Political Geography: Lesson One

When looking at images of Earth, we are able to easily tell ​ (a)   from ​ (b)   . What we cannot see are where ​ (c)   are located.

• land
• water
• boundaries

What is one of the earth's most important cultural characteristics?

• The division of the planet's surface into states.

• The territory taken over by the British.

• The languages that each country speaks.

• The ability of one group to become another.

Why are national boundaries more meaningful to people than the land they live on?

Political Geography is the study of the ​patterns and ​ (a)   humans have used throughout history to ​ (b)   different portions of the world. Essentially, political geography is the study of the relationship​ between ​ (c)   , ​ (d)   , and the ​ (e)   around the world.

• methods
• take over
• people
• politics
• territories

What is a state?

• an area of land that is not organized with citizens doing whatever they want

• an area organized into a unit and ruled by a government that has control over its structure and affairs

• a type of government where the citizens have complete complete control over their rights

• an area that has historical importance but no longer exists

Another word for a state is a

(a)  

Explain why the 50 states are not actual states of the world.

These areas take up a specific ​ (a)   on Earth’s surface and contains a ​ (b)   population.

• territory
• permanent

How does a microstate differ from a normal state?

• microstates exist within permanent locations

• microstates are much, much smaller than other states

• microstates have a different government than the larger states

• microstates only exist in one part of the world

Nations are a group of ​ (a)   bound together by some sense of a ​ (b)   ​ (c)   , ethnicity, language, shared ​ (d)   , and attachment to a ​ (e)   .

• people
• common
• culture
• history
• homeland