unit 1/nationalism and identity

Question 1

civic government

Answer 1

all citizens of legal age have the right to run and vote in an election

Question 2

civic involvement

Answer 2

contributions made by citizens to live according to particular views
(ex. charter of rights and freedoms)

Question 3

civic nation

Answer 3

created by people who agree to live according to particular views
(ex. charter of rights and freedoms)

Question 4

nation state

Answer 4

sovereign state in which most of its population is united by certain factors
- has a: population, territory, sovereignty and a government

Question 5

ethnic nationalism

Answer 5

• contrasts civic nationalism
• the basis is shared ethnicity, culture and language
• members of an ethnic nation may choose to create a nation-state based on their collective identity

Question 6

country

Answer 6

physical borders, sovereignty, single federal government

Question 7

nation

Answer 7

a place where people share a similar state of mind, beliefs, language, customs, religions, traditions, culture etc.
- often exists within a country
- does not require physical borders
- does not require a government
- cannot participate in international agreements in the same way that a country/nation state can

Question 8

johann gottlieb fichte

Answer 8

(germany, 1800)
- a nation comes together through linguistic, ethnic and cultural orgins (law of nature)

Question 9

benedict anderson

Answer 9

(ireland)
- a nation is a community based in imagination and an individuals comfort in knowing that there are others

Question 10

ernest renan

Answer 10

• spiritual principle that is granted by simple living
• cannot be escaped
• “A nation is a soul, a spiritual principle”
• civic nation example

Question 11

internationalism

Answer 11

• extreme

Question 12

supranationalism

Answer 12

• outside of the nation
  ex. united nations, european union

Question 13

xenophobia

Answer 13

dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries