Across
- 2. a state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality. Ex. Japan
- 3. a large group or collection of people with common characteristics attributed to them. ex. the Irish
- 5. a conflict between two or more contending ethnic groups. ex. in Georgia, the Georgians vs the Ossetians
- 8. a nation that transcends the borders of two or more states. ex. the Yoruba People.
- 9. 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
- 10. a boundary that coincides with significant features of the natural landscape. ex. Pyrenees Mountains between France and Spain
- 15. an attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state. ex. same language
- 18. an ethnic/national minority that doesn't possess its own state and is not the majority population in any nation-state. ex. the Kurds
- 19. a state that encompasses a very small land area. ex. Vatican city
- 20. 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
Down
- 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
- 4. a state in which the distance from the center to any boundary doesn't vary significantly. ex, Poland
- 6. 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
- 7. a boundary that is a simple straight line. ex. Libya and Chad
- 11. a state that doesn't have a direct outlet to the sea. ex. Afghanistan
- 12. a process by which a state breaks down through conflict among its ethnicities. ex. Yugoslavia broke into 5 independent countries and Kosovo
- 13. a small neutral country situated between two larger hostile countries, serving to prevent the outbreak of regional conflict. ex. Switzerland
- 14. belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism ex. France used mercantilism in the 16th century
- 16. a sovereign state comprising a city and its immediate surrounding countryside. ex. Thebes (Ancient Egyptian)
- 17. 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)