Political Geography Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| landlocked | countries no access to sea |
| how many countries in africa landlocked | 15 |
| compact | distance from center of country equal lengths from border |
| what is best shape for compact state | circle |
| examples of compact state | zimbabwe, cambodia, central and south africa has a lot |
| example of landlocked country | lesothu |
| prorupted state | otherwise compact except one projecting extension. extension usually because of political reasons |
| example of prorupted state | democratic republic of congo bc gives access to sea |
| why is afghanistan prorupted | British who controlled afghanistan in 1940s didn't want pakistan having a border with russia (in that time soviet union) |
| fragmented state | state cut into two or more pieces by water or another state |
| examples of fragmented states | angola cut by congo |
| why is colinigrad part of russia | major naval base there |
| elongated state | long and slender |
| example of elongated state | vietnam, chile, morroco, portugal, panama |
| perforated state | whole in a state filled by another state |
| example of perforated state | lesotho in south africa |
| types of physical borders | water, desserts, mountains |
| types of cultural borders | political, religious geometric, language |
| geometric border | using math equatons. ex.) US and Canada |
| example of mountain boundary | argentina and chile separated by Andes |
| example of water boundary | CDR and Ugana, lake albert. Kenya tanzania, Uganda lake victoria. |
| example of dessert boundary | common in africa and asia. Sahara dessert known to separate Algeria, Libya, and Egypt on the north, from Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, and Sudan on the south |
| example of religious boundary | South Asia where british made india 2 states based on religion. muslims to pakistan and Hindu to indipendent state of India |
| example of language boundary | especially in europe. |
| how many islands does indonesia have | 13677 |
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