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Unit 4(29-60)

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Physical Geographic Boundaries natural barriers between areas such as oceans, deserts, and mountains.
Cultural Boundaries divide people according to some cultural division, such as language, religion, or ethnicity.
Antecedent Boundary This type of boundary preceded the development of the cultural landscape. typically based on physical features.
Subsequent Boundary his boundary is typically created while the cultural landscape is evolving and is subject to change over time. may be drawn to accommodate ethnic, religious, linguistic, or economic differences among groups.
Ethnographic meaning they are usually related to cultural phenomena.
Superimposed Boundary This type of boundary is drawn by outside powers and may have ignored existing cultural patterns.
Landlocked States without territory connected to an ocean.
Relic Boundary This is a boundary that has been abandoned for political purposes, but evidence of it still exists on the landscape.
Geometric Boundary a straight line or arc drawn by people that does not closely follow any physical feature.
Cultural Consequent Boundary A border that is drawn taking into account language, ethnicity, religion, or other cultural traits
Physical Consequent Boundary a division that uses already-existing natural features that divide a territory such as rivers, deserts, or mountains
Open Boundary is unguarded and people can cross it easily, with little or no political intervention.
Militarized Boundary one that is heavily guarded and discourages crossing.
Defined Boundary boundary is established by a legal document, such as a treaty, that divides one entity from another (invisible line).
Delimited Boundary boundary is drawn on a map by a cartographer to show the limits of a space.
Demarcated Boundary boundary is one identified by physical objects placed on the landscape.
Definitional Boundary Dispute occurs when two or more parties disagree over how to interpret the legal documents or maps that identify the boundary.
Locational Boundary Dispute Boundary disputes that center on where a boundary should be, how it is delimited (mapped), or demarcated. (Territorial Dispute)
Irredentism a type of expansionism when one country seeks to annex territory where it has cultural ties to part of the population or historical claims to the land.
Operational Boundary Dispute centers not on where a boundary is but how it functions. (Functional Dispute)
Allocational Boundary Dispute When a boundary separates natural resources that may be used by both countries (Resource Dispute).
Administered Boundary How a boundary will be maintained, how it will function, and what goods and people will be allowed to cross are important aspects
Controlled Borders Boundaries that have checkpoints where a passport or visa are required to enter the country
Exclaves territories that are part of a state, yet geographically separated from the main state by one or more countries.
Political Enclaves states, territories or parts of a state or territory that are completely surrounded by the territory of another state.
Shatterbelt a place located between two very different and contentious regions
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea A convention signed by more the 150 countries defining four zones that addressed a countries sovereignty over its surrounding coastal waters.
Territorial Sea This area extends up to 12 nautical miles of sovereignty where commercial vessels may pass, but noncommercial vessels may be challenged. A nautical mile is equal to 1.15 land-measured miles.
Contiguous Zone Coastal states have limited sovereignty for up to 24 nautical miles where they can enforce laws on customs, immigration, and sanitation.
Exclusive Economic Zone Coastal states can explore, extract minerals, and manage natural resources up to 200 nautical miles.
High Seas Water beyond any country's EEZ that is open to all states.
Small Island Developing State control nearly 30 percent of all oceans and seas and their EEZs are much larger than their landmass.
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