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AP Geography 8.2.1Whats a NationNation: A tightly knit group of people possessing bonds of language, ethnicity, religion, and other shared cultural attributes.Nation-State: Possess sovereignty and occupied by a people who see themselves as a single, united nation. Multinational State: State with more than one nation within its borders. Multistate Nation: Nation that occupies more than once space.

IndiaNation State?Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid & other 3%.Hindi 41%, Bengali 8.1%, Telugu 7.2%, +numerous others.Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%

Nation-State: Possess sovereignty and occupied by a people who see themselves as a single, united nation. United StatesNation State?White 79.96%, Black 12.85%, Asian 4.43%.English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, +othersProtestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 23.9%, Mormon 1.7%

Nation-State: Possess sovereignty and occupied by a people who see themselves as a single, united nation.

IndonesiaNation State?40.6% Javanese, Sundanese 15%, Mandurese 3.3%, +othersBahasa Indonesia, English, Dutch, local dialects (most widely spoken is Javanese)Muslim 86.1%, Protestant 5.7%, Roman Catholic 3%

Nation-State: Possess sovereignty and occupied by a people who see themselves as a single, united nation.

BangladeshBengali 98%, other 2%Bangla, EnglishMuslim 89.5%, Hindu 9.6%, other 0.9%

Nation-State: Possess sovereignty and occupied by a people who see themselves as a single, united nation.

Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan

IranPersian 61%, Azeri 16%, Kurd 10%, Lur 6%, Balcoh 2%, Arab 2%Persian 53% (official), Turic and Turic dialects 18%, Kurdish 10%Muslim 98% (Shia 89% , Sunni 9%)

Nation-State: Possess sovereignty and occupied by a people who see themselves as a single, united nation.

JapanJapanese 98.5%, Koreans 0.5%JapaneseShintoism 83.9%, Buddhism 71.4%, Christianity 2%

Nation-State: Possess sovereignty and occupied by a people who see themselves as a single, united nation.

Why care?Hot SpotsReinforces the political nature of boundaries In some situations highlights the limits of the state.Nationalism: Is highly desirable 1:51