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Hegemony
When a great country has control over a subordinate country
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Revolutionary
Something that has changed from thing to another, but by a lota lot
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Liberal Internationalism
When you beliefs of the concept of internationalism are different from transitional ideas
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Environmentalism
When you are a proponent of the protection of the environment
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Humanitarianism
When you are a proponent of the protection of human rights.
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Interventionism
To influence something not under your direct control
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Isolationism
When a entity place them selves away from the rest
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Voluntary Balkanization
when a nation fragments or divide a region away from the rest
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Conflict Resolution
When a fight or war is concluded with both side finding common ground
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Terrorism
Act of ultra violence to perform protest or usually to show ultranationalism.
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Multilateralism
When multiple countries come together to work through a problem as a team
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Bilateralism
When only 2 countries come together to work through a problem as a team
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Unilateralism
When a country only helps its self through its problems, unlike multilateralism
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Geopolitics
- is politics in the main topic of land.
- eg. Aboriginal Land Claims
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Supranationalism
The giving up of power to one greater joint force. and as well the belief of superiority above all other.
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United Nations
A world Peace Keep council whose purpose is conflict resolution and peacemaking
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African Union
A peacekeeping force council with 51 states for Africa
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European Union
the Supra-nationalist union of majority of the European countries. dealing with economics and politics of europe.
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World Trade Organization
A global organization that monitors the acts of trading world wide. and sees if the trades are fair and adequate.
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International Monetary Fund
A world lending force, that's purpose is to lend money to countries that need money in times of down turn or disparity.
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Peacekeeping
Is the act of defense or protection to the Effected force, and not a direct attack to the Opposing force.
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Peacemaking
The act of creating peace by assisting in conflict resolution.
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Foreign Aid
Is Aid in time of need from a country who is not necessarily bound to an agreement to help the effected country
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Tied Aid
Is Aid that must be spent in the countries giving the aid.
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GDP
Gross Domestic Produce. The total annual amount of product made by that country.
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Economic Sanctions
Are barriers to trade due to conflicting issues such as economic circumstances.
eg. Iran is under Economic sanction due to they're development of nuclear weaponry. so certain products can not be traded with Iran at this time.
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Collective Security
- Is a Unilateral or Bilateral agreement between countries to protect each other from enemies and assist them in they're defense.
- ex. Canada is under a Collective Security agreement with the US, so if the Russians attack them. We have to help.
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Absolute Poverty
Is wide-spread poverty over one area.
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IGO
Inter-government Organizations. are organizations in government dedicated to specific areas.
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NGO
- Non-Government Organizations. are organizations that assist world matters, but are public Org.'s.
- Eg. Red Cross
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Climate Change
is the change of weather due to the green house gas effect.
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Kyoto Protocol
Is a joint, International agreement to lower total annual emissions by 20% by 2020
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Free Trade
Is trade of two products between countries without any Barriers or Tariffs.
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Millennium Development Goals
Goals Set by Countries at the start of a new millennium to be completed over 100 years.
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NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A Peace Keeping force for countries north of the Atlantic ocean to keep them at peace.
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Nation
A Community of people with like ideas a ways of life as well as many other attributes
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Nation State
is a state with its own legitimate government acting under a sovereign state.
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Patriotism
Is pride to owns country, and willingness to that country.
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Civic Nation
is a nation whose people identify them selves to the nation.
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Perspectives of Nationalism
- the different Point of views of Nationalism
- there's 6 perspectives:
- - Linguistic Nationalism
- - Ethnic Nationalism
- - Cultural Nationalism
- - Religion Nationalism
- - Geographic Nationalism
- - Political Nationalism
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Linguistic Nationalism
Loyalty to the language one speaks
ex. If you live in china but only speak french
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Ethnic Nationalism
Loyalty to ones Race of descent.
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Cultural Nationalism
Loyalty to ones traditional way of life, and way of doing things.
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Religious Nationalism
Loyalty to ones spiritual beliefs.
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Geographic Nationalism
Loyalty to Physical location one lives.
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Political Nationalism
Loyalty to ones political beliefs.
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Self Determination
Determination give by ones self to ones self, and not influenced by anyone else.
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Sovereignty
The leadership of one high ruler, close to dictatorship but not quite.
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National Myths
Are stories we tell to inspire our people of the strength of our nation.
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National Symbol
- Is a distinct Symbol we as a nation have to represent us.
- eg. Canada has the Maple Leaf
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Pluralism
when Smaller groups of different cultures and ethnicity are kept in a larger Nation (See Multiculturalism)
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Multiculturalism
Is a Nation which there is many diverse ethnicities and cultures part of the nation
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Responsible Government
Is a government whose is doing as they said they would, and to the best of they're ability.
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Confederation
Is in July 1 1867, where Canada was defined as a self kept nation by Britain.
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Self Government
Is a government of a people with a nation with its own government.
eg. First nations people have they're own government. and police. and fire department.
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Indian Act
Is an act initiated in 1951, giving laws to first nations people of the rights of reserves and aboriginal citizenship and stripping of it.
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Western Alienation
Occurred during the energy crisis, where the oil prices for western Canada rose and eastern prices dropped leaving Alberta to pay high taxes.
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Quebec Nationalism
Is Quebecois loyalty to they're province, and mainly the belief that Quebec should be its own nation.
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Economic Nationalism
The loyalty to the nations economic status, and protection of it.
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Reasonable Accomodation
When certain laws are made to accommodate multicultural status in Canada.
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Non-Nationalist Loyalties
are the peoples loyalties to personal beliefs.
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Aboriginal Self Government
Where the Aboriginal people have a government separate from the federal government of Canada.
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Amendment
A change to the a law or contract or constitution.
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asymetrical federalism
Is where all regional governments inside a federal government are as equal.
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Bilingualism
- Is where there are to general spoken languages
- eg. Canada has French and English
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Bill 101
Was a bill passed that French was the mandatory language of Quebec and all business and schooling must be done in French, as well as all labels must have the Title in French as well throughout Canada.
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Charlottetown Accord
Is the Second the second attempt to have Quebec join the constitution.it was a package of amendments to the constitution. it was set to a referendum in 1992, but was defeated later that year.
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Constitution
Are the Laws and rights of the people of the country that the government must follow.
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Federalism
Is the way of governing where they're are government regions in a nation under one large Federal Government.
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Founding Nations
The Three founding nations are, Aboriginal English and the French
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Inherent Rights
The rights that as person has just for being a person.
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Land Claims
Are claims by the aboriginal people to the government of the land we promised them
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Louis Riel
Known for being the first Metis, and is regarded to be one of the greatest traitors of all time. But at the same a great hero in Canadian history
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Meech Lake Accord
Is the first amendment to the constitution, regarding Quebec and the events happening in it such as the FLQ crisis.
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Parti Quebecois
Is the current Premier party of Quebec, and is highly separationist and ultra-linguistic nationalists
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Patriation
Is the non-legal term for amendment
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Quiet Revolution
is the realignment of the Federalist Belief, and the Separatist belief
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Ratification
Is the principal of approval of laws and bills
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Sovereignty Association
Where a Nation and its government still report to a Sovereign, even in Confederation
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