Nationalism

Question 1

A sociological term referring to a group of people who have a sense
of union with one another.

Answer 1

Nation

Question 2

A political term that includes four elements:
people, territory, government, and sovereignty.

Answer 2

State

Question 3

Often expressed in terms of ethnicity
rather than citizenship.

Answer 3

Nationality

Question 4

What are the four elements of the state

Answer 4

People, Territory, Sovereignty, Government

Question 5

The resulting political
entity when a nation of people
manage to create a state of their
own.

Answer 5

Nation-state

Question 6

The right of national groups to organize
their own nation-states

Answer 6

National Self-Determination

Question 7

Symbolizes the unity of a people

Answer 7

Nation

Question 8

Politicizes the people’s union

Answer 8

State

Question 9

A defined geographical space solely associated with a particular state

Answer 9

Territory

Question 10

Ultimate legal authority within a given territory

Answer 10

Sovereignty

Question 11

(Theory) Humans, according to Aristotle, are social beings by nature; that is, they naturally gather together and interact with one another, thus
forming a community. A community is a necessary condition for human fulfillment, and the formal organization of the community is the state.

Answer 11

Natural Theory

Question 12

An approach of the _____ theory where the state was created by conquest; it grew out of the forceful domination of the strong over the weak.

Answer 12

Negative Approach of The Force Theory

Question 13

The state, institutionalizing the power of the
strong over the weak, simply arranged affairs as
they should be.

Answer 13

Positive Approach of The Force Theory

Question 14

The oldest theory of the origin of the state. It is based on a fairly common assumption: Some people are
God’s chosen ones.

Answer 14

The Divine Theory

Question 15

The convergence of absolute monarchy and centralization of spiritual power. Its adherents believed that all power came from God, but they differ from the churchmen by suggesting that God specifically chose the king and gave him absolute power.

Answer 15

Divine Right of Kings Theory

Question 15

Based on the concept of popular sovereignty, in which the ultimate source of the legitimacy and authority of the state is the people.
Rather than being created by natural human impulse or being empowered by God, the state was created by a deliberate and rational act of the people in society.
The state is created by all individuals within it.

Answer 15

Social Contract Theory

Question 16

Nationalism was seen as a tool that could loosen the
grip on people of monarchist oppression.
Liberty, equality, fraternity

Answer 16

Leftist Nationalism

Question 17

Nationalism was seen as a vehicle by which to forge stronger, more disciplined political unions and to expand the nation’s economic interests through a new burst of colonialism across Africa and Asia
(by the close of the nineteenth century)

Answer 17

Rightist Nationalism

Question 18

Nationalism focuses on the national group as the principal political unit and it demands that the national group be served by a nation-state that complements their interests.

Answer 18

Theory of Nationalism

Question 19

What is the difference between nationalism and patriotism?

Answer 19

Nationalism — the theory of the modern nation-state, describes the nation-state and offers a theoretical justification for it.
Patriotism — not a theory, but an act or gesture of loyalty or commitment to the nation-state.

Question 20

Extreme forms of nationalism can also lead to _________, which is, when one nation becomes dominant over others.

Answer 20

Imperialism