SHAPES OF STATES – Flashcards
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five basic shape of states
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Compact, prorupted, elongated, fragmented
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Compact
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small and centralized. it is easily to manage since the government is close to all portions of the state.
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Compact states greatest advantage
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it help to keep the country together by making communications easier within it
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Compact states greatest advantage
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much easier to defend than states of other shapes
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disadvantage of compact states
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do not have as many natural resources as larger states
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examples of compact states
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Poland, Uruguay and Lesotho
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prorupted
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states has a long extension
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proruptions are created for two principal reasons
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- to provide a states with access to a resource such as water, - to separate two states that otherwise would share a boundary
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prorupted states greatest advantage
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the state gets easy access to the coast and the local resources around it.
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prorupted states greatest advantage
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examples of prorupted state
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Thailand, Southern Africa,
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Perforateds
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A perforated state completely surrounds another one,
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example of Perforated state
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South Africa since it surrounds Lesotho,
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Fragmented
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state includes several discontinuous pieces of territory,separated by a physical or human barrier
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all states that have offshore islands as part of their territory are,
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Fragmenteds
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Many portions of the state are separated by,
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oceans, lakes, and mountains
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Fragmented states separated by water example
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Tanzania, Indonesia,
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Fragmented states separated by an intervening state examples
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Angola , Russia , Panama , India,
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communication is difficult within the states
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state; since portions are separated form the main part of the country
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Elongateds
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An elongated shaped state is long and narrow,
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examples of Elongateds
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Malawi, Chile, Italy Gambia,
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This type of state also has many disadvantage
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they are difficult to defend, they suffer from poor internal communication
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advantages
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an elongated state encompasses a variety of landscapes
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Enclave,
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A country or part of a country that is surrounded by another.
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However an enclave does not have
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political affinity to the surrounding state. an enclave does not belong to another country
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For examples
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the Vatican City is an enclave of Rome,
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The Vatican City has its own government and is independent from
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Rome and Italy. it is not bound by the rules of Rome as well as the rules of Italy.
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exclave
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A part of a country that is isolated from the main part and is surrounded by foreign territory,
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Alaska is an
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example of an exclave.
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. Although it is separated form the U.S
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it shares boundaries with Canada
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Another example
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which is completely separated from the U.S. by the Pacific Ocean
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landlocked state
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lacks a direct access to the sea because it is completely surrounded by several other countries
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landlocked state are most common in
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Africa where 14 of the continent's 54 states have no direct ocean access
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what problems do landlocked state have
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they do not have direct access to ocean which is critical to states because it facilitates international trade
