amp Their Shapes Territorial Morphology The study of states their shapes and the impacts How does the shape of a state affects its functioning Things to Consider How is communication within the country affected ID: 575105
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States & Their Shapes
Territorial Morphology - The study of states, their shapes, and the impacts.Slide2
How does the shape of a state affects its functioning?
Things to Consider:
How is communication within the country affected?
Where is the capital?
Is there access to resources like water for trade?
Is the country isolated from other countries?
Are there regions within the country isolated from the rest of the country?Slide3
Things to Consider:How is communication within the country affected?
Where is the capital?
Is there access to resources like water for trade?
Is the country isolated from other countries?
Are there regions within the country isolated from the rest of the country?Slide4
Compact States
A state
where the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly
Ideal compact state would be a circle with the capital in the center
Allows for good communications from all regionsEx’s Bhutan Burundi
,
Suriname, Kenya
, UgandaSlide5
Things to Consider:How is communication within the country affected?
Where is the capital?
Is there access to resources like water for trade?
Is the country isolated from other countries?
Are there regions within the country isolated from the rest of the country?Slide6
Prorupted States (Protruded)
An
otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension
Proruptions
are created for 2 reasons
To provide a state with access to a resource such as water (Congo stretches to Atlantic Ocean) (why Cabinda is separated from the rest of Angola)
To separate two states that would otherwise share a border (Afghanistan separates
Tajikistan from
Pakistan) Slide7
Things to Consider:How is communication within the country affected?
Where is the capital?
Is there access to resources like water for trade?
Is the country isolated from other countries?
Are there regions within the country isolated from the rest of the country?Slide8
Elongated States
States
with a long narrow shape
Only a handful of these
Ex. Chile – over 2500 miles long, but only 90 miles wide
Italy is a less extreme example 700 by 120 miles
Gambia is an elongated state on an East-West orientation (300 miles wide by15 miles long) by that is completely surrounded by
Senegal
Other examplesMalawi, VietnamSlide9
Things to Consider:How is communication within the country affected?
Where is the capital?
Is there access to resources like water for trade?
Is the country isolated from other countries?
Are there regions within the country isolated from the rest of the country?Slide10
Fragmented States
A state
with several discontinuous pieces of territory
Technically, any state that has offshore islands is considered fragmented – fragmentation is particularly significant for some states
2 types:
Areas separated by
water
UK, Who Else?
Areas separated by an intervening stateBrunei, Oman, Who Else?Slide11
The Tin Bingha CorridorSlide12
Things to Consider:How is communication within the country affected?
Where is the capital?
Is there access to resources like water for trade?
Is the country isolated from other countries?
Are there regions within the country isolated from the rest of the country?Slide13
Perforated States
A
state that completely surrounds another one
Italy
is another exampleIt completely surrounds
San Marino and the VaticanSlide14
Enclaves and ExclavesA territorial
enclave
is a state, or part of a state,
surrounded completely
by another state.Lesotho is an enclave territory surrounded by South Africa.
When an enclave is land that is a political extension
of another
state, then it is called an exclave
.Alaska is an exclave of the United States because it is cut off from the rest of the country by Canada.Enclave’s can be ethnic as well as politicalExamples?Slide15
Shapes of States
Shape of a state controls the length of its boundaries with other states
Shape also can influence the ease or difficulty of internal administration and can affect social unity
There are 5 basic shapes:
Compact
Prorupted
(Protruded)
Elongated
FragmentedPerforatedSlide16
Landlocked States
A
state that lacks a direct outlet to the sea because it is completely surrounded by several other countries
14 out of the 54 countries in Africa are
landlockedOnly Lichtenstein and Uzbekistan are doubly landlocked in the world.
Access
to a seaport is critical because it facilitates international trade
Bulky goods are usually transported by shipLandlocked states are at the mercy of other states for the use of their seaportsSlide17
Practice Questions
A Nation-State is most often defined by its twin attributes of sovereignty and
Religious Tolerance
Social Democracy
Ethnic Homogeneity
Economic Prosperity
A Strong Anti-terrorist policy
Spain
colonized much of Central and South America, yet in the 19th century, the end result of these
efforts wasa war between Spain and its territories in North Africaa war between Central America and the largest nations in South America
a
series of government strikes in Spain and Portugal
a
series of revolutionary movements in Central and South America
the unification
of Spain’s Central American and South
American coloniesSlide18
Western imperialist policies of the 20th and 21st centuries have been
most deeply influenced
by
South
African imperialismBelgian imperialism
German
imperialism
Portuguese
imperialismBritish imperialismThe largest number of landlocked states are found in
Africa. East Asia.the Middle East.
Southeast Asia.
South America.Slide19
Complete the following analogy:
a compact state is to circular as
a
prorupted
state is to extended.
a perforated state is to pierced.
an elongated state is to narrow
fragmented state is to pieces.
All of the above are correct
.Which country controlled the most colonial territory in 1914?United States
Japan
Germany
France
United Kingdom