Across
- 1. A line or border separating two countries.
- 5. An independent or autonomous entity whose territory consists of a city which is not administered as a part of another local government.
- 9. A force which brings people together into a certain place.
- 13. A concept of secularism, whereby a state or country is to be officially neutral.
- 14. Manipulating the boundaries so as to favor one party or class; achieve a result by such manipulation.
- 15. A permanent union of political units for common action in relation to other units.
- 20. How a boundary was created and characteristics the boundary.
- 21. A country entirely closed by land.
- 23. A portion of territory of one state completely surrounded by territory of another or others, as viewed by the home territory.
- 25. Strife between ethnic groups often as a result of ethnic nationalism.
- 26. The statutory granting of powers from the central government of a sovereign state to government at a subnational level.
- 30. The act of creating a boundary around a place or thing.
- 31. Regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period, and coincided with Germany's sudden emergence as an imperial power.
- 34. Patriotic feeling principles or efforts; an extreme form of this especially marked by a feeling or superiority over other countries.
- 35. A group, usually a minority or ethnic group, considered a nation entitled to its own state for that nation.
- 36. An international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace.
- 37. Dispute in which states disagree about the definition of a boundary.
- 39. A small neutral country, situated between two larger hostile countries, serving to prevent the outbreak of regional conflict.
- 40. A term to describe the fragmentation of a region into several small states that are often hostile or non-cooperative with each other.
Down
- 2. The behavior and attitudes that stem from strong loyalty to one's own tribe or social group.
- 3. Exclusive Economic Zone; a seazone over which a state has special rights over the exploration and use of marine resources.
- 4. A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
- 6. A portion of territory within or surrounded by a larger territory whose inhabitants are culturally or ethnically distinct.
- 7. Something which drives people away from a certain place.
- 8. A system of the government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between a central governing authority and constituent political units.
- 10. A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.
- 11. A symbolic relocation of a capital city to a geographically or demographically peripheral location for economic or strategic reasons.
- 12. A political entity (a state) associated with a particular culture entity (a nation).
- 14. Politics, especially international relations, as influenced by geographical factors.
- 16. The theory or practice of regional, rather than central, systems of administration or economic, cultural, or political affiliation.
- 17. A sovereign state having a very small population or very small land area.
- 18. A union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.
- 19. A sovereign state which is viewed as compromising of two or more nations.
- 22. European Union; an economic and political union of 27 member states which are located primarily in Europe.
- 24. Supreme power or authority; the authority of a state to govern itself or another state.
- 27. The action or policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile country or influence.
- 28. A line that marks the limits of an area; a dividing line.
- 29. The doctrine that irrendenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related.
- 32. The undoing of colonialism; the unequal relation of polities whereby one people or nation establishes and maintains dependent Territory over another.
- 33. An economic union of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, originally established as a customs union in 1948.
- 38. Of, provided by, or concerned with the civil government of a country.