AIM: where are states located?

NationSovereign

state StateCountry

Nation State TerritoryColony Frontier

AIM: why is it significant for any nation to possess

a state of their own?

NationSovereign

state StateCountry

Nation State TerritoryColony Frontier

Questions• What is a nation?• … country?• … state?• … nation-state?• … city-state?• … micro-state?• … colony?

Remember…ethnicity?

…race?…nation

(nationality)?

Examples• Japan• France• Canada• USA• Australia

• Arabs• Zulus• Ibos•…•…

Which of the previous are

nations?Does an American nation exist? TWE, does the nation state exist? What about Italian Americans?

Compare Japan… to

The Peoples Republic of China (PRC) (China)

Very different

USA?

p.207

What is this country?

Just BTW

p.191

The attempt to legitimize one’s

existence…Mapping your “land” i.e.: country, state,

etc. legitimizes your existence. BTW, remember irredentism?

Germany?

South SudanSearch p.191>

Look for

Somaliland

p.204

Where is Kurdistan?

p.206

What does Balkanization

mean?

p.181

What’s the connection between Balkanization and

nationalism?

What’s the connection between any nation, nationalism and their state?

Microstates Somewhat subjective criteria…

Must be sovereign states.

Micro state vs. City-state

Microstates of sorts…

Doesn’t include colonies, territories, overseas departments etc.

Territories, Colonies, and Frontiers

Overseas Departments, Protectorates, and “Commonwealths.”

And

Under jurisdiction of another sovereign state.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/United_States_1805-07-1809.png

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/United_States_1842-1845-03.png

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/United_States_1865-1866.png

What about the UK?

UK United Kingdom

England

Scotland

IrelandNorthern Ireland

WalesBritain

Great BritainThe British Isles

http://geocurrents.info/geopolitics/key-to-map-of-geopolitical-anomalies

Subjective Opinion

Fin

Use your atlas to identify other microstates