Chapter 8 Key Issue 2 Flashcards
Compact states are beneficial for _______ states because they provide good __________ that can reach _________
Small
Communication
Regions
Compact state
Distance from center to any boundary does not vary significantly
Elongated states
Long, narrow shape
Elongated states suffer from poor _______ _________.
Internal communication
Prorupted states
An otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension.
Prorupted states can provide access to a _________.
Resource
Prorupted states can ________ two states that would otherwise share a boundary.
Separate
Perforated states
A state that completely surrounds another state.
Fragmented states
Includes several discontinuous pieces of territory.
Fragmented states are separated by ______ or an ________ ______.
Water
Intervening state
Landlocked states
Lack direct outlet to the sea because it is completely surround by other states.
Landlocked states are most common in ______.
Africa
Physical boundary
Coincides with significant features of the natural landscape.
Cultural boundaries
Follow the distribution of cultural characteristics.
The types of physical boundaries
Desert
Mountain
Water
Desert boundaries are _____ to cross and ________ inhabited.
Hard
Sparsely
Desert boundaries are common in _______ and ______.
Africa
Asia
Mountain boundaries are _______ to cross, _________, and _______ inhabited.
Difficult
Permanent
Sparsely
The contact between people on opposite sides of a mountain boundary is _________.
Limited
Three types of water boundaries
Rivers
Lakes
Oceans
Water boundaries provide _______ from attack against another state.
Protection
Water boundaries are especially common in _____ _____.
East Africa
The position of a water boundary _______ over time.
Changes
3 types of cultural boundaries
Geometric
Language
Religion
Geometric boundary
Straight line
Religious boundary
Separates followers of different religions
Language boundary
Separates speakers of different languages.
Language boundaries are predominant in ______.
Europe
What is Cyprus?
The third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.
What two nationalities does Cyprus contain?
Greek
Turkish
As a part of Cyprus’s green line boundary, there was a _____ created between the Greek and the Turkish that is patrolled by the _____.
Wall
UN
Frontier
A zone where no state exercises complete political control.
Frontiers are ______ or _____ settled.
Uninhabited
Sparsely
Frontiers provide a ________________ between states.
Large stretch of land.
Most frontiers have been replaced by ______
Boundaries
Unitary state
More power is in the hands of central government officials.
Federal state
Strong power is given to local units of government.
Gerrymandering
The process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefitting the party in power.