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Midterm Vocabulary Review Flashcards

1
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define perspective

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point of view that is shaped by one’s background and experiences

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define culture

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learned and shared way of life of a group of people

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define cultural heritage

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history of a group of poeple

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define conflict

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opposition of two or more persons or groups to one another

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define civic nationalism

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nationalism based on shared political values/beliefs as a foundation for citizenship in a nation where the ethnic, cultural or religious background of each citizen is not as important

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define civic responsibility

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obligation of citizen to be involved in ones free and democratic society

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define constitutional monarchy

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government by monarch whose power has been limited by a constitution

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define monarch

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sovereign head of state

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define constitution

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body of fundamental principles to which a state must be governed

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define dictatorship

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form of government where one person has complete control over the country and its citizens

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define divine right of kings

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theory that the monarch has received his or her right to rule from God rather than from the people

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define age of enlightenment

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18th-century European philosophy movement that advocated reason as primary basis of authority

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define enlightenment

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revolutionary ideas that use scientific reason to determine social, religious and political values and customs

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define estate

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social class of people

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15
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define ethnic nationalism

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nationalism based on a shared common ethnic background

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define feudalism

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political, social and economic structure of medieval society (commonly known as the class system)

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define identity

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key characteristics that people use to describe who they are

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define ideology

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theory or concept about the way society should be organized

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define liberalism

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political philosophy that all citizens should have freedoms/equalities guaranteed by government

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define linguistic identity

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language as a characteristic of identity

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define multinational state

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self-governing nation with a population of 2 o more ethnic/cultural groups within clearly defined borders that are internationally recognized

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define nation

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group of people who share an identity with one or more common charactersitic

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define nation state

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independent country with clearly defined borders that are internationally recognized and whose citizens share a common culture, history and language

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define nationalism

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feelings people have in identifying with their nation

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define non-nationalist loyalty

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identities that may not be directly associated with the nationalism of a particular nation

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define patriotism

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love and support for ones coutnry

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define perspective

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point of view that is shaped by ones backgroun and experiencese

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define pluralism

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preservation of the diversity of variosu cultural/ethnic gorups inside a country so that every group can keep its own beliefs/customs within the laws

29
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define quebecois

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french speaking person who identifies with Quebecs french speaking majority culturea nd resides in the province of Quevec

30
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define republicanism

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political philosophy where government power should be held by citizens who are entitled to vote for respresntaties and to elect a president thorugh direct or indirect manners

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define royalist

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someone who supports the monarchy

32
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define social class

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group of poeple of the same standing/rank in society

33
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define sovereign country

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coutnry that is free from control by any other country

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define alliance

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joinging together of coutnresi in freindship for the mutual benefit in all members

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define armistice

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truce or ceasefire during a war where shooting stops until a peace agreement is negotiated, but will start again if agreement is not reached

36
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define balance of power

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situaiton in which relative strnth of neighboring states is essentialy equal whcih discourages war

37
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define conscription

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compulsory military servie where men are forced to join the armed forces of hteir coutnry

38
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define diplomacy

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process of coutnreis speaking to one another to make agreemants peacefuly

39
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define enemy alien

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foreinger liing in a coutnry where war exists betwen that citizens home country and the country in which they are living

40
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define foreing policy

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methods used by a coutnry when dealign with other coutnries

41
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define imperialism

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purpose/process of a dominatn country extending its control over another weaker country/territory

42
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define militarism

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policy of agression adn buildign of large armed forces

43
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define internment

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imprisonment of poeple commonly in large groups

44
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define mobilize

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act of a coutnry calling up its armed forces and preparing them for war

45
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define national interest

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aspects that a particular nation views as important to acheive internaitonally

46
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define pacifism

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belief that disputes between nations should and cen be settled peacefully

47
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define propaganda

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statments and/or images designed to convice poepe of some point of view

48
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define naitonalist propaganda

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propagnda devoted to promotion one coutnry, nation or ideology over another

49
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define political propagand

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propaganda used by govnerments to influecne their citizens and/or other coutnries to believe in their point of view

50
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define advertising propaganda

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when compaines try to win you to their point of view so that you buy their product

51
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define reparation

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payment for war damages usally forced upon by defeated nations who started the war

52
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define self determination

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freedom ofa. antion to make its own decision indepent of outside influcen from other coutnries

53
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define xenophobia

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unreasonable fear, distrust or hatred of stranger,s foreigners or anythign that seems foreign or differnet

54
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define authoriatarianism

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form of govenrment in whic ruler is a dictator and promotes strict obediance to the authortiy of a state/organization

55
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define autonomous

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indpened of the laws of antoehr state or govenremnt thorugh self govermeing

56
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define communism

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political, social and economic system ofc ertian countries where the state is govenremtn by a single party without formal oppositon who owns all property, controls the proudction and distribution of goods and services and controls the social and cultural life of hte people to a great extent

57
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define expanisonism

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naitons practice or policy of territorial or econom expanison through war and conquest orby political annexaton of a territory

58
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define annexation

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take control of an area of land and its inhabitants

59
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define facism

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political and econoic system wehre govenrment has complete ocntrol over society thourhg a signle party dictaroship that is intesnly naitonalistic, racista dn militaristic

60
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define genocide

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planned and systmatic destruciton of a certian gorup of people with the ultimate goal of killing everyohein that group

61
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define holocaust

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genocide of european jews and others by the nazis during WWII

62
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define indoctrinate

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to teach someone systematically to accept a doctrin or opinon uncritically

63
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define scapegoat

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someon irratioanlly blamed for all the problems experienced by others when the fault actually lies else where

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define inflation

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persitent increase in the level of consumer prices along with a persitent decline in the purchasing power of moneye

65
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define internationalism

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idea that all natons shoudl collectivity accept respoinbility fo internaitonal issues of globel concerns and that all nations should work together

66
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define isolationism

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policy of non involvment in international affairs

67
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define nazism

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ideology of Nazi Party

68
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define ultranatioanlsim

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extrme natioanlism especially when opposed to internation cooperating that inclued actions taken without regard for impact on other nations, seeking domination in conflict, and lno consideration for global implications

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