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NATIONS. Borders & Power. Jarrett Book: Chapter 15 (239 – 254). Essential Questions. What factors determine where boundaries between countries are established? How do different countries relate to each other?. Important Ideas.
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NATIONS Borders & Power Jarrett Book: Chapter 15 (239 – 254)
Essential Questions What factors determine where boundaries between countries are established? How do different countries relate to each other?
Important Ideas • Governments generally set up clear boundaries and exercise power within those boundaries. • Political units are created within boundaries. • Political maps show the borders of political units, such as countries, cities, towns, counties. • A nation’s level of power affects its international role.
When we discuss political divisions, borders, nations and terms like that, they can be confusing. A major problem is that people use some of these words in the wrong way. In other cases the same word might mean different things. If Texas is a “state” how can a country like Israel also be referred to as the “State of Israel”? What is the difference between a nation and a country? This stuff can seem confusing, but let’s try to keep it simple. A proper definition of these terms is less important than how they might be used in a question.
Even though they are different, you can think of these words as partners. They are sort of like non-identical twins. Government The area a government controls sets up a political unit or political region. & Political Unit Boundaries A border is a boundary that is set up by a political unit. & Borders Nation A country is a self-governed political unit and a nation is a group of people that share a common culture. & Country “Mini” Assignment: Follow all directions to complete the assignment. WE CANNOT GO ON UNTIL YOU PROVE TO ME YOU UNDERSTAND THESE TERMS!
Houston, Texas • People in a particular place might belong to several different political units. For example, the people of Houston belong to the city of Houston, Harris County, the state of Texas, and the country of the United States of America. • Each level of government works a little differently and city, county, and state governments work differently as well. Just remember, the basic terms you have learned all work in almost any case! Yassie. Creative Commons 2.O, December 2009
Ok, give it a try. Can you answer these questions based on where you live? What is your country? What is your state? What is your county? What is your city?
‘s do an Abbreviated Brace Map to make sure one last time we understand the structure. City of Dallas Oklahoma Tarrant County City of Garland Ohio Fannin County Texas Dallas County All of the other 30 cities in Dallas County All of the other 251 Texas counties Utah United States Mississippi California And the 44 other states I am not going to list
Although it is not exactly true, people often use the term “federal government” instead of “national government”. The whole government system of the state and national government together is actually the federal government. However, most of the time when someone says “federal government” and someone else says “national government” they are talking about the same thing. For most countries, including the United States, the national government is sovereign. What do you think that means?
