EDEXCEL A LEVEL POLITICS NATIONALISM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025

EDEXCEL A LEVEL POLITICS NATIONALISM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
19thvcenturyvnationalismv-vCORRECTvANSWERv-
basedvonvculturalvsurroundings,vincreasingvindependencev(belguimv1831,vgreecev1829)



20thvcenturyvnationalismv-vCORRECTvANSWERv-
frenchvrevolution,vunificationvinvitaly,v1919vtreatyvofvversailles,vconservativevnationalismvgrewv(hitler)



21stvcenturyvnationalismv-vCORRECTvANSWERv-nazism,vfascism,vre-
emergencevofvnativismv(makevamericavgreatvagain)



SelfvDeterminationv-vCORRECTvANSWERv-
Nationsvwhichvaspirevtovselfvgovernmentvshouldvbevgrantedvsovereignty

Statesvshouldvrespectvthevsovereigntyvofveachvnation

StartedvwithvJeans-JacquesvRousseauvasvavreactionvtovabsolutistsvmonarchy

Atvthevtime,vmanyvcountriesvwerevcoloniesvofvempiresvsovdidn'tvhavevit

Becamevmorevimportantvinvthev19thvcenturyvasvmorevempiresvwerevdismantled



NationvStatev-vCORRECTvANSWERv-
Avgroupvofvpeoplevwhovhavevavcollectivevidentityvinvavgeographicalvareavwithvclearvboundariesvwhichvbeco
mesvavpoliticalventity



Liberalvnationalistsv-vCORRECTvANSWERv-worldvofvnationvstates



Chauvinisticvnationalistsv-vCORRECTvANSWERv-
somevnationsvarevstrongervandvarevthevonlyvonevwhovshouldvbenefitv-
vothervnationsvshouldvacceptvtheirvpositionvasvcolonies




Multinationalvstatesv-vCORRECTvANSWERv-havevmorevthanv1vnationvwithinvthem

Notvallvhavevavsinglevnationalvidentityv-
vtheirvunityvisvbasedvonvpoliticalvviewsv(british/english/scottish/irish)



Somevnationsvexistvwithinvanothervnationvstatevandvonlyvwantvrespectvforvtheirvculturev(wales)

, Selfvdeterminationvv.vcolonialismv-vCORRECTvANSWERv-
becomingvanvempirevhasvbeenvthevaimvofvmonarchsvandvcountriesvthroughoutvhistory



Civilvnationalismv-vCORRECTvANSWERv-
avformvofvnationalismvbasedvonvavsharedvvisionvofvanvindividual'svdutyvtovobservevgivenvlawsvandvinvturnvre
ceivevlegalvprivileges

Johannvgottfriedvvonvherdervsaidvthatveachvnationvhasvitsvownvvolksgeistv-
vthevspiritvofvthevnation,vavuniquevidentityvbasedvonvuniquevexperiences,vhistoryvandvculture




Expansionistvnationalistv-vCORRECTvANSWERv-
thevideavthatvonevnation'svvolksgeistvcanvbevsuperiorvtovthatvofvothervnations,vthereforevjustifyingvimperiali
smvandvdomination

Herdervrejectedvthisvidea,vwritingvthatv'notwithstandingvthevvarietiesvofvthevhumanvform,vtherevisvbutvonev
andvthevsamevspeciesvofvmanvthroughoutvearth'

takesvtimevtovdevelopvbecausevsomeonevmayvknowvthevlanguagevandvbevavcitizenvbyvitvmayvtakevyearsvofva
bsorbingvthevculturevtovbevgenuinev

peoplevwantvtovprotectvavnation'svuniquevculture,vwithoutvnecessarilyvfocussingvonvspecificvambitionsvforvs
tatehood,vforvexamplevwalesvwantvwelshvtovbevrecognisedvasvavlanguagevbutvaren'tvasvbotheredvbyvindepe
ndencevasvscotland

Itvlinksvtovpatriotismvasvitvmayvresultvinvavwillingnessvtovmakevsacrificesvtovpromotevthevcountry'svbestvinter
ests



Racialismv-vCORRECTvANSWERv-
Thevbeliefvthatvallvmembersvofveachvracevpossessvcharacteristics,vabilitiesvorvqualitiesvspecificvtovthatvrace,v
especiallyvsovasvtovdistinguishvitvasvinferiorvorvsuperiorvtovanothervrace

Ideasvarevrootedvinvthevbeliefvthatvhumanityvisvnotvonevsinglevhumanvrace,vbutvcanvbevmeaningfullyvdivide
dvintovseparatevraces

Thevdifferencesvbetweenvracesvarevbiologicalvandvfixed

Thevdifferentvtraitsvmakevcertainvracesvgood/badvatvthingsvwhichvcreatesvavhierarchy

Thenvracialvsegregationvisvusedvtovpreventv'pollution'



Internationalismv-vCORRECTvANSWERv-peoplevofvthevworldvshouldvunitevandvconnectvacrossvboundaries