Chapter 8 Political Geography

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Across
  1. 2. A state that contains two or more cultural groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities.
  2. 4. The threatened or actual use of illegal force and violence by a non state actor to attain a political, economic, religious, or social goal through fear, coercion, or intimidation.
  3. 7. A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular nation.
  4. 8. An internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials.
  5. 12. A state that does not have a direct outlet to the sea.
  6. 13. A country that is not fully democratic or fully autocratic but rather displays a mix of the two types.
  7. 14. An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs.
  8. 16. A country in which citizens elect leaders and can run for office.
  9. 18. An invisible line that marks the extent of a state’s territory.
  10. 19. The process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power.
  11. 20. A state that completely surrounds another one.
  12. 23. A territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent.
  13. 25. The concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves.
  14. 26. A sovereign state comprising a city and its immediately surrounding countryside.
  15. 27. A nuclear, biological, chemical, or other weapon that can kill and bring significant harm to a large number of humans or cause great damage to human-made structures, natural structures, or the biosphere.
Down
  1. 1. An attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory.
  2. 3. A state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly.
  3. 5. A condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries or alliances of countries.
  4. 6. An internal organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local government.
  5. 9. A country that is run according to the interests of the ruler rather than the people.
  6. 10. A large group of people who are united by common cultural characteristics, such as language and ethnicity, or by shared history.
  7. 11. A state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory.
  8. 15. Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states.
  9. 17. A zone separating two states in which neither state exercises political control.
  10. 21. A state with a long, narrow shape.
  11. 22. An otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension.
  12. 24. A state that encompasses a very small land area.