1. Bell Work (1/6)
What do you think is the difference between a state and a nation?
Objective: Distinguish the difference between states, nations, and nation-states. Identify examples of each.

2. What is a state? The term country is a synonym for state 4 elements:
People – contains a permanent population
Territory – occupies a defined territory on the earth’s surface
Government – rules people
Sovereignty - control over its internal and foreign affairs, independent from other states
Concept of dividing world into independent states is recent

3. What is a nation? A social/cultural concept, more so tied to ethnicity
Historical community that shares common ancestry; a people with a sense of union with one another
How a nation is defined depends on the people who see themselves as part of the nation
People are part of a nation because they claim the nation as an identity
Not every nation has a state
Kurds, Palestinians
Some states contain more than one nation
Belgium, UK, Canada
Some nations are larger than one state
About 4 millions Jews live in Israel, many members of the Jewish nation living elsewhere in the world (US/Eastern Europe)

4. Geographic Relationships between States and Nations WS
Match the descriptions (1-8) to the corresponding graphic (A- H)
Next to each graphic, write how many states are present and how many nations are present
If possible, identify the states based on the description
We’ll do the first one together
Take your time and discuss with your group

5. Answers Palestinians, 3 states (Israel/Jordan/Syria), 1 nation
Icelanders, 1 state (Iceland), 1 nation
Flemings and Walloons, 1 state (Belgium), 2 nations
Albanians, 2 states (Albania/Kosovo), 1 nation
Hungarians, 2 states (Hungary, Romania), 1 nation
USSR, 1 state, over 100 nations
Bretons and Basques, 1 state (France), 2 nations
Germans, 3 states (Germany/Austria/Switzerland), 1 nation

6. What is a nation-state?
Based on our definitions of state and nation, what do you think a nation-state is?
A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular nation/ethnicity
Self-determination – concept that every nation/ethnicity has the right to govern themselves
Very few, if any, nation-states
Iceland, Sweden, Japan, Greece are mostly culturally homogenous with few minorities
Other countries operate as nation-states, allowing the dominant group to rule, while sizable ethnic minorities resides as 2nd class citizens
Israel (Palestinians), France (immigrant workers), China (Tibet)
Advantages of a nation-state?
Why is the idea of a nation-state not necessarily realistic?

7. How would you define the following?
Multistate nation
Example?
Multinational state
Stateless nation