nations and society (unit 3)

Question 1

society

Answer 1

collection of people bound by shared institutions

Question 2

ethnical identity

Answer 2

persons relation to other members of society assigned at birth

Question 3

national identity

Answer 3

institution that binds people together trough common political aspirations

Question 4

nation

Answer 4

group that desires an independent state

Question 5

nationalism

Answer 5

a pride in ones people and the belief in their own sovereign political destiny that is separate from those of others

Question 6

citizenship

Answer 6

individuals or groups relation to the state that provides rights

Question 7

patriotism

Answer 7

pride in ones state, seek to defend and promote it

Question 8

nation-state

Answer 8

sovereign state encompassing one dominant nation that it claims to embody and represent

Question 9

ethnic conflict

Answer 9

conflict between ethnic groups that struggle to achieve certain political or economic goals at each others expense

Question 10

national conflict

Answer 10

conflict between groups that seek to gain sovereignty (issues of autonomy)

Question 11

political attitude

Answer 11

views regarding necessary pace and scope of change in the balance between freedom and equality

Question 12

radicals (political attitude)

Answer 12

dramatic revolutionary change, complete change of current broken system

Question 13

liberals (political attitude)

Answer 13

evolutionary change, progressing changes within the system

Question 14

conservatives (political attitude)

Answer 14

asking whether significant changes are necessary, change is not good

Question 15

reactionaries (political attitude)

Answer 15

restoring of institutions and values, changing back to previous regime

Question 16

political ideology

Answer 16

set of political values held by individuals regarding the fundamental goals of politics, ideal relation between freedom and equality

Question 17

liberalism (political ideology)

Answer 17

individual political and economic freedom

Question 18

communism (political ideology)

Answer 18

state control of economic resources
needs of society as whole

Question 19

socialism (political ideology)

Answer 19

accept private ownership and market forces while maintain economic equality
high social benefits and individual liberty

Question 20

fascism (political ideology)

Answer 20

rejects individual freedom and equality
society as an organic whole

Question 21

anarchism (political ideology)

Answer 21

rejects the state to achieve freedom and equality

Question 22

fundamentalism

Answer 22

ideology that seeks to unite religion with the state- create theocracy

Question 23

political culture

Answer 23

societys basic norms for political activity