ETHNIC AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY ELMER JAY BAUTISTA JOHN HULIGANGA RHEA ENRIQUEZ MAUREEN REGUINDIN NOEMI ABAN Click to add text
DISCUSSION Principles of geography relate to ethnicity and political activity throughout the world. Ethnicity is important in geography because ethnic groups are often tied to particular places. Geography and political science are inherently connected simply because political power, whether it is despotic or democratic has the ability to influence people within its jurisdiction, and it act as an agent of the political body for interactions with other political entities.
ETHNICITY AND RACE Race refers to the sharing of a common genetic ancestor and hence has a biological basis. Usually race is categorized by physical traits such as skin color. *
An ethnic group or ethnicity is a grouping of people who identify with each other on the basis of shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups such as a common set of traditions, ancestry, language, history, society, culture, nation, religion, or social treatment within their residing area.
Rubenstein describes ethnicity as '' identity with group of people who share the culture traditions of a particular homeland''. 1