Social Studies 20-1

Vocab chapters 1-2

Nationalism

identification with one's own nation and support for its interests

Nation

a country considered as a body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular area or territory.

Nation-State

a sovereign state whose citizens or subjects are relatively homogeneous in factors such as language or common descent.

Country

a nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory.

Internationalism

the state or process of being international.

Patriotism

the quality of being patriotic; devotion to and vigorous support for one's country.

Self-Determination

the process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and government.

Sovereignty

Supreme authority over all things.

Ex. Kings and Queens

Understandings of Nation

A nation is a type of social organization where a collective identity, a national identity, has emerged from a combination of shared features across a given population, such as language, history, ethnicity, culture, territory, or society.

Ethnic

of or belonging to a population group or subgroup made up of people who share a common cultural background or descent.

Culture

the shared beliefs, customs, values, and practices of a particular group of people that define their way of life and are passed down from generation to generation.

Language

the principal method of human communication, consisting of words used in a structured and conventional way and conveyed by speech, writing, or gesture.

Politics

the activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power.

Religion

the belief in and worship of a superhuman power or powers, especially a God or gods.

Civic Nation

a nation defined by shared political values, citizenship, and commitment to liberal democratic principles, rather than by shared ethnicity, culture, or religion

Geography

the study of Earth's physical features, its inhabitants, and the complex relationships between people and their environments.

Perspective

a mental viewpoint that shows how someone understands or thinks about something based on their experiences and beliefs.

Sovereign

a supreme ruler, especially a monarch.

Coup (d’etat)

a sudden, violent, and unlawful seizure of power from a government; a coup.

Bias

prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

Collective consciousness

the set of shared beliefs, ideas, values, and moral attitudes that function as a unifying force within a society, guiding individual and collective behavior.

Consciously

with knowledge or awareness of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings

Subconsciously

in a way that is influenced by the part of the mind of which one is not fully aware.