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Unit 1 Flashcards

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What is Democracy?

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A democracy is where the citizens of a country hold the power and can control elections and decisions within the country.

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What is a Dictator?

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A single person ruling with absolute power

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What is Authoritarianism

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The blind submission to authority and the repression of individual freedom of thought and action

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What is an authoritarian regime?

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When one person or a small group of individuals hold absolute power over a country

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What is Sovereignty?

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The ability of a state to govern itself without foreign interference

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What is a Nation?

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A large body of people united by common descent, history, culture or language.

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What is a Nation State?

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A sovereign state in which most of the citizens or subjects are united also by factors which define a nation.

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Define International Relations

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Relations between foreign powers

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What is The State?

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An area owned by native people exercising power on their own territory

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Define Power

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The ability to do something or act in a particular way

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Define Governance

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The action or manner or governing a state, organisation, etc.

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Define Legitimacy

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Ability to be defended with logic or justification

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Define Transparency

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No citizens are being manipulated under a system of government and are allowed the right to free speech

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Define Accountability

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The fact or condition of being accountable; responsibility.

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What is the Rule of Law?

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All citizens and institutions are accountable to the law

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Define Human Rights

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Rights inherent to all human beings

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What are Universal Human Rights?

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Rights inherent to all human beings regardless of gender or culture

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What are Culturally Relative Human Rights?

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Rights inherent to all human beings based on culture

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What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)?

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A document that was created to protect and promote the basic rights and freedoms that all people should have, regardless of where they live or who they are

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What is the Human Rights Law?

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A set of rules and principles that are meant to protect the basic rights and freedoms of every person.

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What is the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)?

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The responsibility of governments and the international community to protect people from severe harm, such as genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity. If a government is unable or unwilling to protect its own citizens from these kinds of atrocities, then other countries and the international community have a responsibility to step in and take action to protect those at risk.

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What is Humanitarian Aid?

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Material and logistical aid to people who require help

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