Today in human geo class we took our test and started a new
topic. The new topic is political organization, along with world leaders and
map work. Some vocabulary for this unit are;
· Country
– a identifiable land are (on a map)
· Nation
– a population with a common culture
o
A group of people with a shared identity
o
Culturally homogeneous groups of people, larger
that a single tribe or community, which share a coming language, institutions,
religion & historical experience
· Capital
S State – population under a single Gov. (synonymous with “country”)
· Nation
State – a single culture under a single Gov. a notion which has the same
borders as a State
· Independent
State
o
Recognized boundaries
o
Organized economy (currency)
o
Internationally known
o
Has;
§ Education
§ Transportation
§ Government
§ Sovereignty
§ External
recognition
§ A population
After those notes, we started to watch a video about the
three big words, country, state, and nation. The speaker tried to be funny but
failed, tomorrow we will continue to go through the notes and finish the video.
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