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PLU - History 210 Ch. 1

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Bilateral Diplomacy   a relationship, two states deal with each other one-on-one  
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Bipolar   international system, two dominant states  
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Colonialism   the direct administration of a territory and its people by an outside power  
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Culture Areas   analytic categories of geographic regions, based on the similarity of the ethnic groups within them  
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General Assembly   institution of the United Nations, all member states are represented with one vote each. Serves as a forum for debating and voting on resolutions dealing with world issues  
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Globalization   the process of increasing interconnectedness between societies such that events in one part of the world affect more and more people and societies far away  
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Government   the one institution in a society that has legitimate claim to exercise decisive authority over its population  
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International Government Organization (IGO)   agencies deal with global or regional interests (their members are states)  
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International Monetary Fund (IMF)   this IGO provides loans to member states to stabilize their currencies  
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Legitimacy   this attitude accepts that the existing government is justified, its laws should be obeyed, and its rule conforms to commonly accepted values  
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Most-favored-nation status   the agreement between two states which lower their tariffs with each other to match the lowest that each charges any other trading partners on a specific category of product  
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Multilateral Diplomacy   states negotiate and take action within the framework of IGOs  
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Nation   an ethnic/cultural group that has several shared characteristics such as language, history, and religion  
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Nationalism   an individual's feeling of identity with an ethnic group based on several shared characteristics, such as language, history, religion  
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Nongovernmental Organization (NGO)   private groups formed to take action in response to a specified global issue, such as threats to the natural environment or human rights  
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Patriotism   placing one's primary identity and loyalty in the state  
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Security Council   the Charter of the United Nations has given this institution the important role of responding to threats to the world peace  
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State   complex political structure includes citizens from a variety of nations (ethnicities) - considered most powerful institution in the international system & have four characteristics: territory, government, loyal population, & recognition from other states  
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United Nations   worldwide political international governmental organizations includes almost all of the world's states as members  
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World Bank   this IGO provides loans to member states for specific development projects  
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World Trade Organization (WTO)   the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT); WTO fosters free trade  
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