AP Human Geography: Types Of Boundaries

major physical features that serve as a means of separation

boundary that has been forced upon the inhabitants f an area to solve a problem and/or conflict

straight lines that serve as political boundaries that are unrelated to physical and/or cultural differences

a political boundary that separates different cultures

boundary that operates different speakers

boundary that separates different religions

a boundary that ceases to exist, however the imprint of the boundary still remains on the cultural landscape

physical barrier constructed by the state to either keep people in or out of their territory

a boundary that follows a country's coastline 12 miles into the ocean

the Atlantic Ocean between North America and Europe, the Rio Grande River between the Mexico and the U.S., the Sahara Desert

Indonesia/Papua New Guinea, many African countries by European colonists

the United States/Canada border

the green line in Cyprus because it separates the Turkish and Greeks, Yugoslavia, the Murdock Ethnic Map of Africa

European countries such as England, France, Spain, and Portugal; the border between Romance and Germanic languages that runs trough Belgium, France, Switzerland, and Italy

Northern Ireland is mostly Protestant and Republic of Ireland is mostly Catholic, Israel/Palestine, Pakistan has a large Muslim population and India has a large Hindu population

North/South Vietnam, East and West Berlin/Germany

the Great Wall of China, the US/Mexico border, the Berlin Wall