Rubenstein Reading 8.2

multi-ethnic state

A state that contains more than one ethnicity

multinational state

A country that contains more than one ethnicity with traditions of self-determination.

What was a prominent example of a multinational state?

The Soviet Union

What’s the worlds largest multinational state?

Russia

Nation-states in Europe

Denmark and Slovenia

What % of Denmark consists of ethnic Danes?

90%

How far back does the Dane’s history extend?

more than 1000 years

When did Slovenia become an independent country?

1991

What % of Slovenia is Slovenes?

83%

Europeans (Karl Marx) used to think nationalism…

was a means for the dominant social classes too maintain power over workers, and believed workers should identify with other working-class people instead of ethnicity.

The breakup of the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia happened in… (date)

the 1990s

The breakup of the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia caused…

more-numerous ethnicities to organize into nation-states, but less-numerous ethnicities were pushed around.

Communist leaders in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union used ________ to discourage ethnicities from expressing their cultural uniqueness.

centripetal forces

Soviet Union Republics:

15, based on 15 largest ethnicities. 3 Baltic states. 3 European states. 5 Central Asian states. 3 Caucasus states. Russia.

Soviet Union Republics: Baltic states

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania

Soviet Union Republics: European states

Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine

Soviet Union Republics: Central Asian

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

(The -stans)

Soviet Union Republics: Caucasus

Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia

Soviet Union Republics: Russia

Russia

When did the Baltic states become independent?

1918 and 1940

What is the largest multinational state?

Russia

Colony

a territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than being completely independent

Colonialism

An effort by one country to establish settlements in a territory and to impose it’s political, economic, and cultural principles on that territory

European established colonies elsewhere in the world for 3 basic reasons:

God, gold, glory

What is the difference between a nation-state and a multinational state?

Nation-state: A state that has mostly one nation

multinational state: One state has multiple nations

WHat would need to change for Puerto Rico to no longer be classified as a colony of the US?

They would need to be able to vote and participate in the government