Unit 4

Question 0

Statehood

Answer 0

Sovereign functioning government with recognized boundaries

Question 1

State

Answer 1

Country

Question 3

Delimitation

Answer 3

To put on the map

Question 4

Demarcation

Answer 4

the action of fixing the boundary or limits of something.

Question 5

Richard Hartshorne (1889-1992)

Answer 5

Richard Hartshorne was a prominent American geographer, and professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who was specialized in economic and political geography and the philosophy of geography.

Question 6

Antecedent Boundary

Answer 6

Defined by areas where there is a break in the settlement

Question 7

Subsequent Boundary

Answer 7

The boundaries occur as the cultural landscape evolves
Placed after population evolves
pays more respect to cultural landscape then superimposed boundaries
Mostly based on war and conflict

Question 8

Super-imposed Boundary

Answer 8

Boundaries forgeable drawn across a unified cultural landscape

Question 9

Relict Boundaries-

Answer 9

A border that ceases to function but it’s imprints are still evident in the cultural landscape

Question 10

Geometric Boundary-

Answer 10

Straight line boundaries that are totally unrelated to any cultural aspects

Question 11

Physical-Political Boundary-

Answer 11

Boundaries to confirm physiological features

Question 12

Cultural-Political Boundary-

Answer 12

Boundaries that mark breaks in the human landscape

Question 13

Compact States-

Answer 13

A country where is is equal distance from the center points

Question 14

Fragmented States

Answer 14

A country that is broken up into many different islands or parts

Question 15

Elongated States-

Answer 15

A country that is very long and narrow

Chile, Argentina, Italy.. ect

Question 16

Perforated States

Answer 16

-A country that has other, separate states within
South Africa (lesotho and malawi)

Question 17

Enclave

Answer 17

A distinct territory culturally, enclosed within a foreign territory

Question 18

Exclave

Answer 18

A territory that is separated from another country by another territory

Question 19

Prorupt States

Answer 19

A country that has a section of itself sticking out

Question 20

State Morphology-

Answer 20

The shape of a state can either help that state, or present a problem
Boundaries drawn that don’t coincide with the cultural landscape can cause conflict

Question 21

Shatter belts

Answer 21

An area of instability between regions with opposing political and cultural views

Question 22

Balkanization

Answer 22

An area or place where political boundaries could/can constantly change based on ethnic groups or conflict

Question 23

Unitary State-

Answer 23

A state governed as one single unit in which the central government is supreme and any administrative divisions, that exercise only powers that their central government chooses to delegate. The great majority of states in the world have a unitary system of government.