2006-08-14 09:44:55 · 3 answers · asked by queensbridgeboi 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
One of the definition of a frontier is a boundary or the area immediately inside the boundary. The idea that a boundary is shifting can be applied to different areas.
A shifting frontier of science would be referring to the fact that science is always changing and growing, and always with new areas.
In wartime, a shifting frontier would be an international border which is constantly being renegotiated.
In referring to space, it would be referring to whatever aspect of settlement or exploration is current.
2006-08-14 09:54:36 · answer #1 · answered by maî 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A shifting frontier is one that moves. For example, the Allegheny Mountains served as a frontier for the Colonies in America for many years. Then with expansion, the frontier began to move west to St. Louis and then slowly to the West Coast.
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2006-08-14 18:29:57 · answer #2 · answered by No one 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A good example is what happened as the United States expanded west.
2006-08-14 16:55:04 · answer #3 · answered by BOB W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋