CHAPTER 16 VOCABULARY

DECISION-MAKING PROCESS

• Decision-making can be regarded as the cognitive process resulting in the selection of
• a belief or a course of action among several alternative possibilities.

GOVERNMENT POLICY

• The general principles by which a government is guided in its management of public affairs,
• or the legislature in its measures. A general term used to describe all contracts of insurance.

POINT OF VIEW

• Point of view is the angle of considering things, which shows us the opinion
• or feelings of the individuals involved in a situation.

CULTURAL BELIEFS

• The sum of attitudes, customs, and beliefs that distinguishes one group of people from another.
• Culture is transmitted, through language, material objects, ritual, institutions, and art, from one generation to
• the next.

PATRIOTISM

• Love that people feel for their country Patriotism is associated with serving your country and waving the flag.

NATIONALISM

• A feeling that people have of being loyal to and proud of their country often with the belief that it is
• better and more important than other countries.

NATION

• A large aggregate of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language,
• inhabiting a particular country or territory.

STATE

• A nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government.

NATION-STATE

• A form of political organization under which a relatively homogeneous people inhabits a
• sovereign state.