AP HUG Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. the ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states. ex. the power of a king to rule his people
  2. 3. an attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state. ex. same language
  3. 6. a group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to or connected with the parent nation. ex. Massachusetts (before the formation of the United States)
  4. 9. a state that doesn't have a direct outlet to the sea. ex. Afghanistan
  5. 12. a state that contains two or more ethnicities with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities. ex. Russia
  6. 13. a small neutral country situated between two larger hostile countries, serving to prevent the outbreak of regional conflict. ex. Switzerland
  7. 14. a state that encompasses a very small land area. ex. Vatican city
  8. 15. belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism ex. France used mercantilism in the 16th century
  9. 17. a large group or collection of people with common characteristics attributed to them. ex. the Irish
  10. 18. a state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality. Ex. Japan
  11. 19. an ethnic/national minority that doesn't possess its own state and is not the majority population in any nation-state. ex. the Kurds
  12. 20. a conflict between two or more contending ethnic groups. ex. in Georgia, the Georgians vs the Ossetians
Down
  1. 1. the process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power. ex. the 1st, 4th, and 12th districts in North Carolina
  2. 4. a process by which a state breaks down through conflict among its ethnicities. ex. Yugoslavia broke into 5 independent countries and Kosovo
  3. 5. a sovereign state comprising a city and its immediate surrounding countryside. ex. Thebes (Ancient Egyptian)
  4. 7. a boundary that is a simple straight line. ex. Libya and Chad
  5. 8. a nation that transcends the borders of two or more states. ex. the Yoruba People.
  6. 10. a state in which the distance from the center to any boundary doesn't vary significantly. ex, Poland
  7. 11. a boundary that coincides with significant features of the natural landscape. ex. Pyrenees Mountains between France and Spain
  8. 16. an area organized into political units and ruled by an established government that has no control over its internal and foreign affairs. ex. the United States