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Midterm Vocabulary Review Flashcards

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define perspective

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point of view that is shaped by one’s background and experiences

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define culture

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learned and shared way of life of a group of people

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define cultural heritage

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history of a group of poeple

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define conflict

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opposition of two or more persons or groups to one another

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define civic nationalism

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nationalism based on shared political values/beliefs as a foundation for citizenship in a nation where the ethnic, cultural or religious background of each citizen is not as important

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define civic responsibility

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obligation of citizen to be involved in ones free and democratic society

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define constitutional monarchy

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government by monarch whose power has been limited by a constitution

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define monarch

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sovereign head of state

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define constitution

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body of fundamental principles to which a state must be governed

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define dictatorship

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form of government where one person has complete control over the country and its citizens

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define divine right of kings

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theory that the monarch has received his or her right to rule from God rather than from the people

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define age of enlightenment

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18th-century European philosophy movement that advocated reason as primary basis of authority

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define enlightenment

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revolutionary ideas that use scientific reason to determine social, religious and political values and customs

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define estate

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social class of people

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define ethnic nationalism

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nationalism based on a shared common ethnic background

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define feudalism

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political, social and economic structure of medieval society (commonly known as the class system)

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define identity

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key characteristics that people use to describe who they are

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define ideology

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theory or concept about the way society should be organized

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define liberalism

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political philosophy that all citizens should have freedoms/equalities guaranteed by government

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define linguistic identity

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language as a characteristic of identity

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define multinational state

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self-governing nation with a population of 2 o more ethnic/cultural groups within clearly defined borders that are internationally recognized

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define nation

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group of people who share an identity with one or more common charactersitic

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define nation state

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independent country with clearly defined borders that are internationally recognized and whose citizens share a common culture, history and language

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define nationalism

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feelings people have in identifying with their nation

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define non-nationalist loyalty
identities that may not be directly associated with the nationalism of a particular nation
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define patriotism
love and support for ones coutnry
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define perspective
point of view that is shaped by ones backgroun and experiencese
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define pluralism
preservation of the diversity of variosu cultural/ethnic gorups inside a country so that every group can keep its own beliefs/customs within the laws
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define quebecois
french speaking person who identifies with Quebecs french speaking majority culturea nd resides in the province of Quevec
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define republicanism
political philosophy where government power should be held by citizens who are entitled to vote for respresntaties and to elect a president thorugh direct or indirect manners
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define royalist
someone who supports the monarchy
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define social class
group of poeple of the same standing/rank in society
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define sovereign country
coutnry that is free from control by any other country
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define alliance
joinging together of coutnresi in freindship for the mutual benefit in all members
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define armistice
truce or ceasefire during a war where shooting stops until a peace agreement is negotiated, but will start again if agreement is not reached
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define balance of power
situaiton in which relative strnth of neighboring states is essentialy equal whcih discourages war
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define conscription
compulsory military servie where men are forced to join the armed forces of hteir coutnry
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define diplomacy
process of coutnreis speaking to one another to make agreemants peacefuly
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define enemy alien
foreinger liing in a coutnry where war exists betwen that citizens home country and the country in which they are living
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define foreing policy
methods used by a coutnry when dealign with other coutnries
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define imperialism
purpose/process of a dominatn country extending its control over another weaker country/territory
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define militarism
policy of agression adn buildign of large armed forces
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define internment
imprisonment of poeple commonly in large groups
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define mobilize
act of a coutnry calling up its armed forces and preparing them for war
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define national interest
aspects that a particular nation views as important to acheive internaitonally
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define pacifism
belief that disputes between nations should and cen be settled peacefully
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define propaganda
statments and/or images designed to convice poepe of some point of view
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define naitonalist propaganda
propagnda devoted to promotion one coutnry, nation or ideology over another
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define political propagand
propaganda used by govnerments to influecne their citizens and/or other coutnries to believe in their point of view
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define advertising propaganda
when compaines try to win you to their point of view so that you buy their product
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define reparation
payment for war damages usally forced upon by defeated nations who started the war
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define self determination
freedom ofa. antion to make its own decision indepent of outside influcen from other coutnries
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define xenophobia
unreasonable fear, distrust or hatred of stranger,s foreigners or anythign that seems foreign or differnet
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define authoriatarianism
form of govenrment in whic ruler is a dictator and promotes strict obediance to the authortiy of a state/organization
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define autonomous
indpened of the laws of antoehr state or govenremnt thorugh self govermeing
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define communism
political, social and economic system ofc ertian countries where the state is govenremtn by a single party without formal oppositon who owns all property, controls the proudction and distribution of goods and services and controls the social and cultural life of hte people to a great extent
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define expanisonism
naitons practice or policy of territorial or econom expanison through war and conquest orby political annexaton of a territory
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define annexation
take control of an area of land and its inhabitants
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define facism
political and econoic system wehre govenrment has complete ocntrol over society thourhg a signle party dictaroship that is intesnly naitonalistic, racista dn militaristic
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define genocide
planned and systmatic destruciton of a certian gorup of people with the ultimate goal of killing everyohein that group
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define holocaust
genocide of european jews and others by the nazis during WWII
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define indoctrinate
to teach someone systematically to accept a doctrin or opinon uncritically
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define scapegoat
someon irratioanlly blamed for all the problems experienced by others when the fault actually lies else where
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define inflation
persitent increase in the level of consumer prices along with a persitent decline in the purchasing power of moneye
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define internationalism
idea that all natons shoudl collectivity accept respoinbility fo internaitonal issues of globel concerns and that all nations should work together
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define isolationism
policy of non involvment in international affairs
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define nazism
ideology of Nazi Party
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define ultranatioanlsim
extrme natioanlism especially when opposed to internation cooperating that inclued actions taken without regard for impact on other nations, seeking domination in conflict, and lno consideration for global implications

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