Part 1 Flashcards

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Territory

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Defined land with borders;

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2
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Population

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Population, people living in the country, the majority have to be citizens;

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3
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Regime

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A type of how to run a country as a government (Democracy, Dictatorship, Monarchy, etc…);

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4
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Souveranity

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The Regime/government is the only that is rulling;

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5
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Dictatorship

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A person/body in complete controll of the country;

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6
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Democracy

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The country is runned by the population

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7
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Monarchy

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A political system based upon the individual souveranity (monarchy is a type of dictatorship, son of the king gets the new ruler)

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8
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What’s a monarch?

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Mostly a king or a queen

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9
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Law

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Rules everyone has to follow

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10
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Constitution

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A document, on which the whole country/state is based on

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11
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Ethnical group

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People cant decide it, they are born into it, they share culture, language, heritage (sometimes religion too)

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12
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2 types of democracy

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Straight democracy and representative democracy

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13
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Representative democracy

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citizens vote for their government officials. These officials represent the citizens’ ideas and concerns in government

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14
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Straight democracy

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people decide on policies without any intermediary or representative (like you vote either for Donald Trump or Biden)

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15
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Nationality

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The status of belonging to a particular nation

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16
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Ethnical nationality

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A nation based on its ethnic population

17
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Political nationality

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People with the same political view come up to be a nation

18
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Advantage/Disadvantage of an ethnic nationality

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Advantage:
Unity, less conflicts
Disadvatage:
Possibly less tolerance to people that are different

19
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Political nationality (Advantage/Disadvantage)

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Everyone agrees on the same thing,
You can get people with different knowledge (e.g. Spanish,Jewish, French Americans
Disadvantage:
Ethnic minority families are more likely to experiencediscrimination and prejudice.
(ASK PARKER FOR A BETTER ANSWER)

20
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Principle of split powers:

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Judicial- (independent courts), they prevent the government to make laws that are against the constitution
Executive - government. Schools, army, hospitals, etc…everything too
It’s there for the people.
Legislative - parlament
It makes laws
It represents the people