1. Population, urban, and political geography
Unit 1 Day 6
Chapter 4 Sections 2-5

2. What is (or isn’t) a state?
All states must have:
Population
Territory
Sovereignty
Government
Must have control of internal and external affairs
supreme power or authority.
the authority of a state to govern itself or another state.
a self-governing state
Countries and nations are all considered state
Lead into 4 types of government

3. What are the basic forms of government?
1. Democracy: elected representatives hold political power Example: United States 2. Monarchy: ruling family with king or queen that may share power Example: United Kingdom or Saudi Arabia 3. Dictatorship: individual holds all political power Example: North Korea or Afghanistan 4. Communist: government holds all power, economic and political Example: Cuba
The Communist Party of Cuba (Spanish: Partido Comunista de Cuba, PCC) is the only political party permitted to rule in the Republic of Cuba, although others exist. It is a communist party of the Marxist-Leninist model.

4. What is urban geography?
How space is used in cities
Suburbs: borders of the city
City and suburbs combined make the metropolitan area
Cities are located based on transportation and natural resources

5. What is economic geography?
Production and exchange of goods
Traditional: bartering, no money is used
Command: government controlled, called planned economy
Market: demand of consumers, also called capitalism

6. What are natural resources?
Materials on or in the earth that hold value
Renewable: can be replaced
Example: Trees and seafood
Nonrenewable: cannot be replaced once removed
Example: Metals, fossil fuels, coal, and natural gas

7. How do states develop?
Infrastructure: basic support systems to keep economy going
Example: Transportation, water, sanitation, and education
GDP: (Gross Domestic Product)- total value of all goods and services produced within a country during a year