Geography 1400F/G Study Guide - Final Guide: Infant Mortality, Millennium Development Goals, Industrial Revolution

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Format: multiple choice (40 questions, 1 mark each, short answer (5 questions, 4 marks each, short answer part 2 (10 question, choose 5, 6 marks each) Lecture 6 & chapter 8 politics and space. Political geography the study of the spatial dimension of human conflict and cooperation on this planet. Studies the actions of governments and institutions rather than those of actual people. How those nations can form the foundation of states. How states claim space as their territory. How states compete for territory and negotiate boundaries between each other. A group of people sharing a common culture/trait/identity and an attachment to some territory: traits may include: language, religion, history, ethnic ancestry. Nations that do not currently have a state of their own (ex/ kurds, basque) A state who"s population is formed by two or more distinct nations (ex/canada, great britain) The belief that a nation and a state should be congruent.