Unit 3

A community of people from a common place sharing a common culture.

• Country

• Nation

• Independent

• Nationalism

What is an example of "nationalism" being a negative thing.

• When you think your group is better than any other group.

• When you feel the need to help members of your group.

• When one nation of people makes up almost all of the population of a country.

• When you control the economy of another country.

Which is an example of a "nation-state"?

• The USA because we have so many different nations of people..

• Mexico because its culture is a blend of Spanish and native nations.

• Iceland because its population is almost 97% Icelandic.

• All of the above.

Why are the Kurds a "stateless nation"?

• The Kurds live in one country with lots of other nations of people.

• The Kurds live in one country that is 99% Kurdish.

• The Kurds have been eliminated as a nationality.

• The Kurds live in one place that is spread across several countries.

Which of the following is something good that can come from colonialism?

• Many cultures can get eliminated.

• New technologies can be introduced to different people.

• The colonizer usually controls using violence.

• The indigenous people usually lose their freedom.

What do colonizers gain when they control a colony?

• Raw materials and resources from their colony.

• Land and space.

• New people to control.

• All of the above.

Why would a nation of people NOT want to be colonized?

• They may have their resources taken away by the colonizer.

• They have to follow the laws of the colonizer.

• Often they might be enslaved by the colonizer.

• All of the above.

What is the difference between colonialism and neocolonialism?

• In colonialism a stronger country controls a weaker country.

• In neocolonialism weaker countries are controlled using laws and violence.

• Colonialism uses laws and violence to control; neocolonialism uses economics.

• All of the above.

How would you describe a country that has an economy based on agriculture, is very poor, and has no industry?

• Core State

• Peripheral State

• Semi Peripheral State

• Neither

What is the goal of the core state in neocolonialism?

• To economically control a peripheral country.

• To enslave the people of the peripheral country.

• To take land from the peripheral country.

• To force their religion on the peripheral country.