Across
- 3. state that has more than one nation within their borders.
- 7. state in which the territorial boundaries encompass a group of people with a shared ethnicity.
- 10. a force that tends to break a state apart.
- 11. a state whose territory is not contiguous, but consists of isolated parts such as islands.
- 14. the process of redrawing legislative districts in order to benefit the party in power and ensure victory in elections.
- 16. an effort to expand the political influence of a state on a group of people in a neighboring state.
- 17. group of people bonded by cultural attributes such as language, ethnicity and religion.
Down
- 1. a force that tends to bind a state together.
- 2. a state where the distance from the center to any border does not vary significantly; roughly circular.
- 4. an invisible, vertical plane that separates one state from another, which includes both the airspace above the line on the surface and the ground below.
- 5. an alliance involving three or more states who have shared objectives that may be economic, political/military, or cultural.
- 6. a nation that aspires to become a nation-state but does not yet have their own territory.
- 8. a boundary that follows a straight line and may coincide with a line of latitude or longitude.
- 9. a boundary that follows a natural feature on the landscape such as a river, mountain range, or lake.
- 12. a formal region in which the government has sovereignty or control of its own affairs within its territorial boundaries.
- 13. intimidation of a population by violence in order to further political aims.
- 15. a boundary that encompasses a particular ethnic group.