AP Human Geography / Unit 4: Political Patterns and Processes
4.4 Defining Political Boundaries
Notes
- Antecedent (before settlement), subsequent (after settlement, along cultural lines), superimposed (forced by outsiders), relic (no longer used, like the Berlin Wall).
- Geometric (straight lines) and physical (rivers, mountains) boundaries.
Practice
The Berlin Wall today is a:
Remains but no longer functions.
A boundary drawn by colonizers ignoring cultural groups is:
Forced from outside.
The US-Canada border along the 49th parallel is mainly:
Straight line.
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