Across
- 5. a country that is run according to the interests of the ruler rather than the people.
- 9. condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries or alliances of countries.
- 10. the concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves
- 12. ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states.
- 14. a state with a long, narrow shape.
- 16. a state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly
- 17. an internal organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local government.
- 18. a state that contains more than one ethnicity
- 19. a sovereign state comprising a city and its immediate hinterland.
- 20. a state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory.
- 21. a country that is not fully democratic or fully autocratic but rather displays a mix of the two types.
Down
- 1. a zone separating two states in which neither state exercises political control.
- 2. a state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity.
- 3. a state that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities.
- 4. a state that completely surrounds another one.
- 6. an attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory.
- 7. an otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension.
- 8. the process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power
- 11. a state that does not have a direct outlet to the sea
- 13. an internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials.
- 15. a country in which citizens elect leaders and can run for office.