1. Key Question 2 Part 2 Types of Boundaries & Boundaries inside states
Chapter 8
Key Question 2
Part 2
Types of Boundaries
&
Boundaries inside states

2. Types of Boundaries
Frontier is a zone where no state exercises complete political control
Provides an area of separation, usually uninhabited or sparsely populated
Only two are _______ and ______ _______
Antarctica
Arabian
Peninsula

3. Arabian Peninsula Frontiers separate Saudi Arabia from Qatar UAE Oman
Yemen

5. This area inhabited by nomads who roam freely from one country to the next
Saudi Arabia and Iraq had a 3,000 mile frontier marked on maps as “Neutral Zone”
1990 transformed the frontier into a boundary
Not ratified by the governments of the 2 countries

6. Physical Boundaries Mountain Boundaries
Permanent and sparsely populated
Example: Argentina and Chile

7. Desert Boundaries Also hard to cross and sparsely inhabited
The Sahara in Africa separates Algeria, Libya, Egypt on the north from Mauritania, Mail, Niger, Chad, the and Sudan on the south

8. Water Boundaries Includes rivers, lakes, and oceans Examples include
Congo and Uganda….Lake Albert
Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda runs through Lake Victoria
Boundary separating Malawi and Mozambique runs through Lake Malawi

9. Offers protection
Can cause problems as well
River may change course
Such as the Rio Grande

10. Cultural Boundaries Geometric Boundaries
US and Canada share 1,300 mile border along the 49° latitude, and also between Alaska and Yukon Territory

12. Chad & Libya share 600 mile boundary

14. Religious Boundaries Religion can make boundaries For example
India was partitioned into two states by the British
Muslims portions went to Pakistan
Hindu portions became the independent state of India

16. Island of Eire
Roman Catholics make up about 95% of the population that joined the Republic of Ireland
Northern Ireland is made up of mostly Protestants

18. Language Boundaries
After WWI, language was the most important criteria the allied leaders used to create new states in Europe and to adjust the boundaries of existing ones
Met at Versailles Peace Conference and was influenced by a geographer
Adjusted after WWII

20. Cyprus “Green Line” Boundary
Cyprus is the 3rd largest island in the Mediterranean Sea
Has 2 nationalities: Greek(78%) & Turkish(18%)
After independence in 1960 guaranteed the Turkish minority a substantial share of elected offices, and control over it’s own education, religion, and culture

21. Makarios III of Cyprus ( ), an Eastern Orthodox archbishop who served as the first president of Cyprus from 1960 to 1977.

22. Cyprus has never peacefully integrated the Greek and Turkish nationalities
UN put a plan together to reunite the 2 portions of Cyprus into a single country with considerable autonomy for each side
EU has accepted the island as a member in 2004