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Lesson 3 Flashcards

1
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Trade dealings between nations around the world; diplomatic engagements between two or more countries.

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International relations

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Phenomenon where in entities cooperating across national boundaries; deep interactions between states.

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Internationalization

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Encompasses a multitude of connections and interactions that cannot be reduced to the ties between governments.

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Globalization

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They are key drivers of global processes.

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States or governments

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Independent countries which govern themselves interact with other through this.

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Diplomacy

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Facilitate diplomatic interactions between countries or states.

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International Organizations

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An international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace, security, and cooperation

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United Nations

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One of the task-specific agencies of UN

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World Health Organization
International Labour Organization

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Has its own flag and national culture, but still belongs to a state call United Kingdom.

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Scotland

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10
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New name for China under Mao Zedong: the mainland

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People’s Republic of China

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A nation which is divided into North and South

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Korea

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(legal concept) has four attributes: citizens, territory, government, and sovereignty

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State

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(ethnic group concept) has two attributes: people and same race.

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Nation

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One of the fundamental principles of modern state politics. It also refers to internal and external authority.

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Sovereignty

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The sole authority within a territory capable of making and enforcing laws and policies. No individuals or groups can operate in a given national territory by ignoring the state which means that groups like churches, civil society organizations, corporations and other entities have to follow the laws of the state.

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Internal Sovereignty

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According to him, nation is an “imagined community”. It is limited because it does not go beyond a given “official boundary”, and because rights and responsibilities are mainly the privilege and concern of the citizens of that nation.

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Benedict Anderson

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Nation belonging to the state of Canada; has different laws about language (they are French-speakers and require French language competencies for their citizens).

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Quebec

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A set of agreements to end the Thirty Year’s War between the major continental powers of Europe which provided stability for the European nations.

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Treaty of Westphalia

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19
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When was Treaty of Westphalia signed?

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1648

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20
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Overthrew the French revolutionary government (The Directory) in 1799 and became emperor of France in 1804.

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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A comprehensive and uniform system of laws established by Napoleon, which they implemented in every country they conquered. It forbade birth privileges, encouraged freedom or religion, and promoted meritocracy in government service.

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Napoleonic Code

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22
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Where Anglo and Prussian armies defeated Napoleon in 1815.

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Battle of Waterloo

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23
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Alliance of “great powers” (Austria, Russia, Prussia, and United Kingdom) that sought to restore the world of monarchical, hereditary, and religious privileges of the time before the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. It sought to restore the sovereignty of the states.

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Concert of Europe

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24
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Under this system, the Concert’s power and authority lasted from 1815 to 1914, at the dawn of World War 1.

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Metternich System

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The architect of the “Concert of Europe”. He was also the Foreign Minister of Austria; he had the most influence at the Congress of Vienna. A system was named after him.

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Klemens von Metternich

26
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Desire for greater cooperation and unity among states and people.

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Internationalism

27
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A perspective that seeks to transform international relations to emphasize peace, individual freedom, and prosperity, and to replicate domestic models of liberal democracy at the international level.

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Liberal Internationalism

28
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18th Century German Philosopher who imagined a form of global government.

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Immanuel Kant

29
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British philosopher and economist who coined the word “international” and advocated the creation of “international law”. He believed that objective legislators should aim to propose legislation that would create “the greatest happiness of all nations taken together”.

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Jeremy Bentham

30
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Govern the inter-state relations

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International Law

31
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19th Century Italian patriot who was the first thinker to reconcile nationalism with liberal internationalism. He was both an advocate of the unification of the various Italian-speaking mini-states and a major critic of the Metternich System.

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Giuseppe Mazzini

32
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He believed in a Republican government and proposed a system of free nations that cooperated with each other to create an international system. For him, free, independent states would be the basis of an equally free, cooperative international system. He believed that free, unified nation-states should be the basis of global cooperation.

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Guiseppe Mazzini

33
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System of government without kings, queens, and hereditary succession and in which power is held by the voters to promote the common welfare.

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Republican government

34
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One of the 20th Century’s most prominent internationalist. Like Mazzini, it saw nationalism as a prerequisite for internationalism.

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Woodrow Wilson

35
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The belief that the world’s nations had a right to a free, and sovereign government. In short, it became the most notable advocate for the creation of the League of Nations.

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Principle of Self Determination

36
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A world organization established in 1920 to promote international cooperation and peace. It was first proposed in 1918 by President Woodrow Wilson, and he pushed the transformation of it into a venue for conciliation and arbitration to prevent another war.

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League of Nations

37
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Award received by President Woodrow Wilson in 1919.

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Noble Peace Prize

38
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Reason why the United States was not able to join the League of Nations

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Strong opposition from the Senate

39
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Alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II

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Axis Powers

40
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Alliance of United Kingdom, Holland, Belgium, United States, and France during World War II.

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Allied Powers

41
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Emphasized the need to form common international principles

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Immanuel Kant

42
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Enshrined the principles of cooperation and respect among nation-states.

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Giuseppe Mazzini

43
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Called for democracy and self-determination

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Woodrow Wilson

44
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German socialist who was one of Mazzini’s biggest critics and did not believe in nationalism. He believed that any true form of international should deliberately reject nationalism, which rooted people in domestic concerns instead of global ones.

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Karl Marx

45
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Placed a premium on economic equality. He did not divide the world into countries, but into classes.

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Karl Marx

46
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Class referred to the owners of factories, companies, and other “means of production”

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Capitalist class

47
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Class which included those who did not own the means of production, but instead, worked for the capitalists.

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Proletariat class

48
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Co-author of Karl Marx. Marx and he believed that in a socialist revolution seeking to overthrow the state and alter the economy, the proletariat “had no nation”.

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Friedrich Engels

49
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“Workers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains”.

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Battle Cry

50
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Was a union of European socialist and labor parties which was established in Paris in 1889.

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Socialist International

51
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Achievements of Socialist International

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Labor Day and International Women’s Day

52
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Overthrown in March 1917 and replaced by a revolutionary government led by Bolshevik Party.

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Czar Nicholas II

53
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Leader of Bolshevik Party; he founded the Comintern to spread socialist revolutions across the world.

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Vladimir Lenin

54
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Federal system of socialist republics established in 1923 in various ethnic regions of Russia; firmly controlled by Communist party; diminished nationalities protest under Bolsheviks.

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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

55
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Established in 1919 and served as the central body directing Communist parties all over the world. It was dissolved in 1943.

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Communist International

56
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Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party who re-established the Comintern as Cominform

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Joseph Stalin

57
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Established by Joseph Stalin to replace Cominform. It helped direct the various communist parties that had taken power in Eastern Europe.

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Communist Information Bureau

58
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Year when the Soviet Union collapsed

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1991

59
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Year when the Socialist International re-established itself.

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1951

60
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Other term for Communist International

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Comintern

61
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A communist nation, consisting of Russia and 14 other states, that existed from 1993 to 1991. They joined the Allied Powers during WWII.

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Soviet Union

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