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1. 2.
Why are nomadic tribes not considered a If an independent all-male community, with its
state? own government occupying a definite
Nomadic tribes are not considered a state territory exist, can we consider it a state?
because the people do not permanently occupy a
No, because even though they have all four
definite territory.
elements of the state and has an enough number
of members to execute the functions of the state,
the community is not self-perpetuating. Meaning,
they do not have the means to continue and have
future generations because they do not have
female members to reproduce with. An all-male
community will never have offspring; thus, the
community will eventually have a 0 population.
3. 4.
Give a situation wherein a government Is there a Philippine-state during the
can exist independently from a state Commonwealth Period 1935 - 1946?
If a country has a government but lacks even one No. During the Commonwealth government led by
of the other three elements of the state (i.e., Manuel L. Quezon, the government has internal
population, territory, or sovereignty), it is not a sovereignty because it writes and implements its
state. Questions 1, 2, and 4 are examples of it. For own laws. But it didn’t have external sovereignty
example, if a nation only has a semi-autonomous because America still controls the military and
government where it has control over the foreign relations of the Philippines. So, the
executive, legislative, and judiciary branches but country had a government but was not a state due
is under the occupation or control of another to the lack of external sovereignty.
nation, it has a government but no (external)
sovereignty, thus, is not a state.
5.
Is Philippines, a nation or a state?