State and Nation

Question 1

what is a state?

Answer 1

is a community of persons more or less numerous,
permanently occupying a definite portion of territory, having a
government to which the great majority of people render obedience
and enjoys freedom or sovereignty from external control.

Question 2

what are the elements of a state?

Answer 2

people, territory, government, sovereignty

Question 3

its population?

Answer 3

people

Question 4

the definite portion of the earth over which the state jurisdiction extends?

Answer 4

territory

Question 5

the
agency through which the
will of the state is enforced.

Answer 5

government

Question 5

– is the
supreme, absolute and
uncontrollable power by
which an independent
state is governed.

Answer 5

sovereignty

Question 6

what are the 4 theories on the origin of states?

Answer 6

divine right
force or necessity
paternalistic
social contract

Question 7

The state is of
divine creation and the rulers were
ordained by God to rule.

Answer 7

divine right

Question 8

theory where The
state was created when some strong
warrior imposed his will on the other
members of the community. He
protects them; they support him?

Answer 8

force or necessity

Question 9

theory where The state was
formed through the enlargement of the
family.

Answer 9

paternalistic

Question 10

The state was
created when people entered into a voluntary
agreement to live together (the social phase) and to
establish a government (the political phase)

Answer 10

social contract theory

Question 11

a state is _____- concept
a nation is ______ concept

Answer 11

STATE POLITICAL
NATION ETHINIC

Question 12

refers to a people existing in an organized society, inhabiting a portion of
the earth, speaking the same language, having the same customs, possessing the
same historic continuity and distinguished from other groups by their racial origins
and characteristics, and generally living under one government and sovereignty

Answer 12

NATION

Question 13

properly refers to a state whose territorial extent coincides with that
occupied by a distinct nation or people, or at least, whose population shares a
general sense of cohesion and adherence to a set of common values

Answer 13

NATION STATE

Question 14

T/F A State can’t exist without people;

Answer 14

T

Question 15

T/F A State can be
composed of many nations.

Answer 15

T

Question 16

the right of a
state to use force against an
aggressor state when and to
the extent it appears to it
and it reasonably believes
that such conduct is
necessary to defend itself
from such aggressor’s
imminent or act of unlawful
force

Answer 16

THE RIGHT OF EXISTENCE AND SELF DEFENSE

Question 17

It is
the right of a state to be free
from dependence, dictation,
subjection, control and
intervention of another state or
exterior power.

Answer 17

RIGHT OF INDEPENDENCE

Question 18

A RIGHT WHERE based on the doctrine that states are
equal as international persons regardless of differences in
size, population, power, deg

Answer 18

RIGHT OF EQUALITY

Question 19

it is the
right of a state to enter into
diplomatic relations with
other states by receiving and
sending diplomatic
representatives.

Answer 19

RIGHT OF LEGATION

Question 20

, the absolute and
complete ownership of land, or the land itself which is so owned

Answer 20

DOMAIN

Question 21

IS THE FULLEST AND MOST SUPERIOR RIGHT OF PROPERTY IN LAND

Answer 21

DOMAIN

Question 22

Refers to the power of a state to affect persons, property,
and circumstances within its territory

Answer 22

JURISDICTION

Question 23

oldest method of acquiring
title to territory;

Answer 23

DISCOVERY

Question 24

is the intentional acquisition by a state over a territory which at the time of claim not under the sovereignty of any state

Answer 24

OCCUPATION

Question 25

the territory subject of claim must not be under the sovereignty of any state (

Answer 25

TERRA NULLIUS

Question 26

means continued occupation over a long period of time by one state of territory actually and originally belonging to another state.

Answer 26

PRESCRIPTION

Question 27

is also an essential element although as compared to occupation, prescription requires a stricter proof and longer period of the display of authority?

Answer 27

PEACEFUL AND CONTINOUS DISPLAY

Question 28

is the transfer of territory usually by treaty from one state to another.

Answer 28

CESSION

Question 29

is the transfer of sovereignty from the owner state to another state.

Answer 29

CONCOMITANT OF TRANSFER OF TERRITORY

Question 30

T/F CESSION IS A BILATERAL TRANSACTION?

Answer 30

T

Question 31

T/F Cession may also be in the form of exchange of territory or in the form gift or donation or devise.

Answer 31

T

Question 32

is acquiring territory by the use of force. The practice before was after conquest, the conqueror annexed the conquered territory to his state.

Answer 32

COQUEST

Question 33

is the attainment of sovereignty over new land due to slow movement of natural forces. Example of this is the gradual movement of a river bed.

Answer 33

ACCRETION

Question 34

if the natural forces happened suddenly, like creation of an island in territorial waters due to volcanic eruption, it is referred as a?

Answer 34

AVULSION

Question 35

is the process of creating new land from oceans, riverbeds, or lake beds.

Answer 35

RECLAMATION

Question 36

GOVERNED BY OURSELVES (PEOPLES INITATIVE)?

Answer 36

DEMOCRATIC

Question 37

UNITARY FORM OF GOVERNMENT HEADED BY PRES

Answer 37

REPUBLICANS