In human geography, we learned about the different kind of maps. The one used by most people is called the Mercator map. It is very much distorted however, and makes America seem a lot more bigger then it actually is. We discussed it was most likely made this way to stress the importance of America. The second kind of map we discussed was called the Galls-Peters map. It was a lot different from what I was used to so it was slightly uncomfortable to look at. It made Africa seem a lot bigger then on the Mercator map. It was actually pretty cool to see the difference between the two maps and really challenged my perception of the Earth. Mr. Schick also made a point that there is nothing stopping us from just flipping the map upside down. He flipped the Peters map and it was strange looking. This also made me think about my view of the Earth. It was an interesting class.
Political Geography
Today in human geography we talked about Political Geography. The world is organized by country, nation and state. A country is an identifiable land area and a nation is a population(group of people) with a common culture. A state is a population under a single government. This term can be synonymous with country. Nation as a status means a group of people with a shared identity, like a culture group. Nations are groups of people larger then a single tribe or community, which may share a common language, institutions, religion, and or historical experience. An independent, state has space or territory which had internationally recognized boundaries, has people who live there on an ongoing basis, has economic activity, an organized economy which regulates foreign and domestic trade and issues money, and has power in social engineering such as education.
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