Political Geography

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Across
  1. 4. A nation that does not control its own state.
  2. 7. This determined territorial rights on the ocean.
  3. 10. A state that had multiple nations residing in it.
  4. 12. Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states.
  5. 15. A type of boundary that is drawn by an outside force.
  6. 17. Old political boundaries that no longer exist as international borders, but that have left an enduring mark on the local cultural or environmental geography.
  7. 19. A group of people with a shared culture and history.
  8. 21. Theory proposed by Halford Mackinder that held that any political power based in the hearth of Eurasia could gain enough strength to eventually dominate the world.
  9. 22. A part of a state that is allowed to have a level of sovereignty apart from the rest of the state.
  10. 25. The step in making a boundary where the legal terminology is created
  11. 26. When power shifts from the central government to regional governments
  12. 28. The agreement that replaced NAFTA
  13. 29. A military organization that include most of Europe and North America.
  14. 30. A high-level intergovernmental forum that addresses issues faced by the Arctic governments and the indigenous people of the Arctic.
  15. 34. Agreement signed January 1, 1994, that allows the opening of borders between the United States, Mexico, and Canada
  16. 38. A state that has full autonomy
  17. 41. An economic supranational organization in SE Asia.
  18. 42. A type of boundary that is man-made and typically a straight line.
  19. 44. A conceptual division of the Earth's water surface areas using physiographic or geopolitical criteria. As such, it usually bounds areas of exclusive national rights over mineral and biological resources, encompassing maritime features, limits and zones.
  20. 45. A state that is made up predominantly of the the same ethnicity.
  21. 46. The attempt by and individual or group to affect, influence, or control people, phenomena, and relationships, by delimiting and asserting control over a geographic area. sovereignty.
  22. 48. Designed after the census determines where house members are apportioned.
  23. 50. The idea that formers colonies are still heavily reliant on their former colonizers for economic development.
  24. 51. A narrow passage that causes traffic to funnel as it passes
  25. 52. A surpanational organization created to promote unity and solidarity in Africa
  26. 53. The advocacy of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial, governmental or gender separation from the larger group.
Down
  1. 1. The enforcement and maintaining of a boundary by government
  2. 2. The step in making a boundary where it is put on a map
  3. 3. A region caught between stronger colliding external cultural-political forces, under persistent stress, and often fragmented by aggressive rivals.
  4. 5. A boundary drawn to drawn to accommodate existing religious, linguistic, ethnic, or economic differences between countries.
  5. 6. Semi-autonomous regions in the United States
  6. 8. An organization of 3 or more states working together for a common goal.
  7. 9. Any position advocating annexation of territories administered by another state on the grounds of common ethnicity or prior historical possession, actually or alleged.
  8. 11. The use of violence or intimidation on civilians to achieve a political motive.
  9. 13. The economic union of European states.
  10. 14. The step in making a boundary where it is physically marked on the land
  11. 16. Nicholas Spykman's theory that the domination of the costal fringes of Eurasia would provide the base for the world conquest.
  12. 18. An area 200 miles from the shore in which a state has rights to explore, exploit, and manage natural resources in the seas.
  13. 20. Ratzels theory that states resemble biological organisms with life cycles that include stages of youth, maturity, and old age.
  14. 23. The drawing of political districts to favor a political party.
  15. 24. The process of promoting democratic ideas
  16. 27. A unifying force
  17. 31. A force that tears a state apart
  18. 32. A state that power is shared between local and federal governments.
  19. 33. The ability of a country to chose their own form of government. Applied to Europe following WWI.
  20. 35. The desire to get rid of multinational state and create nation-state by killing off other groups or forcibly relocating them.
  21. 36. A boundary drawn across an area before it is well populated and before there is any culture landscape.
  22. 37. The drawing of a new electoral district boundary lines in response to population changes.
  23. 39. A boundary that is formed after people are already living in an area.
  24. 40. A belt of coastal waters extending at most 12 nautical miles from the baseline of a coastal state.
  25. 43. A form of nationalism in which the "nation" is defined in terms of ethnicity.
  26. 47. Determines whether the government of a unit has the right to rule a states people and territory.
  27. 49. A form of govt where the federal government has all the power