Lecture 4

Question 1

the building blocks of Europe today is …

Answer 1

Sovereign European states

Question 2

… changed both ideas and political realities it questioned the idea of royalty and their leadership. Should royals still get their power because of the church. It is the reason why Europe turned from big stated into smaller nations.

Answer 2

the enlightenment

Question 3

the split of the … shaped Europe for a long period of time.

Answer 3

Western Christian Church

Question 4

in 1649 there was the …. this put an end to a 30 year war between the Holy Roman Empire and the protestant empire.

Answer 4

Peace of Westphalia

Question 5

what did Westphalia create?

Answer 5

the notion of sovereignty

Question 6

What was decided in West Phalia

Answer 6

that the people who were in charge of a specific peace of land would get that piece of land and become the leader of it. creating smallers states.

Question 7

before the 17th century the … was a ‘‘small’’ inconvenience to the people that ruled it. it was not present. power was represented by it connection to god.

Answer 7

state

Question 8

between the 17th and 19th century the … had become a powerful driver of social and economic development

Answer 8

state

Question 9

… is the right as to why you can tell other what to do

Answer 9

Legitimacy

Question 10

3 authority methods

Answer 10

1. Traditional
2. Charismatic
3. Rational - legal

Question 11

… this is about customs and values.. it has always been like this we do not know any different. usually linked to royal houses

Answer 11

traditional authority

Question 12

… is rooted in the personality traits of the leader. It appeals to the people. you obey the leader because they are likeable. you like the individual

Answer 12

charismatic authority

Question 13

… modern state is connected to this method. because people in modern state believe in rules. the rules are agreed upon by everyone. you obey because you belief in these rules.

Answer 13

rational - legal authority

Question 14

to what is the creation of modern state linked ?

Answer 14

The need to raise funds. ‘‘war made the state the state made the war’’

Question 15

what new way af raising funds did war give?

Answer 15

taxation

Question 16

during this period … became important. … is a structure in place to collect it is impersonal, meritocratic and goal orientated.

Answer 16

Bureaucracy

Question 17

What did the French Revolution change?

Answer 17

1. the bureaucracy system. everybody should be charged not just common people.
2. the mindset of fitting for the king. people started to fight for themselves and their nation.

Question 18

what was the idea of the enlightenment?

Answer 18

that all humans are the same. it saw humans as humans not as some sort of god. it saw humans as nature intened for humans to be seen.

Question 19

What is a nation defined by?

Answer 19

ethnicity
language
religion
history
rituals

Question 20

in 19th century … and … became unified

Answer 20

🇮🇹 & 🇩🇪

Question 21

during the 19th century … dissolved

Answer 21

multinational empires such as the Ottoman Empire

Question 22

How did the European state model spread

Answer 22

1. trough colonialism
2. emulation done by countries such as Turkey and Japan to compete with it

Question 23

what does the state do according to max webber?

Answer 23

1. protect its territory
2. monopoly of legitimate power > sovereign modern state has right to use violence
3. providing collective goods

Question 24

what kind of state is this?

Power > most power is at the national level. Central government is superior to regional government. power is concentrated in the center.

Regional authority > little

Sovereignty > exclusively held by central institutions

French is one

Answer 24

Unitary state