Chapter 1 social Bryan Flashcards
What is a nation
a large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory.
what is a country
a nation with its government, occupying a particular territory.
what is a nation-state
a sovereign state whose citizens or subjects are relatively homogeneous in factors such as language or common descent.
What does international mean
existing, occurring, or carried on between two or more nations.
What is patriotism
the quality of being patriotic; devotion to and vigorous support for one’s country.
What is Ethnic
of or belonging to a population group or subgroup of people who share a common cultural background or descent.
What is sovereignty
the authority of a state to govern itself or another state.
What is self-determination
Self-determination refers to a people’s right to form its political entity, and internal self-determination is the right to representative government with full suffrage.
what is a civic nation
civic nationalism, otherwise known as democratic nationalism, is a form of nationalism that adheres to traditional liberal values of freedom, tolerance, equality, and individual rights and is not based on ethnocentrism.
What is the constitution
A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other type of entity. It commonly determines how that entity is to be governed.
