Today in human geo class we took notes on countries, States, and nations. A country is an identifiable land area. A nation is a population (group of people larger than a single tribe or community,which may share a common language, institutions, religions, and/or historical experience) with a common culture, and shared identity. A State is population under a single government; can be synonymous with "country". An independent State has a space or territory which has internationally recognized boundaries.
Human Geography Class Today in human geography class we talked about maps. The main map almost every school uses is a Mercator map. Mr. Schick showed us a video from a tv show that used to air a couple years ago. The clip we watched was about a group of people that were having a discussion with the president on changing the maps that almost every school uses. They showed the president how inaccurate the Mercator map was. It showed Africa as a small continent, when really it is much larger, and it makes the United States much larger looking than it really is. The group proposed the idea and came up with a solution to the problem. They wanted to replace the maps with a new, more accurate map called the gall-peters map. After the video, Mr. Schick continued to le...
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