4.4 Political Boundaries Flashcards
Delimited
Describing how boundaries are fixed or defined to identify their linitsb
Demarcated
Describing how boundaries are set apart to distinguish there limits
Relic boundary
A boundary that no longer functions as an international border
Superimposed boundary
A boundary that is placed on an area without regard to existing boundaries
Subsequent boundary
A political boundary that appeals to the cultural landscape like a river or stream. People are already living there and so they draw the boundary based off that. This can also happen after war
Antecedent boundary
A boundary that was identified before an area was settled like the 49 parallel
Geometric boundary
A boundary that has regular, often straight, lines drawn without regard for an areas cultural features
Consequent boundary
A boundary that is drawn to accommodate existing cultural differences, usually happens after a conflict or before people move there
Buffer states
A politically and economically weak independent country between the borders of two powers
Satellite states
A nominally independent country that is politically, militarily, and economically controlled by a more powerful states
United Nations Convention in the law of the sea (UNCLOS)
Conference organized to define territories of the sea
Exclusive economic zone (EEZ)
Zone that extends 200 miles from shore line in which that country can do anything with
Arctic circle
Area defined by 66 degrees, 34 minutes north latitude line, near the tip of the earth
Why are the spratly lands important
Natural resources
Major trade routes
Fishing
Which five countries claim territory to the arctic ocean
United States
Canada
Russia
Norway
Denmark
