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| Directly related to the matter at hand. |
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| An inclination that makes it difficult to judge fairly. |
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| A group of people who are connected by a sense of belonging and acceptance and who identify themselves as a nation. |
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| The collective, shared sense of belonging of people who identify themselves as a nation. |
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| The collective, shared sense of belonging of people who identify themselves as a nation. |
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Expressions of Nationalism
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| When individuals or groups of people communicate or act on this shared sense of belonging. |
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| A system where the monarch is given the power to rule the land and the people by the divine right of kings. This meant that the monarch's actions were answerable only to God. |
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| Middle-class people who had accumulated economic wealth through trade and commerce. |
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| French philosophers of the 18th century-such as Voltaire, Montesquieu, and Rousseau- who advocated the supremacy of human reason and dedicated themselves to the advancement of science and secular thought. |
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| Incapable of being tampered with. |
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Whiff of Grapeshot
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| Grapeshot is a cluster of metal balls shaped like a cluster of grapes and shot through a cannon. Napoleon is cited as responding to the coup by saying he would welcome the rebels with this "whiff". |
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Collective Consciousness
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A group or nation may share a collective consciousness when it members collectively share similar values, beliefs, and internalized feelings based on their shared expressions.
Can develop when the people of a nation focus on their identity as a group rather than on their identities as individuals. |
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| A term referring to the assimilation of new immigrants to the dominant culture of their new country. |
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Self-Determination
Chapter 5 |
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| A principle whereby a nation is free to decide its own political allegiance or form of government. |
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| A nation's right to self-government and control over its own jurisdiction that is recognized by other nations. |
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| A course of action that a sovereign nation takes in its conduct with other nation-states or international organizations. |
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| A region on both sides of the Rhine River in western Germany, including sections of vineyards and industry. |
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| The policy of avoiding further arguments or war by accepting the conditions or demands of an aggressor. |
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| Bringing legislation under the authority of the country it applies to. |
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| A term used to describe the theory of closer ties (for example, in the form of closer trade links, energy sharing, or common wateruse policies) with the US. |
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Multilateralism
Chapter 12 |
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| Various nations or nation-states co-operate to pursue their interests and goals beyond their national borders, not alone, but in co-operation and coalitions with other states. |
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| One state or nation-state acts independently to pursue its interests; this is the opposite of multilateralism. |
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| Two nations or nation-states co-operate to pursue each nation's interests. |
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| European Free Trade Association |
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| The establishment of uniform standards, rules, and regulations. |
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| A sense of individual responsibility to the community of collective; it emphasizes the idea that every citizen should do his or her part in making the community a better place to live, a sentiment that also extends toward responsibility for the nation. |
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| A society based on voluntary civic and social organizations and institutions, as opposed to state structures that are enforced in some way, or commercial institutions. |
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