GEOG 1HA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Authority Control
5 Apr 2017
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Political geography: the study of geographical manifestation of political phenomena. Especially the effect that states have on individual and group behaviours. Most cultural groups (as de ned by language, or religion, or common ancestry) see themselves as having a national identity e. g. they are a nation. Nation: a group of people sharing a common culture and an emotional attachment to some territory: nations are cultural entities, nation = a cohesive / singular cultural group (de ned by language, religion, ethnicity) + attachment to territory. In addition to cultural groups, people are also divided into political units. State: a political unit associated with an area with de ned (and generally. Wednesday, march 22, 2017 recognized) boundaries: states are political entities, states can take many forms. Territory: the geographic area (spatial extent) of states; usually with de ned and acknowledged boundaries: territory is a spatial/geographical entity.
