
300
surrounded entirely or almost entirely by land
What is a landlocked state
300
a country without two or more nationalities within its borders
What is a multinational state
300
a cooperation between Mexico, The United States, and Canada that removes tariffs between the three
What is NAFTA
400
boundaries that are forcibly drawn across a unified cultural landscape
What is a superimposed boundary
400
dispute over language issues
What is a definitional boundary dispute
400
distance from geometric center is similar
What is a compact state
400
a nation that transcends the borders of two or more states
What is a multistate nation
400
an international organization formed in 1945 to increase political and economic cooperation among member countries
What is United Nations
500
boundaries that were defined and determined before the present day human landscape was developed
What is an antecedent boundary
500
dispute over management of a boundary
What is an operational boundary dispute
500
two or more separate pieces
What is a fragmented state
500
a state whose population possesses a substantial degree of cultural homogeneity and unity
What is a nation-state
500
an organization of countries in southeast Asia set up to promote cultural, economic and political development in the region
What is ASEAN