To manage the way borders are maintained and how goods and people cross them.

A border established before an area becomes heavily settled.

Having the authority to govern territories independently of the national government; for example, by having a separate currency.

A narrow, strategic passageway to another place through which it is difficult to pass.

The practice of claiming and dominating overseas territories.

A type of subsequent boundary that takes into account the differences that exist within a cultural landscape, separating groups that have distinct languages, religions, ethnicities, or other traits.

To explicitly state in legally binding documentation such as a treaty where boundaries are located, using reference points such as natural features or lines of latitude and longitude.

To place physical objects such as stones, pillars, walls, or fences to indicate where a boundary exists.

To draw boundaries on a map, in accordance with a legal agreement.

The process that occurs when the central power in a state is broken up among regional authorities within its borders.

Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)

An area that extends 200 nautical miles from a state’s coast; a state that has sole access to resources found within the waters or beneath the sea floor of the EEZ.

A mathematically drawn boundary that typically follows lines of latitude and longitude or is a straight-line arc between two points.

The push to create an empire by exercising force or influence to control other nations or peoples.

Attempts by a state to acquire territories in neighboring states inhabited by people of the same nation.

A country with various ethnicities and cultures living inside its borders.

People who share a cultural or ethnic background but live in more than one country.

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Question	Answer
Administer	To manage the way borders are maintained and how goods and people cross them.
Antecedent Boundary	A border established before an area becomes heavily settled.
Autonomous	Having the authority to govern territories independently of the national government; for example, by having a separate currency.
Choke Point	A narrow, strategic passageway to another place through which it is difficult to pass.
Colonialism	The practice of claiming and dominating overseas territories.
Consequent Boundary	A type of subsequent boundary that takes into account the differences that exist within a cultural landscape, separating groups that have distinct languages, religions, ethnicities, or other traits.
Define	To explicitly state in legally binding documentation such as a treaty where boundaries are located, using reference points such as natural features or lines of latitude and longitude.
Demarcate	To place physical objects such as stones, pillars, walls, or fences to indicate where a boundary exists.
Delimit	To draw boundaries on a map, in accordance with a legal agreement.
Devolution	The process that occurs when the central power in a state is broken up among regional authorities within its borders.
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)	An area that extends 200 nautical miles from a state’s coast; a state that has sole access to resources found within the waters or beneath the sea floor of the EEZ.
Geometric Boundary	A mathematically drawn boundary that typically follows lines of latitude and longitude or is a straight-line arc between two points.
Imperialism	The push to create an empire by exercising force or influence to control other nations or peoples.
Irredentism	Attempts by a state to acquire territories in neighboring states inhabited by people of the same nation.
Multinational State	A country with various ethnicities and cultures living inside its borders.
Multistate Nation	People who share a cultural or ethnic background but live in more than one country.

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