Political Geography

    Today in class we took the test on the religions. After we took it, Mr. Schick graded it right away and we got to see out grades. I got an 80, which isn't too bad, but I thought I did better on it. Once we saw our grades, we started to talk about Political Geography. We discussed how the world is organized. It is separated into four different categories. Those categories are: country, nation, state, and nation-state. Country is the identifiable land area on a map and is a piece of geography. Nation is a population of a cultural group that has people who have a shared identity. It is a homogeneous group and is larger than a single tribe or community. A nation shares common language, institutions, religion, and historical experience. State is synonymous to country and is a population under a single government. When a state is called an independent state, it means that it has boundaries, an organized economy, education, transportation, government, sovereignty, external recognition, and living people. A Nation-State is a single culture under a single government. Its a nation that has the same border as a state.