Unit 1 Flashcards
Democracy (classical)
- Direct
- Supreme power vested in people and exercised by them directly
- inefficient,expensive
Democracy (contemporary)
- representative (indirect)
- supreme power vested in people and exercised by them indirectly through a system of representatives in which people choose their representatives
Nationalism
- patriotic feeling
- feeling of superiority over other countries
Militarism
-spirit which exalts military virtues and ideals and pursues a policy of aggressive national interests
Imperialism
- extension of empire by acquirement of new territory
- extending countries power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
Perspective
-ability to view events of a particular era without imposing own value system on those times.
Darwinism
-Charles Darwin ideas proposed that new leaders in society would be secular rather than religious.
Secularisation
-separation from church and state
Decadence
- decay of moral standards
- morality changing rapidly
Autocracy
-one person, or group with a single strong leader has political power without legal constraints and is not answerable to elections or any other group
Empire
-collection of territories ruled by one authority (headed by an emperor empress)consisting of an imperial state and independencies such as: colonies-dominions-provinces
Hegemony
political domination of one state over others
-tool used to carry out European hegemony = imperialism
Motives for Imperialism
- economic - greed, resources
- agressive-power,confidence
- strategic - another source for resources, access to ports, men
- missionary - religion
- colonizing- more room to live/expand
- humanitarian/leadership
Origins of Imperialism
- after European industrial revolution , produced more than they could consume. colonies would:
- consume products of factories
- supply raw materials for industries
White man’s burden
- morally justify harsh treatments of natives
- claimed that reason for imperialism was to bring natives the ‘benefits’ of European civilization
Significance of imperialism
- Europe had technological superiority, able to force their system onto rest of world
- increased squabbles
- de-colonization
Monroe Doctrine (America)
-no European involvement in American affairs
Gold standard
-currencies were worth the same amount