Module 28 Flashcards
Delimited Boundary
Line drawn on map to show the limits of space.
Defined Boundary
Define it (where)
One established by a legal document such as a treaty
Satellite State
A political term that refers to a country which is formally independent but under heavy influence or control by another country.
- Soviet Union making the Eastern Bloc
Relic Boundary
Boundary that no longer exists. But evidence of it still exist on the Landscape.
- Berlin Wall
Superimposed boundary
A boundary line drawn by outside powers that is placed over and ignores existing cultural patterns.
- Berlin Conference in Africa
Subsequent boundary
A boundary line that is established after the area in question has been settled and considers the cultural characteristics of the bounded area
Antecedent Boundary
A boundary line established before the area in question is well populated
- 49th parallel
Consequent Boundary
A type of subsequent boundary that is drawn to accommodate existing linguistic, cultural or religious boundaries
Geometric boundary
Straight Line boundary
Libya/Egypt
Demarcated Boundary
A boundary marked by some visible means on the ground.
- wall posts
-fences
Allocational Boundary Dispute
A boundary dispute that involves conflicting claims to the natural resources of a border region.
Operational Boundary Dispute
Conflict over the way, a boundary should operate or function such as the conflict of allowing migration over the border
Locational Boundary Dispute
Conflict over the location or place of a boundary
Definitional Boundary Dispute
Conflict over the language of the border agreement in a treaty or border contract
Demilitarize zones
A zone from which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited
- DMZ 38th parallel between North and South Korea
Berlin conference
A meeting from 1884 to 1885 at which representatives of European nations agreed on rules of colonization Africa
Buffer State
Small Neutral State between two Rival Powers
United Nations convention of the law of the sea. UNCLOS
Result from 3rd UN conference of the law of the sea.
Took place between: 1973 and 1982
Defines the rights and responsibility of nations with respect to their use of the worlds oceans establishing guidelines for business environment, and management of natural resources
