POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY1 What are the 5 largest (area) states in the world? 2 List as many microstates as you can.(24) 3 What is the United Nations?When did it form? 4 Who are the 5 permanent

POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY Chapter 8: Key Issue 1 p. 261-267

MONDAY, JANUARY 22 LEARNING OBJECTIVE: I can explain how the contemporary political map has been shaped by events of the past.

Driving Questions ①  Where are states distributed?

②  Why are nation-states difficult to create?

③  Why do boundaries cause problems?

④  Why do states cooperate with each other?

1  What are the 5 largest (area) states in the world?

2  List as many microstates as you can. (24)

3  What is the United Nations? When did it form?

4  Who are the 5 permanent members (states) of the Security Council?

5  Name one multinational or multiethnic state.

6  What is the most populous remaining colony?

7  List as many landlocked countries as you can. (48)

Name That State!

Name That State!

Name That State!

Name That State!

Name That State!

15. Nation •  Area that has a large population and shares a common history

and culture (no physical borders) •  Kurds, Palestinians, Al-Qaeda, Koreans, Basques

16. State •  Political unit with government and sovereignty •  Sovereign: independent control of internal affairs (taxes, laws)

17. Nation-State •  Political unit with a clearly defined territory where the

population shares a common history and culture •  Japan, Western Europe (Denmark)

Let’s Review… •  State = country •  Territory = area controlled by a state •  Nation = cultural group (no physical boundaries) •  Nation-State = clearly defined cultural group (a nation)

occupying a spatially defined territory (a state)

18. Stateless Nation •  Group that shares common cultural history (a nation) without

sovereignty over a territory (a state) •  Kurds, Palestinians, ISIS

19. Multinational State •  Country with two

or more nationalities within its borders

•  United States, Canada, Russia

20. Multistate Nation •  Nation that

transcends the borders of two or more states

•  Kurdistan, the Koreas

21. Autonomous Region •  An area with a singular cultural group that is not incorporated

into the government in that state •  Kurds in northern Iraq, Native Americans in US •  Nunavut, Canada

22. Democratization •  The spread of representative government to more countries •  Arab Spring

! Overthrow of dictatorships in North Africa & the Middle East

State

Nation

Nation-State

Sovereignty

Territory

Stateless Nation

Multistate Nation

Multinational State

Autonomous Region

Separatism

United Nations Supranational organization formed in 1945 to promote global peace and cooperation

Homework DUE THURSDAY DUE FRIDAY Read: p. 282-285 Read: p. 268-271 Vocab: #38-43 Vocab: #22-23 Questions: #20-27 Questions: #9-15