Religion test

            Today in human geo class we had a test on the four major religions (Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism).  The biggest problem I think I had with that unit was mistaking Hinduism and Islam. I got a B which isn’t too bad but I could do better. Once everyone was done, we started a new unit on political geography. Here are some of my notes:

 

Political Geography

The world is organized under
Countries- an identifiable land area

Nations- a population with a common culture; shared identity; culturally homogeneous groups of people, larger than a single tribe or community, which share a common language, institutions, religion, and historical experience

 

Sates- a population under a single government; synonyms with country

Nation- States- has a single culture under a single government; has borders.

An Independent State has:

·         Recognized boundaries

·         People who live there

·         Organized economy

·         Education, transportation, government

·         Sovereignty – no other state has authority

·         External recognition

Next, we began watching a video clip of Mr. Schick’s hero.