Across
- 3. lower and middle income countries.
- 4. economic and political structures have remained weak or grown weaker over the past decades; some of these countries have slid into poverty, violence, and civil conflict. They are sometimes also known as less developed countries of LDCs.
- 6. describes the system whereby a state extends its power to directly control territory, resources, and people beyond its borders.
Down
- 1. countries that have experienced dramatic rates of economic growth and democratization, to the point that they now resemble developed democracies in many ways. They are sometimes also known as newly industrializing countries or NICs.
- 2. indicates the physical occupation of a foreign territory through military force, businesses, or settlers.
- 5. single political authorities that have under their sovereignty a large number of external regions or territories and different people.