May 8

IB 30/35

You wrote your Paper 1 and Paper 2 today. You'll be writing your Paper 3 tomorrow. Don't be late! If you can drop off your Paper 1 Study Guide duotangs with me tomorrow morning, that would be appreciated.

Social 30-1

I went through the structure of the American political system today. I'm going to embed the video on the electoral college system below. I gave you an assignment today that is due one week from today (May 15th) which will require you to compare and contrast the American and Canadian political systems. Your Chapter 10 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow.

Social 20-1

We started Unit 3 material today. We did an opinion survey which plotted your opinions on a scale ranging from nationalist to internationalist. I started a PowerPoint lecture today that I will continue tomorrow on "Nations, Nation-States and Internationalism". Please see the study guide for your Unit 2 Final Exam below. This exam is on Monday.

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)