Across
- 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.
- 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.
- 7. A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular nation.
- 8. An internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials.
- 12. A state that does not have a direct outlet to the sea.
- 13. A country that is not fully democratic or fully autocratic but rather displays a mix of the two types.
- 14. An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs.
- 16. A country in which citizens elect leaders and can run for office.
- 18. An invisible line that marks the extent of a state’s territory.
- 19. The process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power.
- 20. A state that completely surrounds another one.
- 23. A territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent.
- 25. The concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves.
- 26. A sovereign state comprising a city and its immediately surrounding countryside.
- 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. An attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory.
- 3. A state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly.
- 5. A condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries or alliances of countries.
- 6. An internal organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local government.
- 9. A country that is run according to the interests of the ruler rather than the people.
- 10. A large group of people who are united by common cultural characteristics, such as language and ethnicity, or by shared history.
- 11. A state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory.
- 15. Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states.
- 17. A zone separating two states in which neither state exercises political control.
- 21. A state with a long, narrow shape.
- 22. An otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension.
- 24. A state that encompasses a very small land area.