Chapter 8 Key Issue 2

Question 0

Compact states are beneficial for _______ states because they provide good __________ that can reach _________

Answer 0

Small
Communication
Regions

Question 1

Compact state

Answer 1

Distance from center to any boundary does not vary significantly

Question 2

Elongated states

Answer 2

Long, narrow shape

Question 3

Elongated states suffer from poor _______ _________.

Answer 3

Internal communication

Question 4

Prorupted states

Answer 4

An otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension.

Question 5

Prorupted states can provide access to a _________.

Answer 5

Resource

Question 6

Prorupted states can ________ two states that would otherwise share a boundary.

Answer 6

Separate

Question 7

Perforated states

Answer 7

A state that completely surrounds another state.

Question 8

Fragmented states

Answer 8

Includes several discontinuous pieces of territory.

Question 9

Fragmented states are separated by ______ or an ________ ______.

Answer 9

Water

Intervening state

Question 10

Landlocked states

Answer 10

Lack direct outlet to the sea because it is completely surround by other states.

Question 11

Landlocked states are most common in ______.

Answer 11

Africa

Question 12

Physical boundary

Answer 12

Coincides with significant features of the natural landscape.

Question 13

Cultural boundaries

Answer 13

Follow the distribution of cultural characteristics.

Question 14

The types of physical boundaries

Answer 14

Desert
Mountain
Water

Question 15

Desert boundaries are _____ to cross and ________ inhabited.

Answer 15

Hard

Sparsely

Question 16

Desert boundaries are common in _______ and ______.

Answer 16

Africa

Asia

Question 17

Mountain boundaries are _______ to cross, _________, and _______ inhabited.

Answer 17

Difficult
Permanent
Sparsely

Question 18

The contact between people on opposite sides of a mountain boundary is _________.

Answer 18

Limited

Question 19

Three types of water boundaries

Answer 19

Rivers
Lakes
Oceans

Question 20

Water boundaries provide _______ from attack against another state.

Answer 20

Protection

Question 21

Water boundaries are especially common in _____ _____.

Answer 21

East Africa

Question 22

The position of a water boundary _______ over time.

Answer 22

Changes

Question 23

3 types of cultural boundaries

Answer 23

Geometric
Language
Religion

Question 24

Geometric boundary

Answer 24

Straight line

Question 25

Religious boundary

Answer 25

Separates followers of different religions

Question 26

Language boundary

Answer 26

Separates speakers of different languages.

Question 27

Language boundaries are predominant in ______.

Answer 27

Europe

Question 28

What is Cyprus?

Answer 28

The third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.

Question 29

What two nationalities does Cyprus contain?

Answer 29

Greek | Turkish

Question 30

As a part of Cyprus's green line boundary, there was a _____ created between the Greek and the Turkish that is patrolled by the _____.

Answer 30

Wall | UN

Question 31

Frontier

Answer 31

A zone where no state exercises complete political control.

Question 32

Frontiers are ______ or _____ settled.

Answer 32

Uninhabited | Sparsely

Question 33

Frontiers provide a ________________ between states.

Answer 33

Large stretch of land.

Question 34

Most frontiers have been replaced by ______

Answer 34

Boundaries

Question 35

Unitary state

Answer 35

More power is in the hands of central government officials.

Question 36

Federal state

Answer 36

Strong power is given to local units of government.

Question 37

Gerrymandering

Answer 37

The process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefitting the party in power.