Political Geography Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. The international trade and movement of goods, services, and ideas.
  2. 5. A group that seeks to break away from a larger political entity to form an independent state.
  3. 8. A territory that is controlled and governed by a foreign power.
  4. 9. A feeling that people have of being loyal to and proud of their country often with the belief that it is better and more important than other countries. Compare to Patriotism.
  5. 12. A sovereign state whose citizens are relatively homogenous in factors like language or ethnicity.
  6. 14. The movement of people from one place to another
  7. 16. A neutral country that lies between two larger or more powerful countries, serving to reduce the chance of conflict between them.
  8. 18. A region or territory that has declared independence but is not widely recognized as a sovereign state (e.g., Palestine, Kosovo, Taiwan
  9. 19. The term applied to associations created by three or more states for their mutual benefit and achievement of shared objectives; An international group that promotes cooperation among countries (e.g., United Nations, European Union).
  10. 22. The period after a country gains independence from colonial rule
  11. 25. Fundamental human rights based on universal natural law, as opposed to those based on man-made laws.
  12. 27. Information, often biased or misleading, that is used to promote a particular idea, cause, or viewpoint
  13. 28. The authority of a state to govern itself or another state.
  14. 30. The position of a place in relation to other places.
  15. 31. The right of people or groups to make their own choices about their political status and how they want to govern themselves.
Down
  1. 1. Movement INTO a new country to live and work.
  2. 2. Division
  3. 4. The exact location on earth, an address or latitude/longitude coordinates.
  4. 6. A dividing line between countries, states, or territories.
  5. 7. A loose union of states that may have a larger national governing body
  6. 10. Kingdoms in which the ruler’s power is limited by a constitution
  7. 11. A nation of people that does not have a territory to legally occupy.
  8. 13. A disagreement over the location of a boundary between two territories.
  9. 15. When voting district boundaries are changed in a way that gives an unfair advantage to one political party.
  10. 17. Platforms or systems that connect individuals and groups to share information and ideas.
  11. 20. A sovereign state (country) within the borders of another country
  12. 21. A part of a country that is separated from the main part and is surrounded by land that belongs to other countries
  13. 23. A country the size of a city and its immediately surrounding areas.
  14. 24. Movement FROM a country to a new one. (EXIT)
  15. 26. A group of people with common cultural ties.
  16. 29. A political entity with defined borders and sovereignty.