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6. List two reasons to create a prorupted state.
7. What is the term for a state that has no direct access to the sea?
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1. Elongated States: Potential Isolation
• Elongated states may suffer from poor internal communications.
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2. Compact States: Efficient
• In a compact state, the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly.
• The ideal theoretical compact state would be shaped like a circle, with the capital at the center and the shortest possible boundaries to defend.
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3. Prorupted States: Access or Disruption
• An otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension is a prorupted state.
• Proruptions are created for 2 reasons:• Access to a resource such as water• They can also separate two states that otherwise
would share a boundary.
When the British ruled the otherwise compact state of Afghanistan, they superimposed a proruption to the east that was to prevent Russia from sharing a border with Pakistan.
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4. Perforated States: South Africa
• A state that completely surrounds another is a perforated state.
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The most extreme fragmented state is Indonesia, made up of 13,677 islands.
What is Russia?
