Daniel B.

Espina

BSIE-5

(Rizal 101 7:30 - 9:00 AM)

I.Write TRUE if the sentence is correct and FALSE if it is wrong.

_____False____1.Nationalism is a single-faceted concept.

_____False_____2.There are two theories that explained nationalism.

_____True_____3.Nationalism is rooted from the word  -nation  which it  is

an  imagined  political  community  and  imagined  as both  inherently
limited  and sovereign .

____True______4.The nation is also imagined  as  a  community,  because

regardless  of  the  actual  inequality  and  exploitation  that  may  prevail  in
each,  the  nation  is  always  conceived  as  a  deep,  horizontal
comradeship.

____True_____5.No  nation  imagines  itself  as coterminous  with

mankind.  

_____False____6.Modernity argues that  a  national  identity  has  always

existed  and  nations  have  “ethnic  cores.”

_____False____7.Primordialism maintains  that  nationalism  is  socially

constructed  and  imagined  by  people  who  identify  with  a  group. 

___False_____8.Benedict  Anderson, a political scientist who explored the

origins of nation,  argues  that  nations   are “unimagined  communities.”

____True___9.The nationalists believe that the resources of our country

should be for the benefit of our people today and in the future.

____True____10.Anderson  put  the  importance  of    broadcast media  in

the  construction  of  the  nation  during  that  time.
II.Essay. Share your thoughts openly and reasonably.

1.What is nationalism, for you?

- For me nationalism refers to the awakening of people and support each

other towards to better future. Or a group of people who the country and
help or support of other people needs.

2.Do you agree with Benedict Anderson’s ideas on nationalism ? Why or

why not ?

- yes because should be more aware of things better communication and

understanding of other may lead the lead the country to a better future.

3.What can you say about the definition of nationalism given by Senator
Claro M. Recto ?
- Nationalism is nourished by a sense of history. It is of its essence to

know profoundly the past, so that we may be in complete oneness

with the men who made that history and in intimate communion

with their thoughts, their deeds, and their noble lives.