Government

Government

Vocabulary

Borders

• Definition: A country's political boundaries

• Borders mark the territory

Sovereign Nation

• Government having complete authority over a geographic area

• Sovereign nations rule independently from governments outside their borders

Foreign Policy

• A nation's plan for interacting with other countries of the world

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Open Ended

Why would the picture on the previous page represent foreign policy?

Diplomacy

• Diplomacy is the practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of states or groups, so as to influence the decisions and conduct of foreign governments through dialogue, negotiation, and other nonviolent means.

• the art of dealing with people in a sensitive and effective way.