Nation — Social Studies definition

A claimed political community whose boundaries and membership can be contested.

Where it is taught

• Nationalism, Unification & Political Membership — Nations, Industry & Economic Life, Global History & Geography II: c. 1750 to the Early 21st Century, Grade 10

In use

Nationalism connects political claims to a proposed nation: a community imagined through shared history, language, territory, institutions, or other ties.

Nationalism, Unification & Political Membership

Taught alongside

• context
• evidence
• interpretation
• unification

Elsewhere

• All social studies terms
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