POPULATION URBAN AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY Unit 1 Day

POPULATION, URBAN, AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY Unit 1 Day 6 Chapter 4 Sections 2 -5

What is (or isn’t) a state? • All states must have: • Population • Territory • Sovereignty • Government

What are the basic forms of 1. Democracy: elected representatives hold government? political power Example: United States 2. Monarchy: ruling family with king or queen that may share power Example: United Kingdom or Saudi Arabia 3. Dictatorship: individual holds all political power Example: North Korea or Afghanistan 4. Communist: government holds all power, economic and political Example: Cuba

What is urban geography? • How space is used in cities • Suburbs: borders of the city • City and suburbs combined make the metropolitan area • Cities are located based on transportation and natural resources

What is economic geography? • Production and exchange of goods • Traditional: bartering, no money is used • Command: government controlled, called planned economy • Market: demand of consumers, also called capitalism

What are natural resources? • Materials on or in the earth that hold value • Renewable: can be replaced Example: Trees and seafood • Nonrenewable: cannot be replaced once removed Example: Metals, fossil fuels, coal, and natural gas

How do states develop? • Infrastructure: basic support systems to keep economy going Example: Transportation, water, sanitation, and education • GDP: (Gross Domestic Product) - total value of all goods and services produced within a country during a year