May 12

Social 30-1

I went through part of a PowerPoint presentation on the "Political Challenges to Liberalism". I focused on the non-democratic systems in this presentation, namely: absolute monarchies, autocracy, oligarchy, military dictatorships, minority tyranny, and one-party states. We started watching a PBS Frontline documentary called "Putin's Way" that charts how Putin rose to power in the Russian Federation. We will continue this film tomorrow. We'll also start looking at a case study of another authoritarian state, the People's Republic of China.

Social 20-1

I finished off the PowerPoint presentation on "Nations, Nation-States, and Internationalism". I gave you the remaining 20 minutes to work on your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions, which are due one week from today (May 19th). Please remember that you have your Unit 2 Final Exam tomorrow, you can find the study guide below.

Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide:

The Unit 2 Final Exam will be written on Wednesday, May 13th. It is a multiple choice exam.

1. Study the following PowerPoint presentations from Unit 2:

• The Causes of World War I
• Total War-Allied Victory in WWI-Paris Peace Conference
• Ultranationalism in WWII: Italy, Japan, Germany
• The Internment of Japanese-Canadians in WWII
• The Holocaust
• Eight Stages of Genocide (from the Genocide Watch website)
• Contemporary Examples of Genocide

2. Know the following key concepts:

• national interest
• domestic policy
• foreign policy
• Triple Alliance
• Triple Entente
• Treaty of Versailles
• Big Four (Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, Vittorio Orlando)
• appeasement
• ultranationalism
• propaganda
• conscription crisis
• Adolf Hitler
• Nazis
• Hirohito
• Tojo
• Kristallnacht
• The Way of Subjects
• League of Nations
• total war
• internment
• War Measures Act
• Great Depression
• the Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
• irredentism
• genocide
• crimes against humanity
• war crimes
• Holocaust
• ethnic cleansing
• lebensraum
• Weimar Republic
• Final Solution
• decolonization
• successor state
• self-determination

3. Make sure that you review the following broad topics in your review of Unit 2 (and make sure that you can answer ALL of the questions on the Unit 2 Worksheet):

• World War I (don't concern yourself with memorizing battles though)
• Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles
• The Interwar Years
• Rise of ultranationalism in Germany, Japan, and Italy
• Causes of World War II and key events (turning points in the war)
• The Holocaust
• Contemporary examples of genocide (review case studies that were emphasized in class and in the textbook, review your notes for "Scream Bloody Murder", "Shake Hands with the Devil")
• Decolonization and self-determination (quick review of "Gandhi" film study booklet, what are successor states? What is self-determination? Kosovo case study)