4.2 Pre-Assessment

 How are political boundaries created?

Human-made dividing lines between two areas 

• Artificial Boundary

• Physical Boundary

Which type of state is this?  

Has relatively equal distances from their center to any boundary, much like a circle. 

• Compact

• Prorupt

• Elongated

• Perforated

• Fragmented

How does the shape of a state impact a country’s ability to function? 

Which type of state is this?  

Compact state with large protruding extension 

• Compact

• Prorupt

• Elongated

• Perforated

• Fragmented

Describe and explain the role physical and human characteristics play in establishing political boundaries. 

 

Which type of state is this?  

Long and narrow shape 

• Compact

• Prorupt

• Elongated

• Perforated

• Fragmented

Which type of state is this?  

A country that completely surrounds another one

• Compact

• Prorupt

• Elongated

• Perforated

• Fragmented

Which type of state is this?  

Includes several piece of discontinuous pieces of territory

• Compact

• Prorupt

• Elongated

• Perforated

• Fragmented

Created by a naturally occurring barrier between two areas.  

• Physical Boundary

• Artificial Boundary