Territorial Morphology The shapes of countries and the impact caused by the shape

Compact Compact: Should be easiest to administer/rule note: all small countries are considered compact impacts: areas close together, aids centralized authority/culture examples: Rhode Island, Georgia, Seminole County

If you can draw and X like the diagram and the center is close to the middle the country could be considered COMPACT

Elongated Elongated: Long countries impacts: often causes binodal development, many time two cultures emerge/compete examples: Korea, Florida, California, Lake County

Binodal places often have two different culture centers and this has led to countries breaking apart. Korean cultural centers: Pyongyang (N) Seoul (S) Vietnamese cultural centers: Hanoi Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

Prorupt Prorupt: having a proruption or pan handle Impacts: Hard to provide services/protection to panhandle, culture in panhandle is often similar to adjacent country examples: Myanmar, Thailand, Oklahoma, Monroe County

Which region would be the hardest to administer or control by the Thai Government? Why? Is the Florida Panhandle the same culture as most Floridians?

Fragmented Fragmented: broken into pieces (fragments) Impacts: Should be hardest to rule/provide services, can have many languages/cultures with a country like this examples: Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Japan, Hawaii

Kaliningrad is an example of an exclave Kaliningrad is an example of an exclave. Would this one part of the country be enough to call it a fragmented country? Why?

Perforated: country that is within the borders of another country Vatican City Perforated: country that is within the borders of another country Impacts: country must get along with the one that surrounds it or it can be cut off economically/militarily examples: Lesotho, San Marino, Vatican City

Make an Argument Which shape is the USA? Using a map of the United States give arguments that the USA is: Compact Elongated Fragmented So which is it? Give your reasoning. There may be no right answer but there is a best answer.

Make an Argument Which shape is Florida? Using a map of the Florida give arguments that Florida is: Compact Elongated Fragmented So which is it? Give your reasoning.

Places like Lesotho would be considered an ______. Which type of state would be most likely to split into two parts. Which type of morphology would be the least hardest to administer? Explain. Which type of morphology would be the hardest to administer? Name US states that have proruptions. Which US states would be considered compact? Which US state is would be best described as fragmented? Which type of morphology is the best to protect your territorial integrity? Which type of morphology is it hardest to protect your territorial integrity? Give good examples of each shape in Southeast Asia.