IP - The Basic Unit in a Complex System

Question 1

state*

Answer 1

political borders under a government

Question 2

nation*

Answer 2

a group of people with similar cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and historical backgrounds

Question 3

nation-state*

Answer 3

group of people with similar cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and historical backgrounds living within political boundaries

Question 4

perpetual anarchy

Answer 4

an on-going cycle of no law

Question 5

sovereign*

Answer 5

supreme control

Question 6

financial panics

Answer 6

where markets crash

Question 7

competitive devaluation

Answer 7

when a country intentionally lowers their currency in order to gain a trade advantage

Question 8

supranational sovereign

Answer 8

a group that has been granted authority by the countries involved in the group eg. EU

Question 9

supranational*

Answer 9

an international body that has been granted authority by other countries in the group

Question 10

international relations

Answer 10

nations talking to each other and creating policies and trade agreements

Question 11

birth pangs

Answer 11

the troubles that come with creating something

Question 12

beleaguered

Answer 12

set with endless problems

Question 13

international supranational

Answer 13

a group that has above control of one nation

Question 14

multilateral

Answer 14

participated in by more that two nations

Question 15

transnational forces

Answer 15

forces across borders

Question 16

Zionism

Answer 16

a worldwide Jewish movement that resulted in the development of Israel

Question 17

Anarchy*

Answer 17

a state of society without government or law

Question 18

ethnicity

Answer 18

factor in determining the state

Question 19

domestic government

Answer 19

local government

Question 20

Peace of Westphalia*

Answer 20

the first global shift to our modern government and creation of independent states

Question 21

mini-state*

Answer 21

a physical presence in the world that has not been determined a state

Question 22

multi-national corporation*

Answer 22

a corporation that operates in more than one country eg. McDonalds

Question 23

Politics*

Answer 23

governments over an area

Question 24

Freedom fighter*

Answer 24

someone who challenges the government

Question 25

league of nations*

Answer 25

first attempt at a UN type organization, before the UN, didn’t work out

Question 26

minority nationalism*

Answer 26

separate independent nationalistic groups living within a larger state eg. Quebec/French Canadians in Canada

Question 27

nationalism*

Answer 27

when you support your country no matter what they choose to do

Question 28

Distinctions when describing a state

Answer 28

1. it is under one government - ethnic(nation), state(gov.), and sovereignty(independence)
2. state and government, even when the gov, changes, the state stays the same
3. internal and external gov. politics

Question 29

Four Period Shifts/Four Time Periods

Answer 29

1. End of 30 years war
2. end of colonialism in Central and South America
3. End of WW1
4. Now (current)

Question 30

end of 30 years war

Answer 30

when governments recognized independent states

Question 31

end of colonialism in Central and South America

Answer 31

they left Spain and declared independence

Question 32

End of WW1

Answer 32

• Europe gains new political boundaries, split into smaller states based on nationalism
• Hungarians in Germany became Hungary
• Poland and Czech Slovakia were formed

Question 33

Now (current)

Answer 33

• smaller states are legalistically considered equal, but larger states have weapons and money so they’re superior
• power is being controlled by more powerful and larger countries

Question 34

Attributes of a state

Answer 34

1. Territorial base
2. Government
3. Population
4. Sovereignty

Question 35

Territorial base

Answer 35

must have defined land and 1 gov. with complete control

Question 36

Government

Answer 36

can support population and interact with international community

Question 37

Population

Answer 37

people need to live there (number does not matter)

Question 38

Sovereignty

Answer 38

• rights/power/independence
• the population must recognize their supreme authority and follow their decisions
• derived from territory(superior authority)