APHUG Topic 4.1- Introduction To Political Geography

What is a state?

• Area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs

• A group with a common culture (think ethnicity)

• A country who's population possesses a substantial degree of cultural homogeneity and unity

• A country that contains more than one ethnicity with traditions of self-determination

Which of the following is true about states?

• Occupies defined territory

• Lesser degree of freedom

• Permanent Population

• Group of people without a state

(a)   are the building blocks of the world map

Which is the largest state?

• Russia

• Monaco

• United States

• Canada

What is the smallest state?

• Russia

• United States

• Monaco

• Greenland

(a)   - a group with a common culture

What is a nation-state?

• An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs

• A defined area within a state with a high degree of self-government and freedom from its parent state

• A country whose population possesses a substantia degree of cultural homogeneity and unity

• A nation that has no state of its own but stretches' across borders of other states

Which of the following are examples of nation-states? (Select all that apply)

• Denmark

• United States

• Slovenia

• Japan

• Canada

What is a stateless nation?

• A country that contains more than one ethnicity with traditions of self-determination

• A country whose population possesses a substantial degree of cultural homogeneity and unity

• A group with a common culture

• The case of an ethnic group of people without a state

Which of the following are examples of stateless nations? (Select all that apply)

• Palestinians

• Canada

• Basque

• Russia