1. Entry Task
What was the most important thing you learned while reading Chapter 8 – Political Geography?
Why is that the most important thing?

2. Chapter 8 Reading Quiz
Ready?

3. TEST Debrief Most commonly missed questions FRQ grading
You will receive the actual APHG FRQ rubric for the questions you wrote about.
Grade your classmates’ questions like normal but use the rubrics as your guide.
Write the score at the top.

4. Unit 4 – Political Geography
Political Boundaries
Unit 4 – Political Geography

5. Objectives
Content: WWBAT explain how different shapes of states and types of borders can have poistive and negative impacts.
Language: WWBAT read and analyze an atlas.

6. US v. Mexico Border
The boundary between the United States and Mexico represents one of the greatest divisions of wealth on Earth.
Other possibilities include North Korea/South Korea or South Africa/Botswanan.
Activity 1:
Examine the data on the US v. Mexico and then answer the questions at your table in a discussion.

7. US v. Mexico Border What is the definition of “political boundary”?
What purpose do political boundaries serve?
Do geometric boundaries effectively separate people?
What impact does the United States/Mexico border have on the lives of people on either side of the boundary?

8. Activity 2 – Atlas Search
Use an atlas to find two examples of each type of political boundary listed on the worksheet.
List the two countries or states that make up each of the boundary examples.
Geometric Boundary: formed by arcs or lines (such as latitude and longitude) regardless of the physical and culture features of the earth.
Often found around the states that developed out of colonial holdings, such as in Africa and the Middle East
Physical Boundary: naturally occurring divide between two areas; not man-made

9. Activity 3 – Short Answer Question
Choose one of the three different short answer questions listed.
Using the knowledge you gained in reading Chapter 8 and from our activity today write a complete answer to the question you choose.
WRITE YOUR ANSWER IN COMPLETE SENTENCES.

10. Some additional notes

11. Scale of Borders
Supra-national scale: organizations that transcend the boundaries of multiple countries
United Nations
State scale: the political division of the Earth’s surface among different countries
Intra-state scale: further division of a state into small entities
Provinces of Canada

12. Importance of Clear Borders
Centripetal Forces
States with clearly defined borders promotes unity and cultural cohesion
Centrifugal Forces:
The more boundaries and nationalities possessed by a state the higher the likelihood of conflict
Separatist movements
Regionalism
External threats

13. Types of Borders Physical boundaries:
Utilize natural landforms to create separations
Rivers, lakes, mountains, etc….

14. Types of Borders Geometric Borders:
Straight lines that create separation and are unrelated to landforms or culture

15. Types of Borders Ethnic borders: Religious/Language borders
Borders that attempt to reflect the cultural differences of the people living in a particular area
Often result in ethnic enclaves and exclaves
Religious/Language borders
Boundaries that divide different religious groups or language families

16. Enclaves and Exclaves
ENCLAVES
EXCLAVES
Territories completely surrounded by another country but are culturally/ethnically different
Regions that are geographically separated from the rest of the country but not wholly surrounded by one state

17. Subsequent vs. Antecedent Boundary
SUBSEQUENT BOUNDARY
ANTECEDENT BOUNDARY
A boundary that is established after the settlement with an attempt to accommodate cultural differences.
Developed with the evolution of the cultural landscape and is adjusted as the cultural landscape changes.
A boundary that already existed before the present settlement in that area occurred.
The cultural landscape emerged and stayed in place while people moved in to occupy the surrounding area.

18. Relict Boundaries
A political boundary that has ceased to function but the imprint of which can still be detected on the cultural landscape
Berlin

19. Superimposed Boundary
A political boundary placed by powerful outsiders on a developed human landscape

20. Fortified Boundaries
The creations of walls/barriers to either prevent foreigners from getting in , or its citizens from getting out

21. Maritime Boundaries
Division of different claims to the oceans around the shores of the country
Generally accepted to be 200 nautical miles
Water equally divided among countries located close to each other

22. Homework Boundary Homework DUE: Thursday, Dec. 3 Review of vocabulary
A few new terms that are not in your book so you will need to look them up online
Finding examples of different boundaries
Identify the advantages and disadvantages of different kinds of boundaries
DUE: Thursday, Dec. 3