Across
- 2. countries composed entirely of islands
- 3. group of frequently ethnic grouped-identification with a particular region of a state rather than with the state as a whole
- 4. divisive force
- 8. redrawing voting district boundaries in such a way as to give one political party maximum electoral advantage; reducing another e.g blacks right after civil war
- 9. a pre-existing boundary
- 11. the action of an ethnic group trying to separate and gain independence from the dominant state/ independent political unit occupying a defined, permanently populated territory having full sovereignty
- 13. the natural landscape plus visible elements of material culture
- 16. sense of unity binding the people of a state together; devotion of interests of a particular country or nation
- 17. a state that is completely surrounded by another state
- 18. boundary without obvious physical geographic basis
- 21. aka UNCLOS; 1994, constitution for the ocean to protect resources
- 23. a part of a state separated from the mainland by water or another state
- 24. boundary line placed over an existing cultural pattern
- 28. term applied to associations created by three or more states for their mutual benefit
- 29. unifying force
- 31. boundary without obvious physical geographic basis
- 32. the calculated use of violence (or threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature
- 34. States roughly circular in shape
- 37. boundary line based on recognized physio-graphic features; e.g mountains, rivers
- 38. state whose territory is interrupted by a separated, independent state totally contained in its borders
- 39. boundary that has been established after the area in question has been settled and cultural characteristics are the bounded area
- 40. policy of a state wishing to incorporate within itself inhabited by people who have ethnic or linguistic links with the country but that lies within a neighboring state
- 41. culturally distinctive group of people occupying a specific territory and bound together by a sense of unity from a shared ethnicity or customs
Down
- 1. disagreement between states over the control of the surface area
- 5. long and narrow; most likely to be isolated and have more diversity of climate, resources, and people.
- 6. aka separatism; movement by a dissident minority intent to achieve partial or total independence piece of territory from the dominant state around it
- 7. state basically compacted in form but with one or more narrow extensions of territory
- 10. try to rid of a minority group by death or force
- 12. the study of geographical elements of the organization and results of elections
- 14. aka EU; economic association established in 1957 by a number of West European countries; free trade
- 15. state whose territory is identical to that occupied by a particular ethnic group or nation
- 19. aka ethnographic boundary; boundary line that coincides with some cultural division; e.g religion
- 20. when neighboring states disagree over policies to be applied over a boundary
- 22. aka EEZ; zone of exploration extending 200 nautical miles seaward from a coastal state, established by the (UNCLOS)
- 25. disagreement about the actual location of a boundary
- 26. branch of human geography concerned with the spatial analysis of political phenomena
- 27. disagreement over the control or use of shared resources, such as boundary river or jointly claimed fishing grounds
- 30. the feeling that one was primary alligence to a traditional group or nation rather than to the state they are within
- 33. a former boundary; marked by some cultural landscape
- 35. the center, heart, or focus, such as the national heartland, the largest population, or most productive area
- 36. transfer of certain powers form the state central gov. to separate political subdivisions