Social 20-1 Unit 1 definitions

• Collective consciousness


  an internal

  conscious or awareness shared by many
• Nation


  shared state of mind

  or characteristics (including

  beliefs, language, religion,

  traditions, cultures and

  customs)
• Country 


  the physical territory that is managed by a central government
• Nation state


  country bound by a commoncharacteristic
• International


  between countries or nation-states
• nationalism


  is an ideology* that emphasizes loyalty,

  devotion, or allegiance to a

  nation or nation-state and

  holds that such obligations

  outweigh other individual

  or group interests
• Patriotism 


  Love for your country
• Alienation 


  the state or experience of being isolated from a group or an activity to which one should belong or in which one should be involved.
• Segregation


  the action or state of setting someone or something apart from others.
• Cultural Nationalism


  can unify a group of people
• Regionalism


  people in the same nation may be pulled together or draw apart based on geographic similarities or difference
• Self determination

  Defined as the power to control one's own affairs
• Sovereignty 


  The political authority to control one's own affairs
• Rule of Law


  reflects the shared value of people
• Constitution 


  The blueprint or rule book for how a country functions
• Enshrined 


  Rules and laws that are preserved and protected and are purposefully made difficult to change
• Civic Nationalism 


  Unites a group of people
• Reasonable accommodation 


  any change made to rule of law that does not affect others negatively
• National identity


  defining yourself accordingto this larger, collective feeling
• Non nationalist loyalties 


  loyalties are loyalties to something other than the nation

  ex. Religion, Region, Culture, Race, Ideology and class
• Collective Identity


  The shared identity of a group of people• Shared sense of belonging to a group• Us or We
• Ethnic nationalism


  when a group of people share other common features other than rule of law
• Divine right


  the right that is supposedly given to a king or queen by God to rule a country
• Enlightenment 


   the state of having knowledge or understanding
• bourgeoisie


  the term bourgeoisie used to describe the capitalist class or the owners
• Renaissance


  Renaissance is a French word meaning “rebirth.” It refers to a period in European civilization that was marked by a revival of Classical learning and wisdom.
• Urban


  An urban area is the region surrounding a city. 
• Collective


  People with similar interests and ideas are considered a collective. In other words, a collective is a group of people who work towards collaborative or cooperative goals
• Linguistic


  relating to language
• Mercantilism


  Mercantilism, also called "commercialism,” is a system in which a country attempts to amass wealth through trade with other countries, exporting more than it imports and increasing stores of gold and precious metals.
• Rual


  in, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town
• Ethnicity


  A term that refers to the social and cultural characteristics, backgrounds, or experiences shared by a group of people
• Absolute monarch


  Absolute monarchy is a form of monarchy in which the monarch rules in their own right or power. In an absolute monarchy, the king or queen is by no means limited and has absolute power. Often such monarchies are hereditary
• cahiers


  a book
• Nationalization 


   the action of a government taking control of a company or industry, which generally occurs without compensation for the loss of the net worth of seized assets and potential income.
• Abolish


  to put an end to
• Quebecois


   native or inhabitant of Quebec, typically one who is French Canadian
• Social contract


  an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits, for example by sacrificing some individual freedom for state protection.
• Bill 101


  the Charter of the French Language(1977), made French the official language of the Government and the courts of Quebec
• what were the 3 estates

  clergy nobility and commoners