POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY WAYS IN WHICH HUMAN POLITICAL BEHAVIOR AND SYSTEMS FIND SPATIAL EXPRESSION
REGION TYPE -FORMAL
REGION TYPE -FUNCTIONAL
4 PILLARS OF THE STATE TERRITORY POPULATION ORGANIZATION POWER
TERRITORY AREA DEFINED BY BOUNDARIES -LIMIT JURISDICTION -SOVEREIGNTY 3 STAGES OF BOUNDARY ESTABLISHMENT -DESCRIBE -DELIMIT -DEMARC TERRITORY POPULATION ORGANIZATION POWER
DESCRIBE
DELIMIT
DEMARC
TYPES OF BOUNDARIES -NATURAL (PHYSIOGRAPHIC) -ARTIFICIAL (GEOMETRIC) NATURAL BOUNDARIES TERRITORY POPULATION ORGANIZATION POWER
ARTIFICIAL (GEOMETRIC)
TYPES OF ARTIFICIAL BOUNDARIES ANTHROPOGEOGRAPHIC ANTECEDENT SUBSEQUENT SUPERIMPOSED RELICT
TERRITORY SIZE SHAPE COMPACT PERFORATED FRAGMENTED PRORUPT ELONGATED EXCLAVE ENCLAVE TERRITORY POPULATION ORGANIZATION POWER
POPULATION DENSITY DISTRIBUTION QUALITY EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS HEALTH GROWTH AGE/SEX TERRITORY POPULATION ORGANIZATION POWER
ORGANIZATION ADMINISTRATION ECONOMY MILITARY INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL ISSUES TERRITORY POPULATION ORGANIZATION POWER
POWER OF THE STATE CENTRIFUGAL CENTRIPITAL GLOBAL INFLUENCE FRONTIERS TERRITORY POPULATION ORGANIZATION POWER
MARITIME BOUNDARIES TERRITORIAL LIMITS (UNITED STATES) Early:3 NAUTICAL MILES 1790: EXTENDED TO 12 MILES CUSTOMS INSPECTIONS ON TERRITORIAL SEAS 1935:24 MILES 1945:“TRUMAN PROCLAMATION” 600’ ISOBATH 1947:CHILE AND ARGENTINA 200 MILE FISHING ZONE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE ALL COUNTRIES UN SANCTIONED EXPLOIT NATURAL RESOURCES
MINNESOTA BOUNDARIES