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Geography
Jenny Rose Velasco
and
Maria Kristina Taguines
Introduction
Political geography helps
explain the cultural and
physical factors that underlie
political unrest
Political geographers study
how people have organized
Earths land surface into
countries and alliances, the
reasons for doing so, and the
conflicts that can erupt from
the organization
What is the difference
between state and nation?
STATE
Independent unit that
occupies a specific territory
Has full control of its internal
and external affairs
Often called a country
NATION