AP Human Geography Unit 5 – Boundaries & Boundary Disputes

Treaty or legal document

Drawn on map in agreement

VISUALLY MARKED -walls -posts -fence

-administered: the enforcement & maintaining of a boundary by government -who can cross? -what goods can cross? -demarcated?

Boundaries that follow a natural feature in the landscape

usually drawn according to latitude & longitude

Drawn across an area before it is well populated & before there is any significant cultural landscape

established after an area has been settled

forcibly drawn by a conquering power

no longer functions as a boundary but shows on the cultural landscape

there's a disagreement as to the DEFINITION of the boundary

demarcation or delimitation of a boundary is disputed

neighboring countries disagree how border should function

Conflicts related to the location and regard to extraction of natural resources