Types of Boundaries | Political Entities | Federal or Unitary States | Centripetal/Centrifugal | Misc. |
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physical
This type of boundary coincides with significant features of the landscape?
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Nation-state
What is a nation of people who fulfill the qualifications of a state?
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Unitary
Which type of state has one set of national laws and policies?
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Centrifugal
What type of force can be attributed to practices that discriminate and exclude?
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European Union
Which European supranational organization has as its main objective to promote development within member states through economic and political cooperation?
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Defined
What type of international boundary is defined by legal documents such as a treaty?
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Semiautonomous region
What is a state that has a degree of, but not complete self-rule? Example: Tribal Nations within the U.S.
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Unitary
Which type of state is characterized by a centralized government and strong centripetal forces?
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Centripetal
States with a population that is homogenous likely have cultural practices that function as which type of force?
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Terrorism
What is organized violence aimed at government and civilian targets to reach the objectives of the group? This is usually carried out through bombing, kidnapping, hijacking, or assassinations.
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Internal boundary
What are subnational borders that divide a country into states, provinces, counties, cities, or special districts?
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Multinational state
What is a country that has more than one nation?
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Federal
Which type of state is characterized by a large land area and multiple ethnic groups?
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Centripetal
What type of force can be attributed to nationalism, strong feelings of patriotism, and loyalty one feels toward one's country?
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Self-determination
What is the concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves?
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Kurds, Palestinians
What is a SPECIFIC group that represents a nation without a state?
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defined boundaries, a permanent population, sovereignty, and acknowledgment of statehood by other countries
What are the FOUR criteria to be considered a state?
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Federal
Which type of state can be quicker to address and more representative of local and regional issues?
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Centrifugal
What type of force can be attributed to the Mindanao region of the Phillippines that has poor infrastructure and inadequate basic services?
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Shatterbelt
What term refers to an area of instability located between regions with opposing political and cultural values?
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Militarized
What type of political boundary divides North and South Korea?
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Geometric boundary
The leaders at the Berlin Conference superimposed borders on the African continent. What boundary type best explains the influence of landscape on the political borders of the North African region (Egypt, Libya, and Sudan)?
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Unitary
Which type of state is practiced in Russia and China?
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Devolution
The presence of centrifugal forces within a country has led many central governments to transfer power to regional or local governments. This process is called? Devolution
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Fragmented
What is the state morphology (shape) of Japan?
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