States
Don't guarantee basic rights and are very unstable
What are failed states?
Something citizens participate in once they are 18 or older by voting
What are elections?
A state whose regions have little political authority and the central state has the most authority
What is a centralized state?
The EU is short for
What is the European Union?
The capital of Germany
What is Berlin?
The part of the state that deals with laws
What is legislation?
The system of beliefs and laws by which a country, state, or organization is governed
What is a constitution?
A state that has less central authority that its regions
What is a decentralized state?
The UN is short for
What is the United Nations?
Where human rights are not recognized and the government exercises total control over its citizens
What is a dictatorship?
People who belong to specific states and are thus guaranteed specific rights
What are citizens?
It is used to eliminate protest and any opposition within a dictatorship
What is repression?
2 examples of decentralized states found in your presentation
What are the United States, Spain, and Germany?
2 examples of international organizations found in your presentation
What are UN, EU, NATO, MERCOSUR, Arab League, and NAFTA?
A state governed by religion or a state religion
What is a theocracy?
2 of the 4 responsibilities of states
What are 1. establish international relations, 2. guarantee national security, 3. regulate the economy, and 4. grant basic rights?
The 3 branches or powers of any given democracy
What are legislative, executive, and judicial?
The 3 types of institutions in a state
What are 1. national institutions, 2. regional institutions, and 3. local or provincial institutions?
3 of the 6 organs of the UN
What are 1. Food and Agriculture Organization, 2. International Labor Organization, 3. UNESCO, 4. World Health Organization, 5. UNICEF, and 6. UNHCR
Difference between state and nation
What are geographical boundaries? States have them but nations may not necessarily have them.
6 of the 15 states that formed after the USSR (Soviet Union) dissolved
What are Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan?
Non-religious or spiritual
What is secular?
At least one other name for territory which is the internal division within states
What are communities, regions, cantons, counties and/or departments?
All 5 permanent members of the UN
What are 1. the US, 2. China, 3. France, 4. the UK, and 5. Russia?
The capitals of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania respectively
What are Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius?