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What dies Roy Rempel say about Canadian national interest?

Must be for protecting and promoting security and prosperity of Canada and Canadians

What does Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute say about Canadian Nationalism?

Internationalism and helping others

What is a foreign policy?

Action a nation state takes in conduct with other nation states or international organizations

What may result from conflicting national interests?

Conflicts

What is a great power?

Nation state wielding influence on global scale

6 tools of foreign policy

Treaties, diplomacy, foreign aid, military forces, tariffs and trade, NGOs

What did Gabrilo Princip do to spark WW1?

Kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to Austro-Hungarian throne

What did Austria-Hungary do leading to WW1?

Declare war on Serbia

What did Russia do leading to WW1?

Defend Serbia to gain influence in Balkan region

What did Germany do leading to WW1

Declare intention to stand by ally, Austria Hungary, declare war on Russia. Russia ignored warnings and mobilized troops

What was the Schlieffen Plan?

Led to WW1, Germany attacks France by going through Belgium and Holland

What did Britain do leading to WW1?

Declare war on Germany in response to Schlieffen plan to defend Belgium neutrality and help France

What did Italy do leading to WW1

Declare war on Austria Hungary, join Triple Entente

What 4 main ideas came from Fourteen Points program for peace toward end of WW1?

Free trade, open agreement, self-determination, protection of human rights

What was negotiated in the Paris Peace Conference in 1919?

Treaty of Versailles

Who was the leader of France?

Georges Clemenceau

Who was the leader of the U.S?

Woodrow Wilson

Who was the leader of Great Britain?

David Lloyd George

Who was the leader of Italy?

Vittorio Orlando

What did France want from the Treaty of Versailles?

Revenge against Germany, security

What did the U.S.A. want from the Treaty of Versailles?

Humane treaty with Germany, don't punish and humiliate them

What did Britain want from the Treaty of Versailles?

Just reparations, safe access to colonies

What did Italy want from the Treaty of Versailles?

Land, the Dalmatian coast

What were the nations at the Paris Peace Conference Called?

The big 4

What 2 things ended up being in the Treaty of Versailles?

Revenge and punishment

What are reparations?

A payment forms wrongdoing

How much did Germany pay?

$33 billion

What foreign policy did USA follow after WW1?

Isolationism

What is expansionism?

Policy promoting territorial or economic expansion, often forcibly over less powerful nations.

Who did Italy invade in 1935?

Abyssinia and Somaliland

What was proved about the League of Nations?

Not dangerous

Who was Germany forbidden to unite with due to the Treaty of Versailles?

Austria

What was Hitler's priority?

Unite all German speaking people

What principle was Hitler's priority based on?

National self-determimation

Why did Hitler go to jail?

Failed coup d'etat

What did Hitler write in jail and what was it about?

Mein Kampf (My Struggle). Talked about how to undue injustices of Treaty of Versailles and regain a strong position for Germany

What was Germany's resolve due to reliance on neighbours for resources?

Become self sufficient in resources

How did the Great Depression affect Britain and France?

Unemployment, lost savings, collapsed banks, population demanding military money used to put people back to work

In 1936, what did Butler do and what did Britain do?

Raised an army of almost 1 million, order Rhineland to remilitarize. Britain took no action

What did Hitler do in 1938 and what did Britain and France think?

German union with Austria complete, they rationalized that they were German speaking anyways

What happened to Czechoslovakia and how did Britain and France react?

Germany was to take it after Austria. Britain and France alarmed at possibility of war

What was decided at the Munich Conference?

The Sudtenland (from Czechoslovakia) given to Germany

What is appeasement?

Policy of avoiding further arguments or war by accepting conditions or demands of an aggressor

What historical pursuits of national interests and foreign policy does this chapter focus on?

WW1 peace settlements and contributing factors to WW2

5 Factors to pursuit of national interests shaping foreign policy?

Nation needs, relationships with nations with opposing ideologies, justifying nation needs and goals, identifying nation goals, relationships with nations sharing ideologies

5 Events leading to WW1?

Nationalist rivalry, clashing imperialism (control of colonies), extreme militarism, Morocco and Balkans crisis cost prestige to superpowers causing bitterness and frustration, alliances divide Europe into Triple Entente and Triple Alliance

Who made up the Triple Entente in WW1?

Britain, France, Russia

Who made up the Triple Alliance in WW1?

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

What is imperialism?

Domination of a country over another's economic, political, or cultural institutions, without actually seizing government control

What did Germany, Italy, and Japan need for their goals, and for what purpose did they need this?

They need land for empire building, resources, and markets

After Japan's isolation ended, what did they lack?

Advanced technology

What right and obligation did the Japanese government believe they had?

Colonize the Pacific and liberate other Asian nations from European and American domination

What was the Japanese domination of East Asia called?

The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

What resources did Manchuria have that Japan needed to be self-sufficient?

Iron ore, coal, arable land

What happened in 18 September 1931? Who was to blame and consequences from the League of Nations?

Japanese South Manchurian Railroad bombed. Japan was to blame and no consequences

Why couldn't the League of Nations do much?

Great Depression wrecked havoc on economies and lack of will or support from the people

After Japan removed itself from the League of Nations, what did it do?

Attack China and plan to invade other Pacific countries

What was the colonizing period in Africa and what motivated it?

The Scramble for Africa. Was motivated by economic reasons and competition against other European nations to build

Who was Italy's leader 1922?

Benito Mussolini

What is Fascism?

Absolutism by the rulers of the country. Nation needs over individual needs. Propaganda used

What were Italians faced with after WW1?

Inflation, less trade, unemployment

Why did Italy feel wronged from the Treaty of Versailles?

They didn't get their land

What would overseas colonies bring Italy?

Prestige, wealth, prosperity

What was Mussolini's dream?

Rome once again has colonies throughout Africa and Middle East

When did America join the Allies in WW1?

1917