Political Geography

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Across
  1. 2. countries composed entirely of islands
  2. 3. group of frequently ethnic grouped-identification with a particular region of a state rather than with the state as a whole
  3. 4. divisive force
  4. 8. redrawing voting district boundaries in such a way as to give one political party maximum electoral advantage; reducing another e.g blacks right after civil war
  5. 9. a pre-existing boundary
  6. 11. the action of an ethnic group trying to separate and gain independence from the dominant state/ independent political unit occupying a defined, permanently populated territory having full sovereignty
  7. 13. the natural landscape plus visible elements of material culture
  8. 16. sense of unity binding the people of a state together; devotion of interests of a particular country or nation
  9. 17. a state that is completely surrounded by another state
  10. 18. boundary without obvious physical geographic basis
  11. 21. aka UNCLOS; 1994, constitution for the ocean to protect resources
  12. 23. a part of a state separated from the mainland by water or another state
  13. 24. boundary line placed over an existing cultural pattern
  14. 28. term applied to associations created by three or more states for their mutual benefit
  15. 29. unifying force
  16. 31. boundary without obvious physical geographic basis
  17. 32. the calculated use of violence (or threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature
  18. 34. States roughly circular in shape
  19. 37. boundary line based on recognized physio-graphic features; e.g mountains, rivers
  20. 38. state whose territory is interrupted by a separated, independent state totally contained in its borders
  21. 39. boundary that has been established after the area in question has been settled and cultural characteristics are the bounded area
  22. 40. policy of a state wishing to incorporate within itself inhabited by people who have ethnic or linguistic links with the country but that lies within a neighboring state
  23. 41. culturally distinctive group of people occupying a specific territory and bound together by a sense of unity from a shared ethnicity or customs
Down
  1. 1. disagreement between states over the control of the surface area
  2. 5. long and narrow; most likely to be isolated and have more diversity of climate, resources, and people.
  3. 6. aka separatism; movement by a dissident minority intent to achieve partial or total independence piece of territory from the dominant state around it
  4. 7. state basically compacted in form but with one or more narrow extensions of territory
  5. 10. try to rid of a minority group by death or force
  6. 12. the study of geographical elements of the organization and results of elections
  7. 14. aka EU; economic association established in 1957 by a number of West European countries; free trade
  8. 15. state whose territory is identical to that occupied by a particular ethnic group or nation
  9. 19. aka ethnographic boundary; boundary line that coincides with some cultural division; e.g religion
  10. 20. when neighboring states disagree over policies to be applied over a boundary
  11. 22. aka EEZ; zone of exploration extending 200 nautical miles seaward from a coastal state, established by the (UNCLOS)
  12. 25. disagreement about the actual location of a boundary
  13. 26. branch of human geography concerned with the spatial analysis of political phenomena
  14. 27. disagreement over the control or use of shared resources, such as boundary river or jointly claimed fishing grounds
  15. 30. the feeling that one was primary alligence to a traditional group or nation rather than to the state they are within
  16. 33. a former boundary; marked by some cultural landscape
  17. 35. the center, heart, or focus, such as the national heartland, the largest population, or most productive area
  18. 36. transfer of certain powers form the state central gov. to separate political subdivisions