Boundaries Flashcards
Physical boundaries coincided with
Physical features of the natural landscape
Two types of boundaries
Physical and cultural
Cultural boundaries coincide with the
Distributions of cultural characteristics
How to form the Best boundaries l
Least conflict
All states agree
Three types of physical elements serving s boundaries
Deserts
Mountains
Water
Desert boundaries
Hard to cross
Sparsely inhabited
Where are desert boundaries common
Asia
Africa
Example of desert boundary
Sahara seperated Algeria Libya and Egypt
T from Mauritania Mali Niger chad Sudan
Mountain boundaries
Mountain boundaries difficult to cross
Permanent
Sparsely inhabited
Contact on either saide limited
Example of mountain boundary
Argentina and chile boundaries by Andes mountains- but they couldn’t decide on the crest and almost fought a war
Water boundaries
Rivers lakes oceans
Visible on mapsd aerial imagery
Good protection from attacks
Why water boundaries a area good defense against attacking states
Other states have to travel by. Ship and plane and secure a landing spot in the state
Where are weed boundaries common
East Africa
Example of water boundaries
Boundary between Democratic republic of the Congo and Uganda is lake Albert
Boundaries of Kenya Tanzania and Uganda is lacked Victoria
Boundary Burundi, democratic republic of Congo, and Zambia is lake mwera
Boundary of Mozambique and Malawi is lake Malawi
Usa Nd Mexico seperated by rio grande
River boundary problems
River often changes course
Ocean boundary problems
Countries claim their boundary extends out to sea
For defense and fishing
Territorial limit
Late eighteenth century
Established that a counties territory extends 3 nautical miles out to sea
Law of the sea
Standardized the territorial limit for most countries at 12 nautical miles
Two types of cultural boundaries
Geometric and ethnic
Geometric boundaries shape
A straight line drawn on a map
Ethnic boundary shape
Coincide with differences in ethnicity, language, religion
Boundary between Canada and USA
Geometric
Boundary between Chad and Libya
Geometric
Strip between chad and Libya
Aozou strip
Religious boundary
Cultural boundary separating religion
Religion usually coincides with country boundaries but is rarely used to select a boundary line
Best religios boundary
South Asia- British partitioned India into 2 state based on religion
Muslims-> Pakistan
Hindus-> India
Ireland and Northern Ireland boundary
Religious boundary
Roman Catholic-> Republic of Ireland
Protestant-> Northern Ireland
Language boundaries
Cultural boundary
Europe state boundaries
Language boundaries
Versailles conference
Leaders of victorious countries got together to redraw Europe map and based it mostly off of language
Problems of Versailles redistricting
Czechs Slovaks Croats Macedonians Serbs Slovenes realize they have hard time living together
Cyprus boundary is called
Cyprus “green line” boundary
What does greenline boundary separate
Greeks and Turks on Cyprus
North part of Cyprus ethnicity
Turks
South part of Cyprus ethnicity
Greek
Cyprus’ plans.
In three years they will be reunified
Frontiers definition
Zone where no country exercises complete political control
A tangible geographic area where boundary is an imaginary line
Frontier benefits rather than boundary line
Frontiers are often kilometers wide and separates two countries with a. Sparsely inhabited region
A boundary brings states into direct contact increasing potential for violent face to face meetings
Why have frontiers be replaced by boundaries?
Modern communication allow countries to monitor and guard boundaries effectively
Countries agree to share resources of the former frontier and the sparsely inhabited area starts to be filled with nomads and agriculture…
Example of frontier to boundary
Saudi Arabia converted frontiers in Yemen and Oman to boundaries and agreed to share I resources in the former frontier
