Political Geography

Today in human geography we too our retake test. I did really well on it and I got a 93%. I'm happy about this because I knew that I could have done better on the first test, and it turns out that I could.
For the rest of the class we started a new unit called Political Geography. This unit sounds a little more challenging than the rest.
The world is divided into three different parts.

1. A country
• an identifiable land area
2. A State (with a capital "S")
• a population under a single government
• a synonym is a "country  
3. Nation-state
• a single culture under a single government
• a nation which has the same boarders as the State

Nation- a cultural group of people that share the same identity, like languages, religion, institutions, and historical experience.

Independent State:

• Has territory with boundaries
• People live there on a regular basis
• An organized country regulated by money, trade, and foreign issues
• Has education 
• Has transportation
• Has a government
• Has sovereignty
• This means that no other State should have power over other countries
• External recognition
• Has been voted on by other countries