Entry Task If you were to create your own country what kind of border would you want to have and why?

Border Video – CGPGrey Countries inside Countries: Bizarre Borders Part 1 ▫ qGCfXuAhttps:// qGCfXuA

Territorial Morphology 1 Unit 4 – Political Geography 1 Territorial morphology: the size, shape, and relative location of a state

Objectives Content: WWBAT evaluate the different shapes of states to determine the advantages and disadvantages of each type. Language: WWBAT describe what states look like in writing.

Shapes of States Analysis As the pictures of states come up on the screen analyze the shapes and answer the questions on the assignment. You may discuss the states with your table group. Use one of the maps in the room or the Atlases to answer the final question in each section.

Burundi, Kenya, and Poland

Chile, Norway, Vietnam

Indonesia, USA, Angola

Thailand, Namibia, Dem. Rep. of Congo

Italy and South Africa

Lesotho and West Bengal State (India)

Alaska (USA), Kalingrad (Russia), and Cabinda (Angola)

Mostly review from your reading Notes: disadvantages and advantages

Compact State The distance from the geographic center of the state to any of the borders does not vary greatly ▫Major Advantage:  Easier for defense and communication  Transportation fairly simple  Easier cultural uniformity ▫Disadvantages?

Compact State Example

Elongated State State that is geographically long and relatively narrow Major Disadvantage: Difficult to defend, govern, and communicate with Transportation fairly simple Cultural variations typical Advantages?

Elongated State Example

Fragmented State States that are divided from their other parts by either land or other states ▫Major Advantages:  More difficult to invade  Allows for more cultural diversity  Access to varied resources ▫Major Disadvantages;  More difficult to defend  More difficult to unify culturally and politically

Fragmented State Example

Perforated State A state that completely surrounds another state ▫Major Advantage:  Able to dictate actions of enclosed state more easily ▫Major Disadvantage:  Can lead to internal tension and problems with enclosed state

Perforated State Example

Prorupt State States that have one portion that is much more elongated than the rest of the state ▫Typically to gain access to some resource or trading route  Major Advantage:  Access to resources and trade not as dependent on neighbors  Major Disadvantage:  Fairly easy to cut off by invading states

Prorupt State Example

Microstate State that is extremely small ▫Major Advantage:  Typically extremely homogenous cultural communities ▫Major Disadvantage:  Easy to take over

Microstate Example

Landlocked State A state that is completely inland with no direct access to the ocean ▫Major Disadvantage:  Reliant on neighbors for majority of international trade  Dependent on land based agriculture

Landlocked State Example

Homework – Shapes of States Review Review of the shapes of states Use an atlas or Google Maps Learn about Nunavut, area of Canada