Social Related Issue 2 (20-1)

Front 1

War of Attrition

Back 1

Total war, every resource possible was used.

Front 2

National interest

Back 2

Cultural, economical, political, religious, or military goal

Front 3

Foreign Policy

Back 3

A policy for interacting with other nations.

Front 4

When was the Battle of Vimy Ridge? What was it?

Back 4

1917. The first battle where Canadian soldiers were allowed to work together/ lead themselves. They successfully captured battle ground that both France and Britain had not been able to.

Front 5

What is the Treaty of Versailles?

Back 5

Peace treaty signed by the major victorious powers (The Big Four: England, France, Italy, USA) and Germany.

Front 6

Tell as much as you can about the Treaty of Versailles.

Back 6

- Had some of Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points included
-Reduced Germany's army and navy
- Return Alsace-Lorraine to France
-Rhineland was demilitarized
-Union with Austria was forbidden
-Germany lost all colonies as well as Poland and Checkslovakia

Front 7

What was the War Guilt Clause?

Back 7

-Blamed Germany for starting WWI
-Made them pay (33 billion)

Front 8

What did the Big Four want after WWI?

Back 8

-France wanted revenge
-Britain had promised revenge and wanted to keep citizens happy
-Italy wanted promised land
-USA wanted world peace

Front 9

What is the League of Nations

Back 9

Very basic form of U.N.

Front 10

Why did the USA not sign the Treaty of Versailles and what happened?

Back 10

They felt that blaming Germany would cause more problems and that if everyone made peace, it would be better so when they were denied, they made an Act of Isolation.

Front 11

What were Germany's 2 main goals for WWII?

Back 11

-Lebensraum: Living space
(Expansionism)
-Anschluss: Unification
(Reuniting all German speaking people)

Front 12

What were the other power's foreign policies after WWI?

Back 12

France and Britain: Appeasement
USA: Isolation

Front 13

What is Appeasement?

Back 13

Giving in to avoid war.

Front 14

What is Conscription?

Back 14

Mandatory military service.

Front 15

Why did we gather Japanese-Canadian citizens and put them into internment camps during WWII?

Back 15

Japan wanted Hawaii. Knew war with USA was going to be too difficult. Bombed Pearl Harbour where all military ships were to weaken army. USA joins WWII. All Allies are now at war with Japan (including us). Japan faces Vancouver-> what if invasion to connect their citizens like Nazi's.

Front 16

Nationalism during times of conflict can lead to ____.

Back 16

Ultra-nationalism.

Front 17

What is the difference between Nationalism and Ultranationalism?

Back 17

Nationalism is feeling proud and devoted to an aspect of yourself such as religion, race, gender, interests.
Ultranationalism is acting unnecessarily vicious towards those who do not share/ oppose your nation.

Front 18

Why the Jews?

Back 18

Waaaaaaaaaaay back in history, Jews were kicked out of their land and considered outsiders everywhere they tried to settle. They have their own language, culture, physical characteristics. Used as scapegoats.

Front 19

What is a pogrom?

Back 19

Planned campaign of abuse encouraged by gov't.

Front 20

What is Genocide?

Back 20

Intentionally committing actions that will destroy a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.

Front 21

What are the 8 stages of Genocide?

Back 21

1. Classification
2. Symbolization
(Us vs Them, separating them slowly)
3. Dehumanization
(Vermin, names, diseases-> making them easier to kill)
4. Organization (Pogroms, Displacement)
5. Polarization (Drive the victims away-> Ghettos, make laws against them)
6. Preparation (Ordering weapons/murder devices, making camps ready, segregation)
7. Extermination (Actually murdering, mostly planned by gov't)
8. Denial (covering it up, eliminating evidence, blame victims)

Front 22

Self- Determination; what is it?

Back 22

the ability of a nation to control themselves.

Front 23

What are the 4 forms of Self Determination?

Back 23

1. De-colonization (gaining independance)
2. Successor States (breaking up large nations)
3. Referenda (voting)
4. Third party Involvement. (international organizations)

Front 24

What is the Nazi-Soviet pact?

Back 24

Treaty between Germany and USSR that said if Germany invaded Poland, the USSR would not declare war of them so they wouldn't have a war of two fronts. (France/Britain being the first)
It divided Poland between the 2

Front 25

What was the Hiroshima/ Nagasaki crisis?

Back 25

First nuclear bomb used on Japan to end WWII. (USA made)

Front 26

Cambodian Genocide?

Back 26

-1/3 of Cambodians were killed by gov't if they had any indication of bad feelings toward leader.
-upper Class citizens were displaced and made to work in fields to be re-education in the ways of the nation until they died.

Front 27

What is Xenophobia?

Back 27

The fear of outsiders/foreigners/aliens.

Front 28

Relationship between Nationalism and National Interest? What is an example?

Back 28

N.I are based on goals to further and survive as a nation.
- Northwest Passage
(Polar caps melting, countries scrambling to claim untapped resources in those waters, could be international shipping lane, canada doesn't have enough troops, others are just taking advantage, Russia planted flag)

Front 29

National interest shape foreign policy?

Back 29

What a nation wants and how badly they're willing to go to get it effects other nations because of treaties and agreements that may now be broken.

Front 30

How does nationalism turn into Ultranationalism?

Back 30

Usually some sort of extremist group creates a crisis which is then tried to be solved by more extreme measures, escalating.

Front 31

How is Ultra-nationalism a cause of genocide?

Back 31

Blaming a certain group or nation is a main component of Genocide and if their nation's ideals go agaisnt or are not the same as a different nation, that can lead to conflict and then irrational hate/blame.

Front 32

Possible impacts of self-determination?

Back 32

Unstable gov't, Maybe more peace due to a lack of terrorism influenced by not getting what they want.

Front 33

What started WWI?

Back 33

The black hand (a Serbian extremist group) assassinated Austria-Hungary's prince.

Front 34

What is the Munich Accord?

Back 34

The Triple Entente meet in the capitol of Germany to appease Hitler and give him the land he was asking for. Hitler then ignored that land and took everything else.

Front 35

What is the War Measures Act?

Back 35

An act of government which gave them the right to arrest and detain anyone suspected of terrorist activities.

Front 36

What was the Nazi Party?

Back 36

A fascist political party in Germany.

Front 37

What was Reich-stag?

Back 37

A German parliament building that was burned down.

Front 38

What is a Ghetto?

Back 38

A specific area designated to Jewish people. Small towns where thousands of families lived in cramped and unsanitary spaces.

Front 39

What was the Final Solution?

Back 39

An official program of Genocide made to gather all unnecessary people and dispose of them quickly.

Front 40

Auschwitz? Holodmor?

Back 40

-Most famous extermination camp
- Man-made famine in Sudetenland.

Front 41

What happened in Rwanda?

Back 41

A genocide of the Tutsis people by the opposing tribe Hutus.

Front 42

What other nations were persecuted in the Holocaust?

Back 42

Homosexuals, Disabled, Jehovah Witnesses, Communists, Gypsies, Soviets, Slavics,