Types of Boundaries (Examples) - Quiz (Do definition first)

Buffer Zone

A country or area separating ideological or political adversaries (enemies).

Fronteir

A zone where no state exercises complete control.

Superimposed

According to the Genetic Boundary Classification system, African countries, which have some of the same ethnicity living in different states, are separated by ______ boundaries.

Superimposed

According to the Genetic Boundary Classification system, Papua New Guinea and East Indonesia are home to a unified culture. However, a _______ border separates them.

Superimposed

According to the Genetic Boundary Classification system, a boundary that has been forcibly drawn across culturally-unified areas and boundaries. (it ignores culture)

Relic

According to the Genetic Boundary Classification system, a boundary that is no longer effective, but its effects are permanently imprinted on the landscape. (culture ignores it)

Subsequent

According to the Genetic Boundary Classification system, a boundary where a long period of modification of the landscape and the actual map resulted in the current boundary. (post-human)

Antecedent

According to the Genetic Boundary Classification system, a boundary where the physical landscape defined the boundary long before humans populated it. (pre-human)

Relic

According to the Genetic Boundary Classification system, the Berlin Wall, the Great Wall of China, and the border between North and South Vietnam are all ______boundaries that no longer mark territory.

Subsequent

According to the Genetic Boundary Classification system, the boundary between Vietnam and China has had the landscape been modified many times in order, and is now a _______ boundary.

Cultural

Also called anthro-geographic or consequent boundaries, utilizes language, religion, and/or ethnicity differences that have developed over time to serve as boundaries.

Physical

Also called natural boundaries, utilizes natural landmarks and terrain to serve as boundaries.

Frontier

Antarctica is the largest _________.

Geometric

Boundaries drawn usually as straight/curved lines to simply distinguish territory, and are usually part of territorial agreements.

Fortified

Boundaries with heavy military control are called _____.

Geometric

Countries in Africa primarily have straight _______ boundaries as a result of European colonial rule.

Fortified

East and West Germany WERE separated once by a ______ boundary, monitored heavily by armed forces.

Cultural

Ethnic differences in Europe caused different states to form. What kind of boundary mainly separates them?

Frontier

Historically, _____ separated states instead of boundaries, and served as buffer zones.

Shatterbelt

Region caught between stronger, colliding external cultural-political forces, under persistent stress and often fragmented by aggressive rivals. (Cultural tension between many ethnicities)

Shatterbelt

Southeast Asia, due to cultural tension, can be considered a _______.

Buffer Zone

Thailand was a ______ between British and French colonial domains in mainland SE Asia.

Internal Boundaries

The 50 states of the U.S. and the Indian and Canadian provinces are separated by ___________________.

Physical

The Andes Mountains between Chile and Argentina can be considered be ______ boundaries.

Frontier

The Arabian Peninsula has uninhabited stretches of desert, called _____, as neutral zones.

Shatterbelt

The Balkan Peninsula, with the tension between its many ethnicities, is a great example of this.

Shatterbelt

The Caucasus Mountains, with the tension between its many ethnicities, is a great example of this (not a boundary).

Buffer Zone

The Gaza Strip, a corridor separating, Israelis and Palestine, is a _______.

Physical

The Himalaya Mountains between India, China, and Nepal can be considered be ______ boundaries.

Cultural

The Line of Control, in the Kashmir region, divides Muslim Pakistan and Hindu India. What kind of boundary is it?

Physical

The Pyrenees Mountains between Spain and France can be considered be ______ boundaries.

Physical

The Rio Grande and Colorado Rivers serves as _______ boundaries between U.S. and Mexico.

Physical

The Strait of Gibraltar serves as a ________ boundary between Europe and Africa.

Buffer Zone

The U.N. base camps in Cyprus, controlled by the British, separate the Turkish and Greek sides of the island. The U.N. camps are ___________.

Fortified

The armed DMZ between North and South Korea is what kind of boundary?

Antecedent

The boundary between Malaysia and Borneo is sparsely settled due to the landscape, making it a _______ boundary.

Geometric

The straight "No Touching" boundary at the 49th parallel between Canada and U.S. is considered ___________.