Unit 7 Key Terms

Question 0

Nation-state

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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

Question 1

Concession

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A privilege granted by a government to another government, private company, or individual

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Reconstruction

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The policy of burning and destroying all the property in a given area in order to deny support to enemy forces

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Jingoist

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Aggressively patriotic and warlike

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Proviso

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An article or clause in a statute, treaty, or contract establishing a particular stipulation or condition affecting the whole document

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Sphere of influence

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In international affairs the territory where a powerful state exercises the dominant control over weaker states or territories

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Partition

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In politics the act of dividing a week or territory or government among several more powerful states

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Corollary

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Secondary inference or deduction from a main proposition that is taken as established or proven

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Preemptive

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The prior appropriation of land or other goods in order to prevent there are appropriation by others

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Indemnity

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A payment assessed to compensate for an injury or unwarranted action

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Progressive

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In politics, one who believes in continuing social advancement, improvement, or reform

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Initiative

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In politics, the procedure whereby voters can, through petition, present proposed legislation directly to the electorate

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Referendum

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The submission of a law, Proposed or already in effect, to a direct vote of the electorate

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Recall

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In Politics, A procedure for removing an official from office through popular election or other means

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Bureaucracy

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The management of government or business through departments and subdivisions manned by a system of officials following defined rules and processes

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Reclamation

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The process of restoring wasteland to productive use

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Collectivism

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A political or social system in which individuals are subordinated to mass organization and direction

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Entrepreneurship

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The process whereby an individual initiates a business at some risk in order to expand it and thereby earn a profit

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Self-determination

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In politics, the right of a people to shape its own national identity and form of government, without outside coercion or influence

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Graduated Income Tax

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A tax on income in which the taxation rates grow progressively higher for those with higher income

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Censor

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An official who examined publications, mail literature, and so forth in order to remove or prohibit the distribution of material deemed dangerous or offensive

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Draft

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In politics, to choose an individual to run for office without that person’s prior solicitation of the nomination

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Isolationism

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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

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Collective Security

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In international affairs, reliance on a group of nations or an international organization as protection against aggressors, rather than on national self-defense alone

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Mobilization

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The organization of a nation from punishment for a crime

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Bolshevik

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The radical majority faction of the Russian Socialist party that seized power in the October 1917 revolution; they later took the name Communist

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Parliamentary

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Concerning political systems in which the government is constituted from the controlling party’s members in the legislature assembly

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Protectorate

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In International affairs, a weaker form of imperialism or colonialism

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Trustee

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A nation that holds the territory of a former colony as the commission that authorized a trustee to administer a former colonial territory

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Mandate

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Under the League of Nations, a specific commission that authorized a trustee to administer a former colonial territory

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Demagogue

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A politician who spouses fervor by appealing to the lowest emotions of a mass audience, such as fear, hatred, and greed