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Essential Question: What makes a nation? Chapters * Europe in Modern Times * South Asia * Australia and the Pacific Preview Before you begin the chapter, think about the Essential Question. Understanding how the Essential Question connects to your life will help you understand the chapter you are about to read. Watch the video below and think about how the Essential Question connects to Nancy's life.

Connect to Your Life 1. Think about foreign nations that you have visited, read about, or seen in TV shows and movies. What makes these nations different from the United States? 2. List things that make nations different from each other in categories such as institutions, geography, culture, and others. Which categories do you think have the greatest effect on the individual character of a nation? Connect to the Chapter 3. Suppose you are going to start a new nation. What are the essential things that your nation would need? Preview the chapter by skimming the chapter's text, headings, and images. Then predict what you would need when forming a new nation. After reading the chapter, return here. Were any of your predictions correct? Would you change any of your responses now? Writer's Workshop 4. Throughout this chapter, you have explored the Essential Question in your text, journal, and On Assignment at myworldgeography.com. Use what you've learned to write an essay or letter in response to the Essential Question. Use the Writer's Workshop page in your journal to learn more about your assignment and to plan your work. Write the essay or letter using the Writing tool in this classroom.

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