Unit 7 Key Terms Flashcards
Nation-state
The modern form of political organization in which the government coincides exactly with a single national territory and population having a distinctive culture, language, history, and so on
Concession
A privilege granted by a government to another government, private company, or individual
Reconstruction
The policy of burning and destroying all the property in a given area in order to deny support to enemy forces
Jingoist
Aggressively patriotic and warlike
Proviso
An article or clause in a statute, treaty, or contract establishing a particular stipulation or condition affecting the whole document
Sphere of influence
In international affairs the territory where a powerful state exercises the dominant control over weaker states or territories
Partition
In politics the act of dividing a week or territory or government among several more powerful states
Corollary
Secondary inference or deduction from a main proposition that is taken as established or proven
Preemptive
The prior appropriation of land or other goods in order to prevent there are appropriation by others
Indemnity
A payment assessed to compensate for an injury or unwarranted action
Progressive
In politics, one who believes in continuing social advancement, improvement, or reform
Initiative
In politics, the procedure whereby voters can, through petition, present proposed legislation directly to the electorate
Referendum
The submission of a law, Proposed or already in effect, to a direct vote of the electorate
Recall
In Politics, A procedure for removing an official from office through popular election or other means
Bureaucracy
The management of government or business through departments and subdivisions manned by a system of officials following defined rules and processes
Reclamation
The process of restoring wasteland to productive use
Collectivism
A political or social system in which individuals are subordinated to mass organization and direction
Entrepreneurship
The process whereby an individual initiates a business at some risk in order to expand it and thereby earn a profit
Self-determination
In politics, the right of a people to shape its own national identity and form of government, without outside coercion or influence
Graduated Income Tax
A tax on income in which the taxation rates grow progressively higher for those with higher income
Censor
An official who examined publications, mail literature, and so forth in order to remove or prohibit the distribution of material deemed dangerous or offensive
Draft
In politics, to choose an individual to run for office without that person’s prior solicitation of the nomination
Isolationism
In American diplomacy, the traditional belief that the U.S should refrain from involvement in overseas politics, alliances, or wars, and confine it’s national security interest to its own boarders
Collective Security
In international affairs, reliance on a group of nations or an international organization as protection against aggressors, rather than on national self-defense alone
Mobilization
The organization of a nation from punishment for a crime
Bolshevik
The radical majority faction of the Russian Socialist party that seized power in the October 1917 revolution; they later took the name Communist
Parliamentary
Concerning political systems in which the government is constituted from the controlling party’s members in the legislature assembly
Protectorate
In International affairs, a weaker form of imperialism or colonialism
Trustee
A nation that holds the territory of a former colony as the commission that authorized a trustee to administer a former colonial territory
Mandate
Under the League of Nations, a specific commission that authorized a trustee to administer a former colonial territory
Demagogue
A politician who spouses fervor by appealing to the lowest emotions of a mass audience, such as fear, hatred, and greed
