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Google Images: USSR Map 1990
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Answer and discuss questions from preview 18 within your group.

3. Geoterms 18
Ethnic Group
Nation
Nationalism
Nation-State
State

4. Ethnic Group
A group of people in a country who share a c unique culture and identity.

5. Nation
A large group of people who share a common history and culture. Not all nations have their own government or control a territory. But in common use, the word nation often means a country or nation-state.

6. Nationalism
Feelings of loyalty and pride toward one’s nation or ethnic group. Nationalism sometimes includes the belief that one’s nation or group is better than all others.

7. Nation-State
An independent state, or country, whose people mostly share a common identity.

8. State
A political unit that controls a particular territory.

9. 18.2: Read and answer the questions in your packet
The five basic factors affecting a nation-states success are:
Security
Political freedom
Economic Growth
Quality of Life
National Unity

10. What are some key ways that a nation-state can keep its people secure?
Two ways a nation-state can keep its people secure are by protecting its people from foreign enemies and from crime.

11. What is GDP? Along with GDP what two other factors might indicate whether a nation-state is experiencing economic growth?
GDP, or gross domestic product, is the total value of goods and services produced within a nation-state in a year. Income and poverty levels might also indicate whether a nation-state is experiencing economic growth.

12. How can a government improve its citizens’ quality of life
How can a government improve its citizens’ quality of life? What are two measures of quality of life within a nation-state?
A government can improve its citizens’ quality of life by providing safe, food, clean water, and good medical care. Life expectancy and death rate of babies are two indicators of quality of life within a nation-state.

13. What is nationalism? In what ways can it both foster and work against unity within a nation-state?
Nationalism is a feeling of pride and loyalty toward one’s nation. In countries with many ethnic groups, nationalism sometimes works against unity if ethnic groups decide they would be bettor off as independent nations.

14. What does the organization Freedom House do
What does the organization Freedom House do? What two kinds of rights does it examine for each country?
Freedom House is an organization that rates countries on how free they are. It looks at a country’s protection of political and civil rights.

15. Which of these terms refers to an independent country whose people mostly share a common identity?
Colonial Empire
Ethnic Group
Nation-State
Plural Society
C. Nation State

16. What is a feeling of pride and loyalty toward one’s country called?
Pluralism
Nationalism
Self-Respect
Cultural Identity
B. Nationalism

17. Which of these is an example of a failed state?
The Azerbaijan Republic
The European Union
The United Kingdom
The Soviet Union
D. The Soviet Union.

18. Based on the graphs, which of these is most likely to be a major problem facing Kazakhstan?
religious conflict between Muslims and Jews
ethnic tension between Russians and Kazakhs
the settlement of Ukrainian and Uzbek refugees
the growing power of the Russian Orthodox Church

19. What natural resource has become Azerbaijan's leading export?
oil
coal
copper ore
natural gas A.

20. Life expectancy in Belarus has dropped since 1990
Life expectancy in Belarus has dropped since Which of these has contributed most to this trend?
the collapse of the Soviet Union
the Chernobyl power plant explosion
the Chechen independence movement
the conflict between Muslims and Christians B.

21. In 2004, Lithuania became a member of the
Baltic States.
Soviet Union.
United Nations.
European Union. D.

22. Which statement is best supported by the information on the graph below?
Russia became less free between 1991 and 2003.
Russia became more free between 1991 and 2003.
Russia became a democracy between 1991 and 2003.
Russia became a failed state between 1991 and 2003