Borders in Geography

The status of belonging to a particular nation.

• Citizens

• Nationality

• Patriotism

• Immigrant

A sovereign state whose citizens or subjects are relatively homogenous in language and/or ancestral descent.

• Nationality

• Country

• Nation-state

• Enclave

Identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, to the exclusion of the interests of other nations.

A sovereign entity that comprises two or more nations or states (like the former Yugoslavia).

• Multiethnic state

• Multinational state

• Multicultural state

• Multiregional state

A state with people belonging to more than one ethnic group:

A boundary between two states that was created before the area(s) is populated with human society.

• Antecedent border

• Religious border

• Political border

• Subsequent border

The border that exists between Ireland and Northern Ireland is an example of what type of border?

• Ethnic border

• Partial border

• Religious border

• Subsequent border

Italy is an example of what kinds of state shape?

• Landlocked

• Compact

• Elongated

• Fragmented

Mongolia is an example of what type of state?

• Enclave

• Exclave

• Perforated

• Landlocked

A perforated state:

• Is completely surrounded by another state

• Completely surrounds another state

• Is divided into parts by one or more states

• Has access to the sea on three sides