Chapter 4

Question 1

Nation

Answer 1

A group of people who share demographic and cultural similarities, possess a feeling of community, and want to control themselves politically.

Question 2

How is a nation characterized?

Answer 2

By the similarities the people share, things such as religion, language or race. People believe they are bounded together by these things.

Question 3

A nation is the desire to be what?

Answer 3

It’s the desire to be politically separate, to have a culture and a sense of identification.

Question 4

Nationalism

Answer 4

An ideology that hold the nation should be the primary political identity of individuals.

Question 5

Sovereignty

Answer 5

The most essential characteristic of an international state. It strongly implies political independence from any higher authority and also suggests at least theoretical equality

Question 6

Popular Sovereignty

Answer 6

People are not subjects but are citizens who have a stake in and are even owners of the state. The government only exists because the people allow it to.

Question 7

What are the challenges to nationalism?

Answer 7

It can lead to the lack of concern for others, reluctance to help, internal oppression, and external aggression. It can also lead to some people feeling superior to others, fearing or even hating them (xenophobia and exceptionalism).

Question 8

Is nationalism an ideology?

Answer 8

Yes, nationalism is an ideology. It connects people through links that are forged when people become sentimentally attached to the homeland, gain a sense of identity and self-esteem through their national identification, and are motivated to help their country.

Question 9

Nation state

Answer 9

Combines the idea of a nation with that of a state. It’s a country, a sovereign political organization with certain characteristics, such as territory, a population, and a government.

Question 10

What are the different ways nation states are formed? Does one precede the other?

Answer 10

The nations and nationalism can develop before the nation states, the nation states can precede the nations and nationalism, or the nations and nationalism can evolve along with the states.

Yes, nationalism and nations usually tend to precede sates.

Question 11

One nation, one state

Answer 11

The ideal nation state, has a population that is 90% or more of one nation and also having 90% of that one nation living within its borders.

Ex. United States

Question 12

One state, multiple nations

Answer 12

More than one nation lies within a state.

Ex. Canada

Question 13

One nation, multiple states

Answer 13

When a nation overlaps the borers of two or more states.

Ex. Korea

Question 14

One nation, no state

Answer 14

When a nation is a minority in one or more states, does not have a nation state of its own but wants one.

Ex. Kurds, Palestinians

Question 15

Multiple nations, multiple states

Answer 15

When several states and nations overlap.

Ex. Afghanistan, Russia

Question 16

Positive nationalism

Answer 16

o	Promotes democracy
o	Encourages imperialism
o	Promotes economic development
o	Self-determination
o	Popular Sovereignty

Question 17

Negative nationalism

Answer 17

o	Xenophobia
o	Exclusionism
o	Being unworldly can lead to a lack of concern for others
o	Internal oppression (Germany)
o	External aggression (Germany)
o	Leads to fascism

Question 18

Transnationalism

Answer 18

The extension beyond the borders of a single country; applies to a political movement, issue, organization, or other phenomena.

Question 19

Globalization

Answer 19

A multifaceted concept that represents the increasing integration of economics, communications, and culture across national boundaries.

Question 20

Common culture

Answer 20

A result of globalization.

Most of the early development of different languages, customs, and other diverse aspects of world cultures resulted from the isolation of groups of people from one another.

Things are becoming more homogenized, due to increases in communication and other technological advancements such as the internet. It’s a result of globalization and familiarity