GEOG 1HA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Real Country, Portuguese Angola, Cultural Identity
11 Jan 2017
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Introduction to political geography: states, nations & territories. Political units: the basic division of the world: closely related to language, religion, etc. (i. e. culture, q. Why does the political map of the world look like this: it reflects the current cultural differences as well as historical influences such as colonialism and globalization, etc, think about the world based on a map. What we are seeing on the map is political units e. g. states. How & why does this map change over time: reflects historical process over time. What are the geographical aspects of politics: strong connections between the political unit (e. g. nigeria) specific groupings of people with a diff language/religion. Political geography: the study of the geographical manifestations of political phenomena. Especially the effect that states have on individual & group behaviours. Most cultural groups (as defined by language, or religion, or common ancestry, etc. ) see themselves as having a national identity i. e. they are a nation.
