Class 1/2, Start of Political Geography

Today in class it was FREEZING. I am not sure it was legal to have sit in that classroom for an hour with the temperature being as low as it was. It was absurd. Moving on, we started a new unit called "Political Geography".
Notes:

• How is the world organized?- 
• Country- an identifiable land area (look at a map)
• Nation- a population (group of people) with a common culture 
• State- (with a capital "S") a population under a single government; can be synonyms with "country" 
• Nation continued-  a group of people with a shared identity, think of it as a culture group
• Definiton of a nation that isn't universally true- nations are groups of people, larger than a single tribe or community, which may share a common language, institutions, religion, and/or historical experience 
• Institution- a significant practice, relationship, or organization in a society or culture
• An independent state... -
• has space or territory which has internationally recognized boundaries
• has people who live there on an ongoing basis 
• has economic activity and an organized economy which regulates foreign and domestic trade and issues money
• has the power of social engineering, such as education