political geography part 2

Question 1

Relic boundary

Answer 1

boundary that doesn’t exist anymore but you can still see it on the cultural landscape (The great wall of china)

Question 2

superimposed boundary

Answer 2

boundaries made by outside forces that usually don’t line up with cultural boundaries (modern borders of many African countries, created by European colonial powers at the Berlin Conference)

Question 3

subsequent boundary

Answer 3

a border drawn after an area has been settled and developed (the border between North and South Korea was established after the region was already settled and divided during the Korean War.)

Question 4

antecedent boundary

Answer 4

boundary was established before settlement ( 49th parallel that separates Canada and the US)

Question 5

geometric boundary

Answer 5

boundary created by using latitude and longitude (border between the us and Canada)

Question 6

consequent boundary

Answer 6

political boundary that is drawn to accommodate the culture, language, ethnic, or social characteristics of an area. ( India Pakistan border or the division of Germany into east and west after world war 2 or the )

Question 7

defined
delimited
demarcated

Answer 7

defined boundaries are created by a legal paper
delimited boundaries are drawn on a map
demarcated boundaries are identified by physical objects (fences, signs etc)

Question 8

Berlin conference

Answer 8

Meeting at which the major european powers negotiated and formalized claims to territory in Africa

Question 9

demilitarized zone

Answer 9

an area of land from which countries have agreed to remove military forces (Korean demilitarized zone)

Question 10

maritime boundary

Answer 10

a conceptual division of Earth’s water surface areas (Law of the Sea follows a countries coastline 12 miles into the ocean)

Question 11

Law of the sea UNCLOS

Answer 11

treaty that allows each coastal nation to have territorial sovereignty over 12 miles of water off their coast (conflict in south china seas because of overlapping territorial waters)

Question 12

voting district

Answer 12

area that determines who represents you (who you vote for)

Question 13

redistricting

Answer 13

redraw voting district boundaries

Question 14

gerrymandering

Answer 14

drawing voting district boundaries to favor one party

Question 15

unitary state

Answer 15

most or all governing power is concentrated in a central authority

Question 16

federal state

Answer 16

a political system where power is divided between a central government and regional (state) governments.
ensures that the central and state governments have distinct roles and responsibilities
(Canada, USA, Germany, India)

Question 17

supranationalism

Answer 17

countries give up some of their sovereignty to form a union ( The UN)

Question 18

democratization

Answer 18

making an authoritarian government to a more democratic government. Essentially it means making something that was previously limited or controlled by a few, available to everyone. (end of apartheid in south Africa)

Question 19

centrifugal

Answer 19

forces that pull a country apart usually creating division (ethnic tension, economic inequality)

Question 20

centripetal

Answer 20

forces that bring a country together (shared language, culture and religion)