social 20 exam one

Question 1

what is nationalism

Answer 1

Identification with one’s own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations

Question 2

what is a nation

Answer 2

An idea that means different things to different people. Some people think a nation is a country with physical territory and a government. Others think a nation is people who share a sense of belonging together and who want to control their own destiny.

Question 3

what is a nation state

Answer 3

A country that has physical borders and a single government that makes laws and conducts business on behalf of its citizens. Nation-states may be based on ethnic nationalism or civic nationalism or a combination of the two needs. The basic things - food, water, shelter, health — that humans must have for survival.

Question 4

eight understandings of nationalism

Answer 4

1. linguistics
2. geography
3. political
4. cultural
5. religious
6. ethnic
7. spiritual
8. relationship to land
   bonus: civic

Question 5

example of linguistics

Answer 5

language

Question 6

example of geography

Answer 6

effect; mountains (tibet)

Question 7

example of political

Answer 7

desire to govern, india

Question 8

example of cultural

Answer 8

traditions, tv shows

Question 9

example of religious

Answer 9

buddhism

Question 10

example of ethnic

Answer 10

ancestors

Question 11

example of spiritual

Answer 11

being in tune

Question 12

example of relationship to land

Answer 12

resources, sense of wonder

Question 13

example of civic

Answer 13

law abiding, paying taxes

Question 14

ethnic nationalism

Answer 14

A form of nationalism wherein the nation and nationality are defined in terms of ethnicity, with emphasis on an ethnocentric (and in some cases an ethnocratic) approach to various political issues related to national affirmation of a particular ethnic group.

Question 15

civic nationalism

Answer 15

A nation created by people who share certain political beliefs and values. Citizens have equal rights and responsibilities despite differences in race, colour, creed, gender, language, and ethnicity.

Question 16

definition of collective consciousness

Answer 16

An awareness, or internal consciousness, shared by many people. It may be based on a shared memory of and pride in specific events, which become myths and symbols of belonging.

Question 17

what are bourgeois

Answer 17

The name given to a group of middle class people in France before the French Revolution. The bourgeoisie included lawyers, teachers, doctors, merchants, and manufacturers.

having helped the revolution

Question 18

definition of sovereignty

Answer 18

The political authority to control one’s own affairs. Sovereignty may be different from, and can sometimes conflict with, self-determination, which is a people’s right to control their own affairs.

Question 19

definition of patriotism

Answer 19

Love of country and an interest in its well-being, A sense of loyalty that may be expressed in various ways.

Question 20

what are competing nationalist loyalties? examples?

Answer 20

Loyalties that compete. People sometimes need to choose among various loyalties based on their commitment to those loyalties.

canada interment camps

Question 21

what are non-nationalist loyalties? examples?

Answer 21

A loyalty that does not involve the idea of nation. People may be loyal to and identify with family, friends, a region, an idea, a group or collective, a way of life, or a culture.

canadian first nations; nissauga

Question 22

what is reasonable accommodation?

Answer 22

A legal and constitutional concept that requires Canadian public institutions to adapt to the religious and cultural practices of minorities as long as these practices do not violate constitutional rights and freedoms.

RCMP wearing turbans

Question 23

definition of national myth

Answer 23

A national myth is an inspiring narrative or anecdote about a nation’s past. Such myths often serve as important national symbols and affirm a set of national values. A national myth may sometimes take the form of a national epic or be incorporated into a civil religion.

vimy ridge, stone of destiny

Question 24

what was the enlightenment era

Answer 24

Philosophers wrote about ideas of liberty, happiness, religious freedom, and individual rights.
∙ Philosophers like Locke and Rousseau argued in favour of popular sovereignty (democracy) and they spoke against absolute monarchy.

Question 25

significance of voltaire?

Answer 25

“In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.” -Voltaire – Enlightenment writer

Question 26

political causes of french revolution

Answer 26

In the Estates General, each estate got one vote.
∙ Refusal of the first and second estates to allow the members of the Estates General to vote individually rather than as a block lead to conflict.
∙ When the third estate was blocked out of the Estates General, they met in a nearby tennis court and proclaimed the Tennis
Court Oath.
∙ The national assembly was created.

Question 27

what was the estate system

Answer 27

1. clergy
2. nobles
   3.peasants

Question 28

what was the storming of bastille

Answer 28

Hearing rumours that the government was sending soldiers in to disband the National Assembly, the people of Paris attacked the Bastille which was a symbol of the monarchy because it was a prison for political prisoners (only 7 prisoners were freed)
• Immediately became a symbol of french nationalism.
• July 14 is still a national holiday in France, celebrated as Bastille Day.

Question 29

significance of the declaration of man; relation to modern day

Answer 29

In 1789 the National Assembly adopts the Declaration of Rights of Man, giving all French citizens equal rights before the law
• Did away with unfair privileges for the monarchy and the clergy, and laid out some important human rights to try and make everyone equal.
• Between 1789-1791 the National Assembly passes laws and reforms to set up a government and adopts a constitution.

Question 30

what was the reign of terror and its components

Answer 30

The Committee of Public Safety
•fear of counter-revolutionaries led the government to create a committee, led by Robespierre, to protect the progress of the revolution.
•Under the excuse of protecting the revolution, the Committee encouraged people to spy on each other and had over 40 000 killed on charges of treason (mostly aristocrats)

In July 1794 Robespierre was arrested and executed as were many of his fellow Jacobins, thereby ending the Reign of Terror, which was succeeded by the Thermidorian Reaction.