how do the people affect their country?. how might the place a population chooses to settle and the...
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PopulationHow do the people affect their country?
How might the place a population chooses to
settle and the size of the population affect
development of the area?
Do Now…
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How might the place a population chooses to settle and the size of the population affect development of the
area?
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More on Carrying Capacity
Push Pull
Push- Pull factors
Nation vs State
Nation◦ Group of people with shared
culture◦ Strong sense of nationalism
State◦ Political term◦ Independent with full control◦ specific territory◦ AKA: Country
Nation-States Nation and State occupy the same territory
- many countries of the world are Nation-States
T-P-S: One without the other
What is a State-less Nation?
Basques of SpainRohingya of South Asia
Kurds of IraqPalestinians of Israel (This is changing)
Types of Government
Democracy◦ Citizens hold power
◦ Direct Democracy or Elected representatives
Monarchy◦ Ruling family, king or queen◦ May or may not share power with
people
Types of Government, Cont. Dictatorship
◦ Individual or group holds ALL power
◦ Ex.
Communism◦ Government and Economic
system◦ Power held by government for
the people◦ Ex.
Country Characteristics Scenario: We are creating a new country
called Heuyardland How big should it be? What shape should it be? Where in the world should it be?
Country Characteristics Size
◦ The larger the nation, the greater the potential it has to be powerful
◦ Ex.
Shape◦ Fragmented, ex.◦ Compact, ex. ◦ Long, ex.
Country Characteristics
Country Characteristics Location
◦ _____________ vs. Water Access
Problems?
Country Boundaries Natural Boundaries vs Artificial Boundaries
1. In what way does population help
determine the “status” of a country or location?
2. Can we make inferences from these statistics? If
so, How?
TOTD
TOTD: My top Ten You are creating a country, be sure to NAME
it On your sheet, list 10 characteristics that
you would give your country:◦ List them in order of the most important, explain
why Ex. Is it more important for a country to be a
monarchy or compact? Be sure to consider: size, shape, location, type of
government, boundaries with other countries, one/several ethnic groups within the country