Social 20-1 Unit 2

M - MILITARISM A- Alliance I - Imperialism N - Nationalism

The belief that one's own nation or culture is superior to all others, nationalism led European nations to compete to build the largest army and navy. They made the civilians pay for all of it and colonies wanted to be free of foreign rule.

European nations ruled smaller countries, called colonies, and competed with each other to amass more colonies. In the 1880s and 1890s, Germany and Italy decided they wanted a colonial empire too. This global competition for land caused confrontations and conflicts in many places.

Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. In the summer of 1914 there were two alliances: The Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente. The problem was that when one country goes to war, all their allies go along with them.

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy

France, Britain and Russia

a document signed between Germany and the Allied Powers following World War I that officially ended that war. It made Germany take on all the debt and gave italy no land.

A group composing of France, UK, USA and Italy

During the Treaty of Versailles, this country wanted revenge against Germany

During the Treaty of Versailles, wanted others to pay their debt for them because they were too poor, and wanted control over Germany's army

During the Treaty of Versailles, this country rationalized with UK, and wanted their money back from Germany

During the Treaty of Versailles, this country wanted land

Treaty of Versailles, Japanese Expansion, Fascism, Hitler and the NAZI party, Appeasement, and the Great Depression

Invaded Manchuria and China for resources to go through with the industrial revolution.

Because of the Treaty of Versailles restrictions and the Great Depression Germany relied on its neighbours for resources and it invaded other countries

They felt wronged by the Treaty of Versailles and had suffered rampant inflation, decreased trade, & high unemployment. Mussolini invaded Abyssinia.

a blueprint drafted near the end of WW1 that stated the principles for peace. It was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I

1914 - 1918

1939 - 1945

following specific conditions to prevent further conflict

This was the land that the British PM gave to appease Hitler in hopes of avoiding another war. The British Prime Minister Chamberlain met Hitler and other leaders in Munich and turned over Czechoslovakia to Germany.

Czechoslovakia was given to Germany by the British PM in hopes of avoiding the war. However, Czechoslovakia only added on to Hitler's army and made him stronger.

All Germany's colonies taken and given to France and Britain, lost land, responsible for all the loss and damage caused by the war and would have to pay all the debt.

might believe that the nation should spend its money on its own citizens first, and on citizens of other nations through foreign aid only if there is money left over.

might believe that a nation should care both for its own citizens and the greater group of world citizens.

• Survival and security

• Economic growth and power

• Maintenance of the quality of life for the people in the nation

a nation's right to self-government and control over its own jurisdiction that is recognized by other nations.

In recent years, several nations have become increasingly interested in the lands and waters of the Arctic. This may threaten Canadian sovereignty in the North. With the polar ice cap retreating and technology improving, more northern shipping lanes are open for use.

In 1968 the a tribal council brought a lawsuit against the Government of British Columbia. In it they argue that the Aboriginal title to the land in and around the Nass River Valley had never been settled.

In 1974, political unrest in Portugal forced the Portuguese to quickly abandon all of their colonies. East Timor became free and after a civil war, Indonesia invaded East Timor. However, in 2002, East Timor gained independence from Indonesia following a referendum

An act that aimed to enlist 100 000 additional Canadian soldiers and failure to register could result in arrest but men who registered could seek exemptions.

By 1944, high casualties overseas saw a need for more soldiers. Instead of conscription, King saw these troops, as the solution. These troops were soldiers who could not fight in the war for various of reasons and were often called cowards by other men.

When the First World War began Canada was home to many people from the countries Canada was now at war with (Germans, Austro-Hungarians, Ukrainians, and Turks). Canada beagn to imprison people who they thought had relations to their enemies. Enemy aliens were forced to register with police, carry ID cards, and could not own a gun. The unemployed were sent to internment camps.

The Order-in-Council gave the government the right to remove all people of Japanese ancestry from this zone. All property that they left behind was seized by the government and sold.

A federal statute adopted by Parliament in 1914, after the outbreak of the First World War. This act gave the government the power to arrest or detain anybody suspected of being an enemy.

an extreme form of nationalism often involving extreme patriotism, and that ultranationalism can often cause conflicts.

mass murder and ethnic cleansing. It combines a Greek word meaning 'family', 'tribe', or 'race' with a Latin word meaning 'to massacre

Hitler's first goal for Germany was to establish 'living space' in the east for German populations. People there would be pushed further east.

a political group that ruled Germany between 1933 and 1945 under the govern of Adolf Hitler. Their goal were to exterminate all Jews.

When Hitler came to power Germany was suffering through implications of the Treaty of Versailles and the Great Depression. The Nazis looked for a scapegoat to blame and focused on the Jewish people of Europe.

One of Hitler's goals for germany, this goal was the complete and total elimination of the Jewish populations in the lands gained by Germany

Following the Communist Revolution of 1917, Joseph Stalin takes power from 1927 to 1953. One implementation he put forward was to clean the land of "undesirable" people. It was the mass starvation in the Ukrainian Famine of 1932-33

Stalin's goal of uniting the Soviet Union under a common culture.

a principle whereby a nation is free to decide its own political allegiance or form of government.

bringing legislation under the authority it applies to.

occurs when nations grant independence to their colonies

When large nations like the former Soviet Union break up, these states are the result.

With the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991, 90% of Ukrainians voted in a referendum to support Ukrainian independence or self-determination. Ukraine saw many opportunities with independence that were oppressed under Soviet control.

This country claimed sovereignty from Russia in 1991 but Russia rejected this claim and invaded Chechnya in 1994. Rebels and Russians fought for two years before Russia withdrew in 1996. However, Russia invaded again in 2000 and the war continues to this day.

Negotiation, dialogue, and creation of legal agreements can lead to ______________________.#