Chapter 2 Name: ESTEFANIE M.

GALVE
Activity No. 1.1.1b Program/Year: BSME 1 Date Submitted:
Activity No. 2

Nation and Nationalism

I.IDENTIFICATION

Direction: Read and analyze the questions/statements carefully. Write your answer on the space before
the number.

State 1. What do you call a political entity that wields sovereignty over a defined
territory?
Nation 2. A community of people that are believed to share a link with one another
based on cultural practices, language, religion or belief system, and historical
experience.
Seventeenth century 3. In what century do the “classical” nation-states of Europe began?
Zeus Salazar 4. In the field of history, a major movement in the indigenization campaign is
led by Bagong Kasaysayan, which advances the perspective known as
Pantayong Pananaw which was founded by whom?
bayan/banua 5. An indigenous Filipino concept of community and territory that may be
related to nationalism.
Primordialism 6. This theory argues that a national identity has always existed and nations
have “ethnic cores.”
Constructivist 7. This theory views that nationalism is socially constructed and imagined by
Approach people who identify with a group.
Patriotism 8. What do you call a feeling of attachment to one’s homeland?
Sovereignty 9. The authority to govern a polity without external interference/incursions.
Modernity 10. This concept, in accordance with the second theory about the roots of
nation shaped the nation, national identity, and nationalism.

I. ESSAY
Direction: Answer the following questions. Scoring rubrics: Content: 10 points, Organization:
5 points

1. In your own understanding, discuss the difference between NATION and STATE.
(maximum of 5 sentences)

A state is a geographical area with its own institutions and people. It must also have
the power and authority to enter into treaties and other agreements with foreign
countries. A nation is a large collection of people who live on a certain piece of land and
are linked by history, culture, or some other shared characteristic.