Nation-States…
How might the place a population chooses to settle and the size of the population affect development of the area?
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How might the place a population chooses to settle and the size of the population affect development of the area?
PushPull
Nation ◦ Group of people with shared culture ◦ Strong sense of nationalism State ◦ Political term ◦ Independent with full control ◦ specific territory ◦ AKA: Country
Nation and State occupy the same territory - many countries of the world are Nation-States
What is a State-less Nation? Basques of Spain Rohingya of South Asia Kurds of Iraq Palestinians of Israel (This is changing)
Democracy ◦ Citizens hold power ◦ Direct Democracy or Elected representatives Monarchy ◦ Ruling family, king or queen ◦ May or may not share power with people
Dictatorship ◦ Individual or group holds ALL power ◦ Ex. Communism ◦ Government and Economic system ◦ Power held by government for the people ◦ Ex.
Scenario: We are creating a new country called Heuyardland How big should it be? What shape should it be? Where in the world should it be?
Size ◦ The larger the nation, the greater the potential it has to be powerful ◦ Ex. Shape ◦ Fragmented, ex. ◦ Compact, ex. ◦ Long, ex.
Location ◦ _____________ vs. Water Access Problems?
Natural Boundaries vs Artificial Boundaries
1. In what way does population help determine the “status” of a country or location? 2. Can we make inferences from these statistics? If so, How?
You are creating a country, be sure to NAME it On your sheet, list 10 characteristics that you would give your country: ◦ List them in order of the most important, explain why Ex. Is it more important for a country to be a monarchy or compact? Be sure to consider: size, shape, location, type of government, boundaries with other countries, one/several ethnic groups within the country