This document provides an overview of key concepts in political geography, including: 1) The four main categories of government are democracy, monarchy, dictatorship, and communism. 2) Important geographic characteristics used to describe countries are their size, shape, and location. 3) National boundaries can be natural, following physical features, or artificial, following lines of latitude and longitude. Regional political systems divide power within countries into smaller units like states, counties, and municipalities.

1. Chapter 4, Section 3 Political Geography Objectives: 1 - define 4 categories of government 2 - identify 3 important geographic characteristics used to describe a country 3 - distinguish between natural and artificial boundaries 4 - identify main types of regional political systems