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- 3. Forces that tend to unite or bind a country together.
- 7. A state that exhibits a narrow, elongated land extension leading away from the main territory.
- 10. A state or territory that is small in both population and area.
- 13. A state whose territory is long and narrow in shape.
- 16. The drawing of new electoral district boundary lines in response to population changes.
- 17. The study of the interplay between political relations and the territorial context in which they occur.
- 19. The expansion and perpetuation of an empire.
- 20. The process of a reallocation of electoral seats to defined territories.
- 22. An area where borders are shifting and weak and where peoples of different cultures or nationalities meet and lay claim to the land.
- 23. A global supranational organization established at the end of World War II to foster international security and cooperation.
- 26. A state that is not a contiguous whole but rather separated parts.
- 27. The contentious political process by which a state may break up into smaller countries.
- 28. Agreement signed on January 1, 1994, that allows the opening of borders between the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
- 30. A bounded territory that is part of a particular state but is separated from it by the territory of a different state.
- 33. Old political boundaries that no longer exist as international borders, but that have left an enduring mark on the local cultural or environmental geography.
- 38. The view that states resemble biological organisms with life cycles that include stages of youth, maturity, and old age.
- 42. A country whose population possesses a substantial degree of cultural homogeneity and unity.
- 43. The choice expressed collectively by the electoral college to determine the president and vice-president of the United States.
- 44. A state that possesses a roughly circular, oval, or rectangular territory in which the distance from the geometric center is relatively equal in all directions.
- 45. Any dispute over land ownership.
- 46. The process of establishing the representative and accountable forms of government led by popularity elected officials.
- 47. A system of government in which power is distributed among certain geographical territories rather than concentrated within a central government.
- 48. International organization comprising Western European countries to promote free trade among members.
- 49. A region of persistent political fragmentation due to devolution and centrifugal forces.
Down
- 1. The designation of voting districts so as to favor a particular political party or candidate.
- 2. Boundary line drawn in an area ignoring the existing cultural pattern.
- 4. Tightly knit group of individuals sharing a common language, ethnicity, religion, and other cultural attributes.
- 5. A group of people with a common political identity who do not have a territorially defined, sovereign country of their own.
- 6. Law establishing states' rights and responsibilities concerning the ownership and use of the earth's seas and oceans and their resources.
- 8. Organization of three or more states to promote shared objectives.
- 9. The perpetuation of a colonial empire even after it is no longer politically sovereign.
- 11. A policy of advocating for the return of a territory to a country it formerly belonged to.
- 12. Political boundaries that correspond with prominent physical features such as mountain ranges or rivers.
- 14. A sense of national pride to such an extent of exalting one nation above all others.
- 15. A certain number of electors from each state proportional to and seemingly representative of that state's population. Each elector chooses a candidate, believing they are representing their constituency's choice.
- 18. A form of an international organization that brings several autonomous states together for a common purpose.
- 21. A state whose territory completely surrounds that of another state.
- 23. A state governed constitutionally as a unit, without internal divisions or a federalist delegation of powers.
- 24. A state whose government is either believed to be divinely guided or a state under the control of a group of religious leaders.
- 25. A politically organized territory that is administered by a sovereign government and is recognized by the international community.
- 29. The economic division between the wealthy countries of Europe and North America, Japan, and Australia and the generally poorer countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
- 31. Boundary Line established after an area has been settled that considers the social and cultural characteristics of the area.
- 32. Political boundaries that are defined and delimited by straight lines.
- 34. Any small and relatively homogenous group or region surrounded by another larger and different group or region.
- 35. The idea that political destabilization in one country can lead to collapse of political stability in neighboring countries, starting a chain reaction of collapse.
- 36. The spatial analysis of political phenomena and processes.
- 37. Forces that tend to divide a country.
- 39. A boundary line established before an area is populated.
- 40. The delegation of legal authority from a central government to lower levels of political organization, such as a state or country.
- 41. Hypothesis proposed by Halford Mackinder that held that any political power based in the heart of Eurasia could gain enough strength to eventually dominate the world.