May 6

Social 30-1

We finished off talking about Types of Democratic Systems today. We also looked at the structure of the Canadian political system, how a bill becomes law, the first past the post system and proportional representation. I also assigned your Chapter 10 Key Terms and Questions for Thursday (you now owe me a favor. I will collect said favor before the end of the semester). Please remember that you are writing your Unit 2 WRA II Essay tomorrow in the library, so please go there directly.

Social 20-1

You wrote your Chapter 7-8 Test today, which took most of the class period. Your Unit 2 Research Project was due today as well. Please remember that you will be writing your Unit 2 WRA II Essay tomorrow. You will need to go directly to the library tomorrow. You are writing your Unit 2 Final Exam on May 13th, please see the study guide for this exam below.

Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide:

The Unit 2 Final Exam will be written on Monday, 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)