| 6002528512 | Natural border | Boundary created by a physical feature | | 0 |
| 6002528513 | Geometric border | Borders created using lines of longitude & latitude | | 1 |
| 6002528514 | Antecedent boundary | A boundary that is established before cultural landscape of an area | | 2 |
| 6002528515 | Subsequent boundary | Boundary that is established after cultural landscape | | 3 |
| 6002528516 | Superimposed boundary | Boundary forced on an existing cultural landscape, through conquest | | 4 |
| 6002528517 | Relic boundary | Border that is marked on the landscape despite no longer functioning as one (ex. Berlin Wall) | | 5 |
| 6002528518 | Nation-State | A state whose territory lines up with the geographical extent of a nation | | 6 |
| 6002528519 | Stateless nation | A nation that exists without a formalized state | | 7 |
| 6002528520 | Forward Capitol | A capitol in the interior of a country, marking recognition of different regions | | 8 |
| 6002528521 | Fragmented states | A state that is separated into parts | | 9 |
| 6002528522 | Elongated states | A long, narrow state w/ isolated outer edges | | 10 |
| 6002528523 | Multinational state | A state containing multiple nations | | 11 |
| 6002528524 | Nation | A cultural group that shares a defined territory | | 12 |
| 6002528525 | Exclave | A territorial part of a country that lies outside the main part of the state | | 13 |
| 6002528526 | State | Area w/ defined boundaries, national gov't, laws & territory | | 14 |
| 6002528527 | Enclave | Territorial part of a country, or country as a whole, that lies entirely within another state | | 15 |
| 6002528528 | Unitary state | the political power is centralized in a strong central government | | 16 |
| 6002528529 | Compact state | State with a roughly circular shape; most efficient kind of state | | 17 |
| 6002528530 | Perforated state | State that completely surrounds a territory that it does not rule | | 18 |
| 6002528531 | Federal state | power of the government is shared with local governments within the state | | 19 |
| 6002528532 | Prorupt state | State that is nearly compact, but has one or more extensions of territories | | 20 |
| 6002528533 | Devolution | National gov't relinquishing power to local or regional bodies | | 21 |
| 6002528534 | Supranationalism | Participation of countries in cooperative international organizations | | 22 |
| 6002535434 | landlocked | lacks a direct access to the sea because it is surrounded by other countries | | 23 |
| 6002538060 | frontier | a zone where no state exercises complete political control | | 24 |
| 6002545626 | balance of power | condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries or alliances | | 25 |
| 6002547102 | colony | a territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent | | 26 |
| 6002548371 | demarcation | marking a physical boundary on the landscape | | 27 |
| 6002549114 | buffer state | a neutral state between two rival powers | | 28 |
| 6002556713 | Al-Qaeda | Terrorist group headed by Osama Bin Laden responsible for the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in the United States | | 29 |
