AP Human Geography Unit 4

Political Geography

Answer explanation

the study of the political organization of the planet.

Boundary

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a versatile place that cuts through the rocks below and the airspace above

Antecedent Boundary

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a political boundary that existed before the cultural landscape emerged and stayed in a place while people moved into occupy the surroundings

Relic Boundary

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a political boundary that has ceased to function but the imprint of which can still be detected on the cultural landscape

Subsequent Boundary

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a political boundary that developed contemporaneously with the evolution of the major elements of cultural landscape

Superimposed Boundary

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a political boundary placed by powerful outsiders on a developed human landscape

Boundary Process

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The three step process in which a boundary is created. 1. definition 2. delimitation 3. demarcation

Boundary Definition

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a treaty-like, legal sounding document is drawn up in which actual points in the landscape are described

Boundary Delimitation

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the translation of the written terms of a boundary treaty into an official cartographic representation

Boundary Demarcation

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the actual placing of a political boundary of the landscape by means of barriers, fences, walls, or other markers