Across
- 5. , A boundary drawn after a cultural landscape is already in place.
- 6. , A small geographic area that could not be organized into a larger state due to conflicting ethnicities. (ex. Yugoslavia)
- 13. , a state of country whose three organs of state are governed constitutionally as one single unit, with tone constitutionally created legislature. powers are devolved, to an extent, to lower level governments.
- 14. , A force that unifies people.
- 15. , country or part of a country mostly surrounded by the territory of another country.
- 16. , A boundary line established before an area is populated.
- 17. , a state that is populated by a homogeneous ethnic group.
- 21. , a method of decision-making in political communities, wherein power is held by independent appointed officials or by representatives elected by the legislatures or people of the member states (ex. European Union)
Down
- 1. , An internal organizationof a state that allocates most powers to units of local government.
- 2. , A boundary drawn by a grid system; usually a straight line.
- 3. , An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government with control over its internal and foreign affairs.
- 4. , Legally adding land area to a city in the United States or legally adding land area to a country in the world.
- 7. , Laws previously in South Africa that separated different races into different geographic areas.
- 8. , The position that a state should be annexed because of ethnicity of prior historical possession.
- 9. , A force that divides a state, nation, or group.
- 10. , granting of powers from the central government of a state to government at national, regional, or local level.
- 11. , Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory.
- 12. , a homogenous ethnic group. (ex. Italians, Kurds, Azeri, Polish)
- 18. , Portion of a state that is surrounded by another state. This is significant because conflict may arise in this region of a state.
- 19. , Process of redrawing legislative boundaries to benefit the party in power.
- 20. , A boundary no longer observed but that still affects the present-day area.
- 22. , Defines the rights and responsibilities of nations in their use of the worlds oceans, establishing guidelines for businesses, the environment , and the management of marine natural resources.
