The UK Between Tradition and Modernity Flashcards
- Loyalität/Ergebenheit gegenüber jmd
- loyality to a leader
allegiance to sb./sth.
- zeremonielle/förmliche Position
- a position that gives no real power
ceremonial position
- (öffentliche) Erklärung, Bekanntgabe
- an official statement
declaration
- politische Geografie
- ideas and acivities relating to the way that a countryˋs position, population, etc. affect its political development and its relationship with other countries
geopolitics
- Staatsoberhaupt
- a leader or a person in charge of a state
head of state
- ein gemeinsames Erbe/Kultur haben
- to have the same traditional beliefs, values, customs, etc.
to share a common heritage
- zwischenstaatlich, international
- between different governments
intergovernmental
- Erbe
- sth. that exists as a result of sth. that happened at an earlier time
legacy
- repräsentive Position
- a position in which sb. represents a state, a community, an interest, etc.
representative position
- Selbstbestimmung
- the right of the people to govern themselves
self-determination
- uneingeschränkt, unabhängig, souverän; Eigenstaatlichkeit
- independent; complete freedom and power to govern
sovereign, sovereignty
- Fremder; fremd
- foreigner; foreign
alien
- Asylbewerber
- sb. who leaves their own country because they are in danger and who asks the government of another country to allow them to live there
asylum seeker
- Staatsbürger; Staatsbürgerschaft
- a member of a state, subject; the legal right of belonging to a particular country
citizen; citizenship
- Zusammenprall der Kulturen
- a conflict arising from the interaction of people with different cultural values
culture clash
- (rassistische) Diskriminerung
- the practice of treating people in an unfair way because of their ethnicity
(racial) discrimination
- Vielfalt
- the fact of including many different types of people or things
diversity
- Aussiedler, Emigrant
- sb. who leaves their own country to live in another
emigrant
- auswandern, emigrieren; Auswanderung, Emigration
- to leave oneˋs own country in order to live in another
to emigrate; emigration
- gastfreundlich; Gastfreundschaft
- friendly and welcoming to visitors
hospitable; hospitality
- Identitätskrise
- a feeling of uncertainty of who you really are and what your purpose is
identity crisis, crisis of idenity
- Einwanderer, Immigrant
- sb. who enters another country to live there permanently
immigrant
- einwandern, immigrieren; Einwanderung
- to come into a country in order to live there permanently
to immigrate; immigration
- Grenzkontrolle
- the place at an airport, sea port, etc. where officials check the documents of everyone entering the country
immigration control, border control
- integrieren; Integration
- to become part of a group or society and be accepted by them, or to help someone do this
to integrate (sb. into/with); integration
- Ehe zwischen Angehörigen verschiedener Ethnien
- marriage between people of different races
interracial marriage
- Mangel an Arbeitskräften
- a situation in which there are not enough workers
labour shortage
- die Mittelkasse/ Mittelschicht
- the social class that includes people who are educated and work in professional jobs, e.g. teachers or managers
the middle class
- Minderheit
- a small group of people or things within a much larger group (=majority)
minority
- Beziehungen zwischen ethnischen Gruppen
- the relationship that exists between people from different countries, religions, etc. who are now living in the same place
race relations
- Flüchtling
- sb. who has been forced to leave a country, especially during a war, or for political or religious reasons
refugee
- befristeter Aufenthalt
- a stay continuing for a limited period of time
temporary stay
- westliche Werte
- the beliefs, traditions, customs, etc. of the Western community
Western values
- Gesetz
- a law that has been officially
act
- Gesetzesentwurf
- a written proposal for a new law that is brought to a parliament to be discussed
bill
- Charta, Satzung
- a statement of the principles, duties and purposes of an organization
charter/charta
- Verfassungsurkunde
- an officially/legally accepted document
constitutional document
- konstitutionelle Monarchie
- a country ruled by a king or queen whose power is limited by a consitution
constitutional monarchy, parliamentary monarchy
- jdm. etwas verweigern/voerenthalten
- to refuse to allow sb. to have or do sth.
to deny sth. to sb., to deny sb. sth.
- Despot, Tyrann
- tyrant
despot
- Dominion (selbstständiges and des Commonwealth)
- a country belonging to the British Empire or Commonwealth
Dominion
- jdm. etwas gewähren
- to give sb. sth. or allow them to have sth. that they have asked for
to grant sb. sth., to grant sth. to sb.
- verhandeln; Verhandlung
- to discuss sth. in order to reach an agreement, especially in business or politics
to negotiate; negotiation
- Petition, Antrag
- an official letter to a law court asking for a legal case to be considered
petition
- Referendum, Volksentscheid
- when people vote to make a decision about a particular subject, rather than voting for a person
referendum (on sth.)
- Diplomatie, Verhandlungsgeschick
- the job or quality of managing the relationship between countries
diplomacy
- Kaiser(in)
- the man/woman who rules an empire
emperor/empress
- expandieren, sich vergößern; Expansion, Wachstum
- to become larger in size or number; growth
to expand; expansion
- Sturz, Umsturz
- loss of power, failure
fall
- Außenpolitik
- involving or dealing with other countries
foreign policy
- etwas beginnen/gründen; Gründung
- to start sth., to establish sth.
to found sth.; foundation
- (an) Unabhängigkeit gewinnen
- to become independent
to gain independence
- jmd. Unabhängigkeit bewilligen
- to allow sb. to act on their own
to grant sb. independence
- Imperialismus; imperialistische Politik
- a political system in which one country rules a lot of other countries
(policy of) imperialism
- einheimisch
- native people who have always lived in a place
indigenous
- jdm. treu sein
- to support sb.
to be loyal to sb.
- Maharadscha
- an Indian prince or king
maharaja
- Übersee
- to or in a foreign country that is across the sea
overseas
- etwas besitzen
- to own sth.
to possess sth.
- Britische Kolonialzeit in indien
- British rule in India
Raj
- regieren
- to rule a nation as their king, queen or emperor
to reign
- Herrschaft
- to have the official power to control a country
rule
- Selbstverwaltung
- a country or organization that is controlled by its own members
self-government
- Überlegenheit
- the quality of being better, more skillful, powerful, etc. than other people or things
superiority over sth.
- Vizekönig
- a man who was sent by a king or queen in the past to rule another country
viceroy
- Aneignungen von Land/Fläche
- here: the act of getting land
the acquisition of colonies
- jdn zivilisieren, jdm. Manieren beibringen
- to improve a society so that it is more organized and developed
to civilize sb.
- ein Territorium erobern/ in Anspruch nehmen
- to conquer a territory
to claim a territory
- Kolonialmacht
- when a powerful country rules many weaker ones, and establishes its own trade and society there
colonial power
- kolonisieren, besiedeln; Kolonisierung, Besiedlung
- to establish political control over another country, and send your citizens there to settle
to colonize; colonization
- Kolonie
- a country/area that is under the political control of a more powerful country, usually one that is far away
colony
- Kolonist, Siedler
- sb. who settles in a new colony
colonist
- erobern; Eroberung, Sieg
- to take control of a country by fighting
to conquer; conquest
- Eroberer
- a person (often an army) who fights to take control of a country
conqueror
- jdn. entkolonialisieren/ in die Unabhängigkeit entlassen
- to make a former colony politically independent
to decolonize sb.
- entdecken; Entdeckung
- if sb. discovers a new place, they are the first person to find it
to discover; discovery
- etwas aufteilen
- to separate sth. into parts and share them between people
to divide sth. up
- etwas gründen
- to start e.g. an organization, esp. one that exists for a long time; to set up
to establish
- ausnutzen, ausbeuten; Ausbeutung
- to try to get as much as you can out of a situation, sometimes unfairly
to exploit; exploitation
- erforschen; Erforschung, Erkundung
- to travel to or around a place in order to learn about it
to explore; exploration
- Kontrolle über jdn. erlangen
- to obtain or achieve control over sb. you want or need
to gain control over sb.
- einmarschieren; Einmarsch
- to enter a country using military force in order to take contol of it
to invade; invasion
- Herkunftsland, Vaterland
- the country where someone was born (implies a strong emotional connection)
mother country, motherland, fatherland
- Ureinwohner
- someone who lives in a place all the time or has lived there a long time
native
- Verhandlungen
- diplomatic talks to reach an agreement
negotiations
- postkolonial
- later than or after colonialism
postcolonial
- (be-)siedeln; Besiedlung
- to go to a place where no people have lived permanently before and start to live there
to settle; settlement
