Unit 4 Political Geography

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Across
  1. 3. a national government allowing a regional government to more power to self govern
  2. 4. the ability of a country to govern itself without outside influence
  3. 9. movement people that are trying to gain political independence for some area that they think should be its own country
  4. 14. the idea that nations should rule themselves instead of being controlled by others
  5. 16. a region caught between stronger colliding external forces, under persistent stress, often fragmented by aggressive rivals
  6. 17. a very cohesive ethnicity - the distinction between the two is not clear
  7. 18. boundary a former border between countries that can still be detected on the cultural landscape
  8. 20. boundary the extensions of a country's territory that extend into the oceans around them
  9. 21. boundary a type of subsequent boundary that tries to divide the existing groups of people between two countries
  10. 22. nation a nationality that does not have a country and isn't the majority in any country which implies that they "should" have a country of their own
Down
  1. 1. region an area inside of a country that has great power to control itself more than other areas in the country
  2. 2. boundary a boundary that is imposed on the cultural landscape which ignores pre-existing cultural patterns
  3. 5. state a country that has two or more nations of people inside of it
  4. 6. boundary a border drawn after an area is settled
  5. 7. a country where the vast majority of the people are of the same ethnicity (nationality)
  6. 8. when one country dominates colonies far from their home country and often imposes their culture on them
  7. 10. gaining indirect control of another country through economic or cultural pressures (as opposed to colonisalism which generally used military power)
  8. 11. zone an area previously in conflict from which weapons and military forces have been removed
  9. 12. when a more powerful country acquires full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically
  10. 13. boundary a border that is a straight line and drawn without taking into account the physical and cultural features of the land
  11. 15. boundary a border that has divided people since before history was written
  12. 19. a border that separates administrative units such as countries or provinces