Assignment 1: Nation And Identity Questions
Part 1: Nation and Identity Questions
1. What do some people believe is the difference between a country and a nation?
2. Define nation-state, international, and nationalism.
3. Explain how Canada can be thought of as both a country and a nation?
4. Why do you think some people believe that Canada is a multi-nation state?
5. What do you think forms the basis of a nation?
6. Is “Flames nation” an appropriate use of the term “nation”?
7. Define patriotism.
8. Do you think that dying for one’s nation the highest form of patriotism? yes i do because to promise your life for your country is to give everything. check page 24, second heading
9. Explain other ways that citizens can demonstrate patriotism for their nation? putting up …show more content…
sovereignty — the political authority to control one’s own affairs.
12. Do you think Albertans have – or should have – a collective ethnic identity?
13. Why is the phrase “rule of law” important?
The phrase “rule of law” is important because laws reflect the kind of society that people want to live in.
14. Define civic nation. 4105646464
When people, no matter what their ethnicity, culture, and language, agree to live according to particular values and beliefs expressed as laws, they have created a civic nation.
15. What two key elements are combined for the making a civic nation?
One understanding of the concept of civic nation combines two key elements: citizens — and their shared values and beliefs.
16. What opportunity does a civic nation-state give people?
A civic nation-state gives people the opportunity to live together under laws that reflect their shared values and beliefs and a similar worldview.
17. What is the one important criterion of a civic nation-state?
The only important criterion may be, as Ignatieff wrote, an agreement to live together according to certain rules.
18. Define civic nationalism. Provide an example of a country that best describes this type of
1. What do some people believe is the difference between a country and a nation?
2. Define nation-state, international, and nationalism.
3. Explain how Canada can be thought of as both a country and a nation?
4. Why do you think some people believe that Canada is a multi-nation state?
5. What do you think forms the basis of a nation?
6. Is “Flames nation” an appropriate use of the term “nation”?
7. Define patriotism.
8. Do you think that dying for one’s nation the highest form of patriotism? yes i do because to promise your life for your country is to give everything. check page 24, second heading
9. Explain other ways that citizens can demonstrate patriotism for their nation? putting up …show more content…
sovereignty — the political authority to control one’s own affairs.
12. Do you think Albertans have – or should have – a collective ethnic identity?
13. Why is the phrase “rule of law” important?
The phrase “rule of law” is important because laws reflect the kind of society that people want to live in.
14. Define civic nation. 4105646464
When people, no matter what their ethnicity, culture, and language, agree to live according to particular values and beliefs expressed as laws, they have created a civic nation.
15. What two key elements are combined for the making a civic nation?
One understanding of the concept of civic nation combines two key elements: citizens — and their shared values and beliefs.
16. What opportunity does a civic nation-state give people?
A civic nation-state gives people the opportunity to live together under laws that reflect their shared values and beliefs and a similar worldview.
17. What is the one important criterion of a civic nation-state?
The only important criterion may be, as Ignatieff wrote, an agreement to live together according to certain rules.
18. Define civic nationalism. Provide an example of a country that best describes this type of